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Muzzleloader Hunting
.50 Caliber for Elk Hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2548921" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>I am a big believer in heavy bullets for elk. I bought some Remington .45-70 bullets from Outlaw State Bullets that were modified to hollowpoints for the .458 Socom. I use Harvester orange sabots and 115 gr. of 777. My muzzleloader uses #11 caps. I've shot 4 cow elk with them, and three dropped in their tracks and the fourth went less than 50 yards. Most of my shots are around 200 yards. Prior to finding those bullets, I had elk run off with no blood trail. Pointy bullets tend to needle through the hide and not bleed on that side. Pure lead bullets will expand to over an inch, and usually won't exit. A flat point bullet hammers hard, and leaves a hole. Hardcast bullets will penetrate from stem to stern, but don't kill as fast as I like. You don't need Blackhorn 209. Everyone loves it because it doesn't require swabbing the bore between shots, but 777 is almost as fast, at half the price. I have an Accura LR .45, and it doesn't shoot any better than my old Kahnke rifle. Shooting #11 caps, you don't get the crud ring that 209 primers cause. Arrowhead will convert your breechplug to shoot large rifle primers, and prevent blowback. My Accura has no blowback with Winchester 209 primers, but I haven't seen any available for a couple of years. If you find some, buy a brick. </p><p></p><p>NM is taking public input right now on not allowing scopes on muzzleloaders. Please comment if you're old like me and can't shoot well with iron sights.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2548921, member: 29323"] I am a big believer in heavy bullets for elk. I bought some Remington .45-70 bullets from Outlaw State Bullets that were modified to hollowpoints for the .458 Socom. I use Harvester orange sabots and 115 gr. of 777. My muzzleloader uses #11 caps. I've shot 4 cow elk with them, and three dropped in their tracks and the fourth went less than 50 yards. Most of my shots are around 200 yards. Prior to finding those bullets, I had elk run off with no blood trail. Pointy bullets tend to needle through the hide and not bleed on that side. Pure lead bullets will expand to over an inch, and usually won't exit. A flat point bullet hammers hard, and leaves a hole. Hardcast bullets will penetrate from stem to stern, but don't kill as fast as I like. You don't need Blackhorn 209. Everyone loves it because it doesn't require swabbing the bore between shots, but 777 is almost as fast, at half the price. I have an Accura LR .45, and it doesn't shoot any better than my old Kahnke rifle. Shooting #11 caps, you don't get the crud ring that 209 primers cause. Arrowhead will convert your breechplug to shoot large rifle primers, and prevent blowback. My Accura has no blowback with Winchester 209 primers, but I haven't seen any available for a couple of years. If you find some, buy a brick. NM is taking public input right now on not allowing scopes on muzzleloaders. Please comment if you're old like me and can't shoot well with iron sights. [/QUOTE]
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