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Offline rickt300

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Where to hit em with 255 gr. Kieth SW cast hard
« on: November 30, 2009, 04:42:34 AM »
My 44 mag Handi Rifle is up next. I am shooting 22.0 grs of IMR 4227 under a Keith 255 gr. semi wadcutter. Should I shoot for bone or will it work well enough with rib cage hits?
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Re: Where to hit em with 255 gr. Kieth SW cast hard
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 12:19:18 PM »
 The hard cast should be kept for tougher game like hogs or black bear and make a shoulder shot. Hardcast just won't expand. Now a lead gas check of a heavy weight driven hard are just a great rounds to make a heart lung shot and typicaly can just roll a deer. The lead gas check bullets will expand to twice its size an do the job you want.
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Re: Where to hit em with 255 gr. Kieth SW cast hard
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 01:05:23 PM »
i've been thinking about this same thing all weekend, i recently decided my boy wouldn't be able to use his topper 30/30 yet again this year for safety reasons so i picked up a used marlin 1894 44mag only ammo on hand was american eagle 240gr HP i'm afraid a shoulder shot will destroy alot of meat so i was trying to figure out if a lung/rib cage area shot might be better?

 as far as your ?  hard cast swc will penetrate pretty deep probably straight through with little or no expansion i personally would go lower 1/3  just in front of leg or just behind it
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Re: Where to hit em with 255 gr. Kieth SW cast hard
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2009, 03:21:40 PM »
It'll put em down fine with a heart/lung shot.  IF it runs, won't be to far and the tracking will be easy with the blood trail.  DP
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Re: Where to hit em with 255 gr. Kieth SW cast hard
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2009, 04:26:16 PM »
Gotta' figure that even if it doesn't expand, it still is more than twice the size of a 243 that doubles on impact, and it will release a lot of energy as it passes through.  If you hit a vital with a 44 cal. slug, you will have a dead deer IMO.
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