45 LC - hunting

[Sverre A.]

I thought I should start hunting with med 94 AE in 45 LC, and found out that H110/22 gr. has good accuracy with 325 and 350 hard cast.  I don`t know the velocity yet - because my "Chrony" said goodbye some weeks ago.  Someone who have any experience with a similar load for bear, elk/moose?

[Lloyd Smale]

ive shot deer bear and hogs with simular loads and wouldnt feel undergunned on elk or moose or even buffalo.

[ktw]

I thought I should start hunting with med 94 AE in 45 LC, and found out that H110/22 gr. has good accuracy with 325 and 350 hard cast...

Care to share which bullet style you are using in the 94?

To date I've tried 255, 275 and 320 grain plain based Keiths, with a variety of powders, across a velocity spectrum of 1100 to 1600 fps and can't get any of them to group better than 4" at 50 yds.  No significant leading.

The same carbine (Tang Safety/Trapper) shoots great with most any jacketed bullet.

I'm wondering if a gas-checked cast or a non-keith design might work better.

-ktw

[Sverre A.]

I use Lyman 325 and Mimek 350.
And to your accuracy-problem:  With my Marlin . 44 Mag.  I tried everything - but sold it to a cowboy-shooter who didn`t care about the accuracy.

[ktw]

It's plenty accurate.  It will put XTPs into .5 to .75 (at 50yds) all day long.  

It just won't shoot cast bullets worth a damn. At least not the plain based Keiths I've tried to date.

Thanks for the reply.

-ktw