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Post by chaos on Aug 27, 2020 19:48:33 GMT -5
I went about running some hog traps this morning only to find them empty.
Hog walked up the ranch road facing me. Looked at the pickup for a bit, and lowered his head to eat some corn I spilled baiting traps the night before.
I let loose of the 232 gr powder coated slug. He was a guestimated 75 yards. I held at the top of his back and got lucky. Slug entered between the fron shoulders(about 10 inches lower than poa) after clipping his cheek and stopped in his lungs.
Luck was on my side as he ran about 30 yards before laying down. Left not one drop of blood. The finisher to the head was much closer and a pass through.
Slug is soft range scrap about 800fps. Zero deformation. Like it hit nothing.
If I can figure out how to post pics, will do
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Post by chaos on Aug 27, 2020 19:59:21 GMT -5
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Post by chaos on Aug 27, 2020 20:06:46 GMT -5
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Post by dougader on Aug 28, 2020 11:46:14 GMT -5
Nice pig! Nice shot!
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Post by leftysixgun on Aug 28, 2020 12:31:53 GMT -5
Awesome! Is that a 452-374 design bullet?
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Post by chaos on Aug 28, 2020 14:06:03 GMT -5
Awesome! Is that a 452-374 design bullet? Yes Sir it is. I have had the mould probably 15 years. I never could get it to cast bigger than .451 with any alloy. I just started powdercoaring this fall. Makes it a usable slug. Very accurate target load with win 231
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Post by bigmuddy on Aug 28, 2020 15:36:32 GMT -5
Very cool! Nice shooting.
Dan
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Post by matt56 on Aug 28, 2020 21:29:41 GMT -5
I just recently got some 45 acp dies and a bunch of range pickup brass. I shouldn’t wait and get a mold coming too
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Post by chaos on Aug 28, 2020 23:05:14 GMT -5
I just recently got some 45 acp dies and a bunch of range pickup brass. I shouldn’t wait and get a mold coming too I dont fool with production molds anymore on new ones. It seems RCBS are cut for linotype and Lyman for #2. Sometimes they work out, sometimes you get to play games with your alloy to make them work. If I need a new mold, I just order one from Accurate Molds. You spec the size of the slug, the alloy you use, etc. Sometimes the wait is longer than others. I have never been disappointed with one of his moulds. Maybe things have changed on production molds in the last 10 years? I've not had good luck with em......and all I shoot is home cast.
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Post by webber on Aug 29, 2020 10:45:48 GMT -5
I just recently got some 45 acp dies and a bunch of range pickup brass. I shouldn’t wait and get a mold coming too I dont fool with production molds anymore on new ones. It seems RCBS are cut for linotype and Lyman for #2. Sometimes they work out, sometimes you get to play games with your alloy to make them work. If I need a new mold, I just order one from Accurate Molds. You spec the size of the slug, the alloy you use, etc. Sometimes the wait is longer than others. I have never been disappointed with one of his moulds. Maybe things have changed on production molds in the last 10 years? I've not had good luck with em......and all I shoot is home cast. Maybe I am missing something, but, why would you select a RN design? I understand feeding but as a potential game bullet, why choose a Rn? Thanks
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Post by bradshaw on Aug 29, 2020 13:37:29 GMT -5
chaos.... I, too, am curious at to your choice of slug. Appreciate your report. Trajectory sound right for the range. The .45 ACP is an excellent put-down bullet on livestock. It is important to understand its limitations, which I sense you do. I have stopped side-to-side temple shots on cows and bulls with 230 lead Round Nose and Truncated Cone in .45 ACP----without bullet exit. Same bullet stoppage with hardball (230 FMJ). Curious as to whether your shot lacerated one or both lungs, cut plumbing over the heart or the heart itself. David Bradshaw
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Post by eagle1899 on Aug 29, 2020 13:51:54 GMT -5
Nice poke!!!
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Post by jfs on Aug 30, 2020 15:44:34 GMT -5
excellent.......
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2020 10:56:56 GMT -5
45ACP has been gittin it done for a long time. Nice shot and thanks for the info on moulds.
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Post by chaos on Nov 6, 2020 1:05:17 GMT -5
chaos.... I, too, am curious at to your choice of slug. Appreciate your report. Trajectory sound right for the range. The .45 ACP is an excellent put-down bullet on livestock. It is important to understand its limitations, which I sense you do. I have stopped side-to-side temple shots on cows and bulls with 230 lead Round Nose and Truncated Cone in .45 ACP----without bullet exit. Same bullet stoppage with hardball (230 FMJ). Curious as to whether your shot lacerated one or both lungs, cut plumbing over the heart or the heart itself. David Bradshaw Please forgive my late response. Just now saw this. I did not set out to "Hunt" hogs that day. If I had, I'd have been armed with a WFN in .357,.44 Mag or .475. Ive taken HUNDREDS of hogs in traps with a .22 lr in a single six. It doesnt take much to put one down when you are standing right next to him. I had just got that load set up at the range as I am new to powdercoating. I was excited to be able to use that mould that throws undersized by making the slugs larger with the powder coat. It prints EXCELLENT. It was handy when I got ready to run traps instead of the normal 22. With that said, hogs are like fleas down here and a lot of folks will shoot to just get lead in them. Doesn't matter if they are recovered or not to most. I personally dont set out to injure animals of any kind, but I wont let a hog pass. If all I had on me was a 25 acp, he would have had a round lobbed at him. That particular pig ran about 30 yards into some very thick scrub and laid down. I went to look for blood at the place of the shot and could hear him sucking air. It was a complete accident that he just laid down. I slipped in and hit him in the noggin with the second round. It was a single lung hit as far as I could tell. The hog had been castrated at some point. Ive heard guys do it to make them grow bigger. Anyhow, I saw he had been cut and decided to put him in the freezer. Normally feed Boars to the buzzards. It was pretty warm that day. I didnt fool around none too much getting him gutted and dragged out of there. Meat spoils quick in those temps. Didnt dig around too much to check everything. I believe it was in the upper 90s by the time I got him to the barn.
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