I've had very good luck with 300 grain JHP's in my Guide Gun
Several bucks, a doe and two hogs over 450 pounds, the smallest one we attempted to weigh and he started breaking the tree branch we typically hung the scale over as the scale hit 450. We stopped and hung him from a steel pole fixed to bumper after that. Every one of them killed with a 300 Hornady Interlock JHP just over 2250 fps. Both of the hogs literally dropped in their tracks. Every deer ran between 15-30 yards. When you shoot a hog through both shoulders with an adequate bullet they tend to drop right there...at least that has been my experience. The only two deer I've shot that dropped in their track was a buck in Del Rio with a 4" 629 loaded with a 240 XTP over 18.5g 2400 and doe I shot with a 5.5" Blackhawk 45 loaded with a 260g Keith bullet over the same powder charge as the 44 Magnum. Both required a finishing shot though.
Complete thread:
- Ramblings of bullet effectiveness... -
Bri A,
2017-05-17, 20:27
- need the proverbial "Mack truck" -
bj,
2017-05-17, 21:43
- I think that's very true. Nm - rob, 2017-05-17, 21:57
- need the proverbial "Mack truck" - Bri A, 2017-05-17, 23:14
- I've had very good luck with 300 grain JHP's in my Guide Gun -
rob,
2017-05-17, 21:55
- Maybe it is the load I used... -
Bri A,
2017-05-17, 23:11
- Maybe it is the load I used... - rob, 2017-05-18, 07:53
- Maybe it is the load I used... - Jared, 2017-05-18, 08:48
- Maybe it is the load I used... -
Bri A,
2017-05-17, 23:11
- It's a puzzlement, ain't it? -
Hoot,
2017-05-18, 07:27
- I get the impression... - rob, 2017-05-18, 08:04
- It's a puzzlement, ain't it? -
Jared,
2017-05-18, 08:55
- I like the sound of those results. - Hoot, 2017-05-19, 05:36
- It certainly is... -
Bri A,
2017-05-18, 23:39
- My deer experiences have been very similar. - Hoot, 2017-05-19, 05:34
- Have always enjoyed the 35's... - Bri A, 2017-05-21, 08:40
- Penetration is paramount. -
Jared,
2017-05-18, 08:45
- Penetration is paramount. -
rob,
2017-05-18, 14:43
- Oh c'mon, "everybody" knows... -
Hoot,
2017-05-18, 19:13
- no .357 Herrett? -
bj,
2017-05-18, 20:01
- Unfortunately, no. - Hoot, 2017-05-19, 05:33
- Oh c'mon, "everybody" knows... -
rob,
2017-05-19, 07:24
- I have a couple Whelens. -
Hoot,
2017-05-19, 12:09
- I have a couple Whelens. - rob, 2017-05-19, 17:44
- I have a couple Whelens. -
Hoot,
2017-05-19, 12:09
- no .357 Herrett? -
bj,
2017-05-18, 20:01
- Oh c'mon, "everybody" knows... -
Hoot,
2017-05-18, 19:13
- Penetration is paramount. -
rob,
2017-05-18, 14:43
- At the risk of being flamed. location, location , location. -
ERSisk,
2017-05-18, 21:51
- No flames... - Bri A, 2017-05-20, 15:06
- Bullet effectiveness... -
Byron,
2017-05-20, 12:31
- Oh man... - Bri A, 2017-05-20, 14:58
- Bullet effectiveness... - rob, 2017-05-25, 22:38
- Bullet effectiveness... -
Gunner,
2017-05-20, 13:09
- Exactly my point... -
Bri A,
2017-05-20, 14:47
- Thanks for that story. - Hoot, 2017-05-22, 09:11
- It is a true story... - Bri A, 2017-05-23, 13:57
- Lol...Numbers 32:23:) nm - rob, 2017-05-25, 17:30
- Bullet effectiveness... - Jared, 2017-05-20, 21:26
- Exactly my point... -
Bri A,
2017-05-20, 14:47
- need the proverbial "Mack truck" -
bj,
2017-05-17, 21:43