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Originally Posted by David LaPell
a 250 grain cast Lyman #429421 behind Skeeter's old load of 7.5 grains of Unique against a whitetail buck.
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That will surely work, but I feel a whole lot more comfortable with my 7.5" Blackhawk .45 with a 250 grain SWC and 10.0 grains of Unique. I have recently reduced that load to 9.0 grains of Unique, but I still have several hundred rounds of the old 10 grain load.
That 10 grain load will punch through a 150 pound Georgia whitetail more times than not, usually taking out both front shoulders. The bullet will usually either pooch up under the off-side skin, or go clean through. That is from the Blackhawk or a Trapper 94 Winchester.
I believe I will "sight in" the Winchester this weekend. I have seen two nice bucks on one of my places, and my neighbor stopped me Saturday and told me he had seen them just minutes before, crossing the road going through my place. Gun season opens here in five or six weeks.