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Old 02-10-2013, 07:32 PM
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I already posted this but meant to ask if either of these loads would work effectively or would blow the small game to kingdom kong
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I am playing around with the idea of a survival kit like. S&W offered and am going back and forth on the 460 and 500 in five inch barrel and the i would be in alaska and want something to stop bears and load small enough to kill birds/rabbits but not blow them away.the 460 I can get Speer empty shotshell capsules for 45 long colt and put 4 shot in that for small game in a survival situation. But I like the energy I can get from the 500 and was wondering if I loaded the charge small enough if it would not blow away the rabbit/bird.

I could post the ideas for a "dream" survival case but the items are expensive but just an idea
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Old 02-11-2013, 02:43 AM
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Trailboss wi get you the lowest velocities out of those guns. Still talking 700-900 fps depending on bullet weight. You can see the exact numbers by plugging the filters in at data.hodgdon.com. A hardcast bullet as heavy as though two calibers are going 800 fps would still leave I mess in my opinion. Best to load them with birdshot for small critters. I posted how to do that without the Speer shot capsule.
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