XTP Mag bullets

[longnkrnch]

Considering loading 450 wit the 240 gn XTP mag bullets but have a few questions. How well will they perform on Deer / Hogs? What should be the COAL, the total length (not equipped to measure from ogive)? And, should it be crimped into the cannilure?

[Hoot]

While it's probably starting to sound like a broken record. 38gr of Lil Gun, Rem 7 1/2, 2.05-2.08 COL enough to almost bury the cannelure in the mouth and taper crimp that mouth into the cannelure to a diameter of .475 measured as close to the mouth as accuracy allows. That will throw 100 yard 5-shot groups like this as long as you do your part.

2250fps out of a 20" barrel


I could not find the water shot for it that I did, but it was almost identical to a 250 FTX, making to to the 5th gallon jug full of cold water.

Hoot

[LlindeX]

Hoot,

I'll second your opinion. I've copied your exact load for 40 rnds now, and all my targets have been almost identical to what you're showing here. I don't understand why, but I frequently get three touching and two slightly separated like that. Still, a group even anywhere near that would make a heck of a hole in the side of a bull elk, don't you think?