Hunting with .45 LC

I read in Outdoor Life about a guy that shot a cape buffalo with a Buffalo Bore 44 mag round (310gr) from revolver; at 40 yards it penetrated 3 feet of the bull.

A 45lc from a rifle could be used well most likely... but why limit yourself? Against bear, I would also want more thump.
 
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A .45 Colt loaded up to the 29-30,000 psi range will do everything a .44 mag will do and then some.

My current all-business .45 Colt load is a 335 gr LBT WFNGC launched by 24 gr of H-110 and sparked by a CCI 350.
 
Yes, your 45 LC with heavy hard cast bullets will take a bear over hounds. If you shoot three bears with it over bait, you will lose 1. Won't be able to find it, lost, and wasted resource.
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A black bear doesn't stand a chance against a 45 colt in a Rifle. A heavy bullet can go through a big mule deer or a hog front to back. Ballistics of those fast ,smaller diameter, bullets look good on paper but are not real life examples of how they preform against a large heavier bullet when it comes to penetration or knockdown power ,which is the reason the Taylor KnockOut Scale was invented.

Here's a 45 colt load for a rifle--
24/H110 1660 fps/ 48,000 CUP ---2141 fpe..
Here's another one--
NEI/Keith 325 27/H110 50,000 CUP (for 92s) 2121 fps (again like a 45-70)---3346 fpe
I would think the latter would kill anything in North America..
Overkill for Black Bear---
 
If someone loses their bear over bait, they better learn to shoot or stay home.

All the buffalo on the plains were killed with a 45/70 bullet going 1300-1500fps.
If you have a 250gr 45 cal cast bullet going around 1200fps or so, you will get major penatration on deer and bears at 100yds.

Do a little playing and testing of your own. Shoot into wet sand and milk jugs filled with water, lined up back to back to catch your bullet and you will be very impressed.

My 44 mag is a 250gr at 1650fps and I feel completely confident for elk with it to 200yds.


If you use cast bullets, try and get some good home cast bullets, not that commercially produced garbage they sell in the stores.
 
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Here's my H&R Survivor .45 Colt/410 rifle, drilled and tapped, shown here with a Weaver 4x compact scope. I load 21.0gr of W296, CCI 350 primer and a 300gr Hornady XTP bullet for a MV of 1500fps. Should be effective with good shot placement at close range for most any critter. :cool:

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