454 Casull for elk?

[jds holler]

If you are proficient with your revolver, that's a chip shot with a scope. There's a ton of bozos out there banging away at 3 or 4 hundred yards with their rifles that can't seem to hit the 300 yd gong at the range with a rest. jd

 

[linebaugh]

SWIFT Makes (or did make) bonded bullets in the 250-300gr range. I shot those for a short bit and they were very accurate and a tough bullet with a good meplat. If they open, fine and if not same basic benifit as a cast WFN or LFN.

 

[SeabeeKen]

I’d use a heavy super hard cast bullet anytime over a 240 gr JHP if that’s what you have in mind. You want to put an elk down fast so you’re not hauling it any further than necessary. I’d buy or try to duplicate something like these:

454 Casull

At 454 pressures, I'd be concerned with bullet deformation. There is a reason that make thicker magnum jackets for the 454 and 460 magnums. They come in non HP flavors.

Another option is this,

.452 Cal-240gr Jack Hammer® - Hammer Bullets

This Jack Hammer™ is designed for the 45 Colt or the 45 ACP. This will be a great self defense or hunting bullet when deep straight line penetration is needed.

hammerbullets.com

This bullet will give deep penetration and the cavity design causes cavitation which causes massive damage.

 

[Rem06]

At 454 pressures, I'd be concerned with bullet deformation. There is a reason that make thicker magnum jackets for the 454 and 460 magnums. They come in non HP flavors.

Another option is this,

.452 Cal-240gr Jack Hammer® - Hammer Bullets

This Jack Hammer™ is designed for the 45 Colt or the 45 ACP. This will be a great self defense or hunting bullet when deep straight line penetration is needed.

hammerbullets.com

This bullet will give deep penetration and the cavity design causes cavitation which causes massive damage.

But everybody knows speed kills ;-)

But I haven't been here in awhile, did we get back to slow and heavy ?

 

[spencerhenry]

If it were me, I'd use a 300gr hard cast with a big flat nose. They seem to work pretty well on big game.

 

[jds holler]

I'd use any durable 250ish grain bullet that I could reliably hit the 16" gong with at 100 yds. jd

 

[nockhunter]

Speer 300g JSP, and Hornady 300g XTP work well on deer through my inline muzzle loader, should work in a 454 Casull on elk. I have also killed a hog with the 300g Speer in my 45 Colt Bisley.

Mike

 

[ken158]

Are we really still having this conversation? He is shooting a 45 cal. 240gr bullet faster than most inline muzzleloaders can. No need to go with a heavier bullet you are hunting Elk not Elephants.

Yeah - hang around these forums long enough and you realize the one’s that have never done it will have more to say than those that have…

 

[Bulletman]

Granpa,

The Casull will work great for elk assuming your accuracy is acceptable (I won't question your ability) even at 100 yards. The trick is to select a bullet capable of withstanding the pressures of the 454 if you are planning on shooting full-house loads. Bullets designed for 45 Colt velocities and deer sized game in mind will expand much more than a properly designed 454 bullet will and limit penetration as well as some Colt bullets have been known to sustain damage to the base of the jacket and have accuracy issues due to this when used in 454 maximum loads. Most 45 caliber 300 grain bullets are made for Casull and muzzleloader velocities and will do quite well as will the hard cast bullets mentioned.