Hey guys been awhile since i've posted but still read all the time. I have worked up a load for my 41 mag and have a few questions. I am shooting a 265 wlngc at 1500 fps with good accuracy. I have never hunted with cast before and was wondering about shot placement. Do you prefer shot placement to be the same as with jacketed? Also I am shooting good at 100 yds. With this load(considering i am a good enough shooter), how far could you shoot and still be confident of penetration on a deer?
Thanks in advance,
JDMAX

1,500 with a 265!! Wow! Hot! How long is your barrel?? I still like taking high shoulder shots because once you break the shoulder they aren't apt to run far. Should work like a charm.....

It is a 14 inch custom shop contender. Load is 21 gr lilgun, just under Hodgdon max. It will shoot 3" goups at 100 off a bench. Best load I have tried so far.
JDMAX

That load is pretty toasty! Your bullet will shoot through anything you're going to run into, & will do it as far away as you can make good hits. A deer won't even slow one down!
I too, like the high shoulder shot, used a 250 gr cast slug on a cow elk 2 years ago with the same shot, she never took a single step. My load was hardly moving compared to yours.

Dick

That explains it!

Ha Ha! Whit, you thought that was coming out a 6" 'er; didn't ya?

I was thinking "typo" myself....never thought about the T/C.

LOL! My exact thoughts! Caught me a bit off guard!

That thing is MOVING alright. At that velocity I would stay in the shoulders.
A lung shot might not work as well with a hole punch. If the boolit upsets a little though, it will work there too.

I cannot imagine that a 265 grainer at that speed won't decimate the lungs of any animal.

Thanks for the replies. If I felt comfortable with a 150 yard shot would this still do the job at that distance? that would be my max distance anyway.
JDMAX

Yup