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Who has used these on elk or moose or similar-sized game?
How did they perform for you?
Thanks.
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Have killed two elk with the 350s. Held up well and I was pleased with terminal performance. First one went through the shoulder blade, broke a rib, went through the chest and was mushroomed inside the skin on the far side. The second plowed through the elbow joint (was shooting at a severe uphill angle, broke into several pieces, but one large chunk went through the heart and ended it quickly.
They also shoot well in my guns. This year, dropping to the 300 gr as I will be hunting mule deer. Brother is sticking with 350 for elk.
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Thanks. I shot the 350's yesterday and they did well in my rifle. A little hard to load, but hopefully I'll only need to do that once this year.
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Hard to beat a big hunk of lead. Maybe a small hunk of copper?
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im gonna give the 300,s a spin in my renegade 50 cal
gonna get some from midsouth shooters supply
and see what they do with 100 gr charge
wanna try the thor 250,s also somewhere down the line
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make sure you have a GOOD solid bullet starter
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im kinda wondering about the bore size and loading them
the thor site said their bullets for tc rifles were .502 diameter if i remember right
and everything i have ever heard most people say about the fpbs is that they require alot of force to ram home
im gonna give em a try just to see how they shoot
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Gosh damn being stupid really sucks.
Can someone tell me WTH FPB's are?
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http://www.hornady.com/store/50-Cal-350-gr-FPB/As stated, a good, short bullet starter is the key. Their rear skirt is bigger than bore size and you have to size them to YOUR gun. Set them on top of the barrel in allighment and place a short bullet starter on top (with a special pointed type loading jag) and give it a sharp "whap" with your other palm. couple of sharp whaps should have then in the barrel and eaier to put down the barrel. That said some CVAs are so tight they are a booger to load. Load great in my Omega, Renegade, and Knight LRH. Also, I have the kind of ramrod with a folding/inline "T" handle which makes pushing it down that much easier. You can also get the kind that just friction fits on the end of your ramrod so you aren't pushing that skinny metal piece with your palm.
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What I use:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/TC-T-Handle-Short-Starter-and-Ramrod-Extension/734697.uts?Ntk=AllProducts&searchPath=%2Fcatalog%2Fsearch.cmd%3Fform_state%3DsearchForm%26N%3D0%26fsch%3Dtrue%26Ntk%3DAllProducts%26Ntt%3Dt%252Fc%2Bbullet%2Bstarter%26WTz_l%3DHeader%253BSearch-All%2BProducts&Ntt=t%2Fc+bullet+starter&WTz_l=Header%3BSearch-All+Products
with this on the end:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Black-Powder/Loading-Accessories%7C/pc/104792580/c/104701680/sc/104436180/Hornady-SST-Loading-Jag/735140.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fshooting-black-powder-loading-accessories%2F_%2FN-1100209%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104436180%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104792580%253Bcat104701680&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104792580%3Bcat104701680%3Bcat104436180
And this:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Black-Powder/Loading-Accessories%7C/pc/104792580/c/104701680/sc/104436180/ThompsonCenter-Universal-Power-Rod/706074.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fshooting-black-powder-loading-accessories%2F_%2FN-1100209%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104436180%3FWTz_l%3DSBC%253BMMcat104792580%253Bcat104701680&WTz_l=SBC%3BMMcat104792580%3Bcat104701680%3Bcat104436180
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Thanks TX, hope they at least bonded the little pointy slug.
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pushing them down on top of the powder isn't hard, its the getting them into the bore part thats a PITA. .502" Traditions bore and the 300gr Hornady FPB.
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I almost broke my hand trying to load that damn bullet.
The Thor is much more friendly. Push them in with my thumb.
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im getting a tc spin jag to load them after seating the round got a tc short starter already
they sound like a pain in the butt to load at first but then they slide down easier once engraved at the skirt
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pushing them down on top of the powder isn't hard, its the getting them into the bore part thats a PITA. .502" Traditions bore and the 300gr Hornady FPB. is that one that got started off canter to the bore it looks like about 1/3 of the skirt is messed up and the other 2/3rds of the circumfrance of it aint from the angle of the picture??????
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pushing them down on top of the powder isn't hard, its the getting them into the bore part thats a PITA. .502" Traditions bore and the 300gr Hornady FPB. Dang so it's a pointy little mono. Gunner
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And I realize I'm behind in the new tech ML stuff, but my old 290 gn tipped TMZ's are bad mofo's on critters, with 150 gns loose 777 under 'em.
When I get them and the 777 shot up, I'm gonna try Thors and BH-209 for the inline Omega.
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i wanna give the thors a whirl espically if they are way easier to load
just dont wanna play the mail order game right yet
midsouth shooters is 4 miles up the road and call in orders only take 2 hrs for them to be ready to pick up
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just the angle of the picture
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