coolbreezeroho
Senior Member
Which you like better 240/270 or a 300/330 grain for taking a deer.....? Ill say 130 to 150 yard shot...
I've had a small buck run 150 yards after I shot it through both lungs with a Barnes from a .300 Winmag traveling at around 3000fps, too. Deer are just tough sometimes.It is hard to say. I shot a small doe with a 340gr chunk of bullet and she ran off like nothing had happened.
I texted my hunting partner and told him I had missed. I got down and there was blood everywhere and she went about 30 yards. I would have expected to knock her off her feet!
Yep. 30 years of shooting deer with 350 grain chunks of solid lead convinced me on bullet weight.I like bigger bullets in a ML.
Which you like better 240/270 or a 300/330 grain for taking a deer.....? Ill say 130 to 150 yard shot...
If I really wanted to shoot 150 yards, I wouldn't be using a muzzleloader.In everything, there is a tradeoff. A higher grain bullet will indeed have more knockdown power than a lower grain bullet, but a lower grain bullet will have a higher muzzle velocity than a larger bullet with the same powder charge. This means it will "shoot flater" than a larger grain bullet, and due tot he slower velocity a 300 grain bullet can drop significantly more from 100 to 150 yards than a smaller bullet. I really, you would shoot each with different powder cages to see how it performs, and then practice with one once you settle in on what works best. I've seen vast differences in bullets and even within the same bullet with different grain powder charges. If I didn't go that route and you said pick one or the other to, and I really wanted to shoot out to 150 yards, I would go with the lighter bullet. If you hit the deer where you want, you will kill it regardless of the bullet being 240 or 300 grain, and there is a better chance of you hitting the deer where you want out to that distance with a smaller bullet.
If I really wanted to shoot 150 yards, I wouldn't be using a muzzleloader.
A lot of years, I'm still shooting a sidelock muzzleloader after firearms season starts.If I really wanted to shoot 150 yards, I wouldn't be using a muzzleloader.
Have to shoot a muzzle loader that week before firearms season starts...
In the grand scheme of things 240, 270, 300, 330, 350, and 370 are all heavy. I would say shoot the one that is most accurate at the range you want to shoot. So long as we're talking conical solid lead bullets, they'll all perform well.
If I really wanted to shoot 150 yards, I wouldn't be using a muzzleloader.