.45 caliber 240-250 gr. XTP for deer

[ROVERBOY]

Just wondered if anybody had experience with these? I have wondered how they hold together and expand on deer. I know some hunters use them in muzzleloaders at probably 1600 fps or faster.

 

[knightrider]

They are responsible for thousands and thousands of deer deaths! Great bullet ,hold together well and flat knock the snot out of em

 

[TnKen]

I use them in my smokeless ml with great results. The few that I recovered held together and expanded well.

 

[backyardtndeer]

The 240 grain XTP mags do very well on deer.

 

[Billboy]

I've used 44/200, 44/240, 44/300, 45/230, 45/250, and 45/300 XTP's in my M/L over the decade. Recovered a few and they all were perfect mushrooms. I finally settled on the 45/300 just because I found them to be more accurate and almost always get a passthrough. I shoot 240's in my Redhawk 44 Mag.

 

[mike243]

All the deer I have shot at with the 240 and 300 have really hated them

 

[vonb]

240s are a little more stout than the 250s. Either will most likely sail through a deer. I like to use the following chart to pick a bullet for the desired velocity:

 

[ROVERBOY]

Either the 240's or a hard cast of about the same weight is what I want. I want to use them in a .45 ACP carbine. It will be loaded up to about. 45 Super or .460 Rowland.

 

[Carlos]

That's what I've always used- they have done great for me over the years.