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.45 Colt Rifle & Handgun!
I've got a .45 Colt Marlin lever gun and Ruger handgun (wheel gun not a bottom feeder!).
The Marlin w/24" barrel will hold 14 rnds with one in the chamber of the 250grn rnfp Laser Cast loaded to a mild 1400 pfs give or take, or 13 rnds with one in the chamber of the Hornaday 300grn XTP Mag. loaded a little hotter (but not topped out), about 1700fps.
Those same loads in my Ruger Blackhawk w/4 5/8" barrel will slow down a little due to shorter barrel, but still get the job done.
The 300grnr's out of the 24"barrel Marlin loads are just under what the .45-70 in velocity and power. Thats ok, I can carry a whole lot more .45 Colt rounds than I can .45-70 Gov. rounds.
Either load will penetrate a good size hog from side to side or end to end.
If a hog can take 13 to 14 rounds from the rifle and 6 from the handgun and keep coming he can keep both guns, cause I'm going to be running or climbing a tree. He He He!
And if you're with me, you don't need to worry about outrunning the hog, just outrunning me.
Nuff said,
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Last edited by bulletpusher; 06-02-2006 at 01:02 PM.
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