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Offline SingleFan

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FA 454 Bullet & Powder
« on: July 14, 2004, 07:50:28 AM »
What are your preferences for loads for the 454?  Application is whitetail.  Gun is 10" FA83
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454 for deer
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2004, 10:03:51 AM »
hi i used a nosler 260 partition with fed gm rifle primer, starline brass and 35 gr of 296 only shot 1 buck so far at 75 yards , 1 shot dropped in its tracks ! and my buddies where putting on a drive so the adrenlen was up a notch for the deer and it was trotting off a hill side going into a hollow it was a nice buck a 9 piont if you count at least 2 inch points and 13 if you just count points, i have 2 fa 454 one  7 1/2 with a aimpoint comp  and  1  9 inch  with a 1 1/2 x 4 burris with a heavy duplex  . both guns shoot  about  everything well! for full loads use lil gun ,296, h110, ww surplus 820
my favorite pratice load is 28 gr of 296,  fed sr primer and a lbt 300grgc
lfn cast by me, have shot several 1/2 in groupes at 50 yards and aroud 2 inches for 10 shots at 100 yards at a velocity of 1440 fps
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FA 454 Bullet & Powder
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2004, 04:40:11 PM »
Deer are very easy to kill compaired to some of the larger game. If your useing a .454 just about any bullet, except real lite ones, will do the trick. What I`ve been shooting is a 300 grn. jacketed with max. load of Win. - 296. Just over 1,500 fps., but that`s more a bear load than a deer load. BUT it will take deer also.  :lol: