50 cal pistol 4 deer

[jbtazgrabber]

i have a 50 cal single shot cap and ball type  pistol that hasbeen modified to pistol primer and 44 250 gr. xtp and sabot 7 3/4 in fast twist barrel.of coarse my crony  ouits working before i can run this gun in it..how fast with 35 to 40 grs. pryo.do you think would be a good gueestamate???over 900 or below 900 fps>>this will not be the primary gun.this is to keeplast year from repeating itself..i wore scope ring <you know the big circle over your eye from scope to close>in the middle if my head because the doe came across the road in frount of my at 10 feet, i never shouldered the gun ...at under 20 yds this be fast enough????thanks jb

[kjeff50cal]

You may get that much (900fps), but I have never loaded a sabot in my 6"  50 cal. plains pistol. According to the Lyman BP Guide a 245 grn. conical would travel at that velocity when stoked with 40 grns of Pyrodex. What I have done is loaded a 350 grn TC Maxi conical on top of 40 grns. of FFFG Goex,  :eek: sort of a howdah load that mimics a healthy loaded .44 Special in recoil.

KJeff50cal

[jbtazgrabber]

thanks that tells me about what i needed.....hope your hi and dry.a hunting buddy has family in running from the storm,from houston....have you killed any thing with your pistol and that heavy load????jb

[kjeff50cal]

I'm high and dry, but the only things i've killed with that load is paper.... Hope I get meat with it next deer season. If Rita has'nt run off all the deer on my land in Chambers County (Anahauc) .

kjeff50cal