The WLN was designed for heavy weight bullets, and shoots with superb accuracy if the bullet has adaquate bearing length. i.e. 320 + grains in 44 and 45 caliber. It also allows seating bullets out to maximum length for the cylinder with less chambering problems, whcih permits higher velocity potential.
Since I started up again my catalog has been badly messed up, so I get a lot of orders for WLN's which are too short. i simply give the customer a WFN and an explaination.
The WFN and WLN have the exact same meplat size, so penetration is identical if impact velocity and bullet weight are the same. The LFN, having a smaller meplat, in theory, penetrates farther, but in fact, it is extremely rare to recover a WFN or WLN from even the largest game. Which is why I said 'in theory'.
For your Blackhawk I think you'd be happiest with a 280 to 325 gr WFN, any of which will probably give you all the recoil you want, as the Colt case has more powder room than necessary for very effective killing loads. But if you want to get the maximum whallop possible, the WLN will give more than any bullet on earth if set up with a .45 nose for Blackhawks, .5 nose for Redhawks and other long cylinder guns.
