for 475L : 400 gr hornady xtp or speer gold dot 400gr.

[kennisondan]

is there any difference between the gold dot and the xtp bullets for deer sized game at 1200 fps or 1100 fps // will they expand or will they just pup through at that speed.
I am shooting a FA revolver and want to load the thing no faster than that.
thanks
dk
my 400 cast BTB will be another month coming in so I want to order something now...
dk

[Ken ONeill]

On deer, the 325 and 400 Speer will expand better than the 400 XTP. The 325 will expand more than the 400 Speer. For heavy game from 400 to 2000 lbs., I prefer the 400 XTP. My .475's are a bit more accurate with the XTP also.

[MS Hitman]

I put a 400 grain Speer through 5.5 feet of elk on a hunt I attended with Ken.  It expanded very little.

For deer, there really is no practical difference between the two brands or weights of bullets.   I've not recovered any of the bullets I shot at deer with my .475. 

Personally, I wouldn't even consider expansion with this round, it is already "expanded" before it leaves the barrel. 

[kennisondan]

Hey and thanks for the response..  I am getting a little anxious about not using cast now and cast later as well, so I am going to jsut order some faster to arrive cast in the same weight category ... whether the jacketed expand or not is probably not that big a deal, I guess, so that decision out the way and some bullets ordered up with brass... now I go to work to support this handgun habit..Damned work..
dk