250 gr rn fp

[hermhunt]

anyone try the lazorcast 452 250gr rn fp on game? They shoot good in my guns just dont know if there is enough flat up front.

[Mikey]

hermhunt:  the 250 gn rnfp is the standard bullet for the 45 Colt cartridge and although there is not a lot of 'flat' (metplat) up front, the cartridge with that bullet has been taking game since it was developed.  Elmer Keith felt it needed more 'flat' up front, so he designed his famous semi-wadcutter for the cartridge, the Lyman # 454424 at 255 gns. 

I prefer the broader 'flat' of the large metplat on the Keith designed swc and its sharp shoulder, but that is not to say that the rn-fp slug won't work well enough for you.  You will know this if you use the cartridge/slug on larger game like Whitetail, and find your slugs glancing off larger bone structures and failing to get deep into the heart/lung area for a quick demise or failing to penetrate sufficiently to break large bone structures, or if your animal runs off and you cannot locate it, and at that point you may begin to wish that you had used a swc slug with a larger metplat. 

[coyotejoe]

It really depends on which RNFP you are using, they are not all the same. Most of the modern crop of RNFPs have meplates much larger than the original .45 Colt factory bullets and some are very much larger than Mr. Keith's SWC. I cast some from a Lee mold which have noses very much like Vernal Smith's WFN designs. Elmer Keith was working under the impression that not only did the nose carry the impact but he believed the sharp shoulders carried on the same work in flesh as in paper targets but I believe that idea has been pretty much discounted and popular modern hunting bullets of RNFP design have larger meplates than Keith's SWC's. It looks to me as if the .45 caliber Laser Cast RNFP has a flat nose at least nearly as large as the .44 caliber Keith bullet but I haven't actually measured them.

[Doe]

Hard, good bullet!!----Shot placement is the key

[Redhawk1]

I use WFN or LFN hard cast gc bullets for hunting. I am sure the RNFP would work, but from my experience the WFN and LFN case more damage.

[Glanceblamm]

I use WFN or LFN hard cast gc bullets for hunting. I am sure the RNFP would work, but from my experience the WFN and LFN case more damage.

Nothing like them large cookie cutter holes "whether in paper, or a tanned out hide" from the likes of a WFN or LFN.

I do shoot a bunch of the RNFP. They shoot great as said but I had the very same thoughts on the smaller meplate so I have strictly use them for practice to date.