XTP's are designed to perform at less than max velocities. Velocity from a 16" rifle barrel should be over1,200fps.Įnough to kill a deer in my opinion. Velocity is 1,021fps in only an 8" pistol barrel. I'll offer some suggestions and hopefully you can find a way for the young man to hunt this year.įrom the Hornady book: a starting load for the 240gr XTP is 21.8gr/2400.įrom Hodgdon's website: a starting load is 8.0gr/W231. Recovered the well mushroomed bullet under the skin on the far side. I shot a buck with a 240gr XTP from a muzzle loader with a sabot. All recoil values have been rounded off to one decimal place.Ĭartridge (W of bul MV). In the table below rifle weight is given in pounds, free recoil energy is given in foot pounds, and free recoil velocity is given in feet-per-second. In addition, a solid buttplate vs a rubber recoil pad will also influence felt recoil.
Please note that a lighter rifle and one with a small buttplate will produce more felt recoil than one with a larger one.
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