your chart confirms the fairly rapid drop in speed .... one of the great things about loading your own is (within a given range) you can adjust the powder charge .... doing so allows one to develop the most advantageous speed at the range they anticipate firing ....
as a side note, based on my hunting experience, if hit in a vital / kill area, deer aren't hard to kill .... nowhere near as resilient as larger bear and boar .... our family has hunted with 357 and 44 Mag revolvers for decades .... from the start, we max loaded our ammo which pushed the bullets at muzzle velocities considerably in excess of Nosler's speed recommendation for their JHP and JSP revolver bullets .... they show expansion data from 800 to 1350 fps .... their reloading manual offers revolver load suggestions that, depending on caliber and bullet weight, develop up to 1800 fps muzzle velocities .... in all cases, they have performed flawlessly .... I've noted many times that our preference is for Nolser bullets .... that said, I suspect, but can't prove from personal experience, that the same would be true for bullets from other solid companies that have withstood the test of time ....
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Yep, start to drop like a rock past 100yds.JEBar wrote:your chart confirms the fairly rapid drop in speed .... one of the great things about loading your own is (within a given range) you can adjust the powder charge .... doing so allows one to develop the most advantageous speed at the range they anticipate firing ....
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JEBar...yeah I expect the 41 XTPs will perform perfectly if I do my part. Expected ranges will be about 25-75 yards. GG—-thanks for the chart with velocity and energy at different ranges..
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You're welcome. Btw at that range you oughta be able to hit it in the head with a rock. Or just rope it.TNman wrote:JEBar...yeah I expect the 41 XTPs will perform perfectly if I do my part. Expected ranges will be about 25-50 yards. GG—-thanks for the chart with velocity and energy at different ranges..
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My .41 carbine will shoot the xtp through a deer at 100 yds. All three.
50 yds +2, 100 yds -2
50 yds +2, 100 yds -2
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Yeah a red dot on a lever carbine in a pistol cartridge with my eyes is a short range proposition no doubt...but that’s the enjoyment of the process. I figure the 210g XTP will shoot through on broadside shots at these woods distances despite the higher velocity. The .357 with 180g Swift aframe did not shoot through on the 3 deer last year at ranges of 50-80 yards...one was an angling shot into the chest cavity. These little Henry carbines make deer hunting great again!
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