45X40 by 150 grain Red Hots?

[10ga]

45X40 in 150 grain Barnes Red Hots with 10 bullets in a pack in the clearance bin at the sports store. $4 for the 10 pack and he had about 6 packs = 60 bullets. Are the 150s any good in the 45 with smokeless? If so I'm headed back to get the whole batch! Anybody know how the 150s shoot. I have an Encore 45-70 conversion with 20" barrel and 1-20 twist. Thanks, 10 ga

[pposey]

Sounds great but know nothing about them sorry

[dave d.]

:)the bc on them will be very low and will drop quite a bit at distance but for that price shoot'em up.

[boarhog]

I don't get the consistency with the 175 gr Barnes/Knight Red Hots as I do with 195 gr, but still plenty of Accuracy for hunting. With the latest revelation about the radiused base of the 195 gr causing sabot failure, you may want to look closely at the bases of the 150s.
BH

[GMB54-120]

If you like the 150s then you may like the Barnes 155gr TAC-XPs. Ive shot these upto 2300fps+ sofar with very good accuracy. Even with all the petals blown off the base still weighs 140grs.

They are flat based with the large MZ type hollow point. I dont know if i would hunt with them but they are a blast to shoot and very low recoil.

Water jugs vaporize.

Midsouth and Grafs sells them for about $30 per 40.

[pposey]

"155gr TAC-XPs"

I thought about those as well, They would be a good hunting bullet for my 10mm I bet

[mountainam]

I'd pass on them for hunting deer but they would be fine for large varmints. They would fizz out too soon to be reliable on deer. That's how Knight hyped the .45's when they first came out by advertising 2600fps. It sure wasn't with a 200gr bullet. If you have a 1/20 twist I'd give the .411" 300gr Hornady's a try. with smokeless you may be able to get them spinning fast enough to shoot well. The sectional density would be awsome compared to what we've been shooting.

[sw]

Oct 22, 2010 7:51:27 GMT -5 mountainam said:

I'd pass on them for hunting deer but they would be fine for large varmints. They would fizz out too soon to be reliable on deer. That's how Knight hyped the .45's when they first came out by advertising 2600fps. It sure wasn't with a 200gr bullet. If you have a 1/20 twist I'd give the .411" 300gr Hornady's a try. with smokeless you may be able to get them spinning fast enough to shoot well. The sectional density would be awsome compared to what we've been shooting.

You beat me to this post!! 45s would likely still be popular if all the 2600'/sec /155 XTPs hadn't been pushed. Way too many non-discriminating buyers "bought" into this hype. They just didn't realize that no matter how fast you throw a feather, it doesn't stay fast long or go far. Way too many "hunters" don't understand the basics. FWIW, I bought a discontinued(they all are) Knight 45 last year NIB, for $49, actually 2 of them. I shoot a maximum load of T-7 and 200SST. It is highly accurate and effective thru 200 yds. My dental assistant uses one of mine. Of course, they could have done better on the twist but it works well with the 175 Barnes, 200SST and 200XTP. I do enjoy it.
I think poor marketing ruined the 45s for the masses. The masses just didn't know and certainly the guys behind the counters usually didn't know. A # of them are saying that the smokeless MLers are all blowing up also.