best muzzleloader bullet?

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Hey ya'll was wondering if yall could help last sun i took my new t/c omega out to sight in and see how i like it was useing a 350gr hornady hollowpoint,150gr 777blk powder pellets and a rem kleen bore primer to make a long story short i seen and ols deer carcess in the field and seen somethin was at it so i snuck to with in 75yrs and took aim with my open sight center chest and i shot after the smoke cleared i seen my yote was d.r.t so i went over to look him ove he had the begenings of mange but what really blew my mind and his chest was my 350gr hollowpoint the entrty hole was so big i swear i could have shoved his whole head inside it and not blooded the fur on his head my ????? is what type and grain bullet do yall recomend for yotes and fox with a 50cal muzzleloader? i like the big bullets for deer/wild pigs but i kinda wanna mount a yote and put in in my liveing room lol g/f is gonna love it cuz she wont know till she comes home and see it lol thanks for the help guys ya'll are great...will



For a black powder coyote round, you may want to explore the use of a .44 cal handgun bullet wrapped in a .50 cal sabot. With so many bullet choices, I"m sure there's one that will fit the bill.

My Encore is an absolute tack driver with a Speer Gold Dot (240 gr. / .429 dia.) wrapped in a green Harvester sabot pushed with only 100 gr. (two) 777 pellets and a 777, 209 primer to get the fire lit.

Powerbelts didn't shoot for nothing out of my gun. Neither did the Shockwaves. After quite a bit of testing, using different charges, bullets, sabots.... My buddy and I found the Encore's sweet spot and I've never looked back. And the best part is they are less expensive (buying in bulk) than the prepackaged M/L specific rounds!!
 
Barnes bullets are freakin' nasty. My dad put one clear through a bull elk last year, and they're dang accurate and have awesome B.C.'s. They are more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
 
it will be 295 grain powerbelt for me as long as they still make them with out ?ive never had a powerbelt fail, ive shot a truckload of deer with them as well my 2 cents Ron
 
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For a black powder coyote round, you may want to explore the use of a .44 cal handgun bullet wrapped in a .50 cal sabot. With so many bullet choices, I"m sure there's one that will fit the bill.

My Encore is an absolute tack driver with a Speer Gold Dot (240 gr. / .429 dia.) wrapped in a green Harvester sabot pushed with only 100 gr. (two) 777 pellets and a 777, 209 primer to get the fire lit.




+1 from here. I use Hornady 44cal XTP's w/3 Pyro pellets. I've never had to track a deer, most drop where they stand, if not they don't make it past 20'. If their close (under 75yds) they usually have a huge exit hole.
 
I've heard a lot of guys talk on line about deer "dropping where they stand", but in 20 years the only time I've ever seen it happen is when the deer's spine has been broken. The high shoulder shots are good for this. Every heart/lung shot I have ever seen, the deer runs 25~125 yards, round balls some times farther. I've shot deer with a muzzleloader using everything from a 45cal ball and patch to my current Savage which pushes a 250gr SST at 2550fps, and a 300gr SST at 2450fps. The 250gr bullets come appart and loose a lot of weight. I never had one penetrate a deer at my speeds. They were always under the hide on the far side. After a lot of testing I moved to the 300gr bullet for better long range performance, and because it held together better at the really high speeds I'm pushing. They dump just as much energy into the deer as the 250gr SST, but they handle bone a little better.

Most of the guys that I know have not been able to get the power belt bullets to shoot well for them. It just depends on your barrel. If you have a tight bore, then the power belts might shoot good for you. For the guys I've seen try them, they were just too loose.

As far as 777 goes, if you are using more than 130gr by volume on 250gr bullets, you are probably wasteing powder. That's all that will burn in the barrel. Everything else burns in the air. My max speeds out of an Encore with this bullet weight was around 2100 fps.

I would not recomend using anything from Cecil at PR bullets on a coyote unless you want to blow it appart. Their bullets are pure led, and so they are very soft. They expand quickly and leave a huge hole. At least they did on the deer I shot with them. They are good bullets, but I don't think they would fit this application for you unless you backed your powder charge WAY down.

The 300gr 45cal XTP Mag bullets are known to be VERY tough, and even at pretty high speeds a lot of guys have troubles getting them to expand. For a nice 1/2" hole on each side it would be a good choice. The 250gr version is not quite as tough, but at black powder velocities it may still be tough enough. 44 caliber XTP bullets, and the non-mag versions of the 45cal bullets expand quickly, and I've seen them tear up a coyote pretty bad. I've found that all of the XTP bullets can be shot with very good accuracy out of my rifles. I've not yet met a good shooter who couldn't get an XTP to shoot accuratly out of their rifle, but I'm sure there are a few out there somewhere.

Just my 2 bits,
Mark
 
Oatsayo,
Do you guys think you could hit a yote with a .490 Patched round ball and not kill it outright or leave a blood trail?
I shot at one the other day and found no sign of it. Dident find any strike on the backstop either. Im real good out to 100 yards. It surprised me it dident blow him off his feet. I thought I missed. What do you all think?
 
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