250 gr 45 HPs for deer and pigs?

urbanredneck Joined Oct 2006 Posts 21404 EE 100% (3) USA	Posted: 10/19/2023 5:08:59 PM EDT In a 45 LC lever? Am I going to get enough penetration? These are loaded to Ruger standards, not cowboy loads.

engineer61 Member Joined Jul 2019 Posts 2090 EE 0% (0) CO, USA	Posted: 10/20/2023 1:22:31 AM EDT [#1] For whitetail deer, most HP's work no problems. For punching through the side gristle armor on a boar I recommend swift A-frame or some type of hard cast flat-point bullet for the needed penetration.

urbanredneck

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Posted: 10/20/2023 8:39:48 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By engineer61:
For whitetail deer, most HP's work no problems.
For punching through the side gristle armor on a boar I recommend swift A-frame or some type of hard cast flat-point bullet for the needed penetration.

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I've been checking midsouth and midway for 45 soft points but no joy. I have some XTPs with the poly tip but they do not have a canulure so I'm a little leary about using them in a lever and getting compressed. I have some 300 grains HPs too but I need to try those in the Henry, I hear a lot of people having feeding issues with the longer cartridge.