i dont have an answer, but what caliber are you talking about rifle/handgun.....?

 

took a deer with a 230 JHP 45 auto out of a 1911 5" last year so sure it will work with good shot placement

 

Sorry

Thats for .44 Magnum.
Around here its $30 for 50 rounds of 240 JHP so 60 cents each

and over $30 for 20 rounds of hard cast custom loads (Buffalo or Georgia Arms) or over $1.50 each.

Which is odd because cast lead bullets are quite a bit cheaper than JHP.

I was thinking that with BlueDot I could load 180 gr practice/house ammo light loads (10grBlueDot), and 250 SWC (14grBlueDot).

 

With proper bullet placement the 44 mag is plenty good for deer. The 240 grain JHP will work fine.

 

With proper shot placement on a broadside deer, that 240 gr jacketed bullet will kill a deer quicker and more humanely than a blunt nosed hard cast bullet. Hard cast bullets are great when you need deep penetration. Deer just aren't that big and not that hard to kill. A jacketed hollowpoint will probably exit on a broadside shot, and expand greatly. A hardcast will exit and won't expand. Both result in dead deer. The deer shot with the hollowpoint will probably drop first.

 

+1 on what he said.

 

I have had excellent results with 200 grain bullets in 44Mag on whitetail deer. 240 grain is more than enough.

 

I've shot several deer with a 240 gr jhp using a Marlin lever gun in 44 mag. The range is usually 25 yards or less. These were all hand loaded rounds. There was full penetration as well as a big hole on the exit side. The deer dropped instantly.
I'm going to try this year with a Bisley 41 mag and my hand loads.

 

240gr xtp from hornady/or300gr have both been great out of my sbhh

 

Shot lots {somewhere near 20, that's a lot to me} of Mule deer with a 44 mag started out using 240 gr JHP then moved down to the 210 Sierra and 200 XTP. At handgun ranges {under 100 yards} both will pass through a broadside in the heart lung area. They do not run like a rifle lung hit, it is more like it knocks the air out of them and they hump up and stand there or instantly drop. Killed both a Moose and Buffalo with the 300 gr. XTP broadside shots both bullets stopped under the off side hide. Both shots were in the 50 yard range.

Max reloads out of a Redhawk is my gun of choice.

Jeff

 

I use various 240 gr JHPs of many makes on deer. I have shot several deer over the years with the American Eagle load you mentioned and everyone have been one shot kills and recovered a bullet from a deer only once. I misjudged my angle and shot her through the near shoulder, vitals, and the bullet stopped at the other shoulder after breaking it. This was at 50 yds+/-. I would highly recommend the AE load for your use.

P.S. www.natchezss.com has 44 AE on sale now for $25/50!

 

Shot a good number of Mule Deer with the 240 grain in Sierra and XTP out of both a Blackhawk and Redhawk, broadside it does not matter what or where you hit them it will blow on through. I later moved down to the 200 XTP and 210 Sierra looking for more velocity, stick it in the heart lung area and the 200-210 will pull lung tissue out the exit hole. They don't go far.

 

240 gr will work great. I shoot 180gr xtp and they seem to kill them quicker. I won't pull the trigger till I see the whites of their eyes with 180 grainers.

 

I have never shot deer with a handgun (yet) but have used 44 Mag JHP bullets in sabots for a muzzleloader and have gotten 3 NH whitetails. The first was a neck shot and dropped it at 75 yards, the second was at 40 yards and didn't exit the lungs but knocked the deer down to stay and the third blew a big hole thru the lungs at 10 yards and the deer ran about 75 yards with a blood trail anyone could follow. Good results.