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Shotgun693 · November 24, 2011, 04:48 PM

I've loaded a round lighter when using a gun to hunt game really smaller than the gun/round it was chambered for. Like hunting Hill Country deer, 100 lbs max, I loaded a 7 mm Mag about 200 fps slower. I've hunted rabbits with a .357 loaded down (could have used .38 but only had .357 brass available). That and I guess plinking would be my only reason to down load a round. Opps, when I carried a .44 Mag I often down loaded to less than a Mag but more than a .44 Spl.

November 24, 2011, 04:48 PM	#4
Shotgun693 Senior Member Join Date: September 3, 2011 Location: Poteet, Texas Posts: 959	I've loaded a round lighter when using a gun to hunt game really smaller than the gun/round it was chambered for. Like hunting Hill Country deer, 100 lbs max, I loaded a 7 mm Mag about 200 fps slower. I've hunted rabbits with a .357 loaded down (could have used .38 but only had .357 brass available). That and I guess plinking would be my only reason to down load a round. Opps, when I carried a .44 Mag I often down loaded to less than a Mag but more than a .44 Spl.