I have been thinking of getting a BH 41 Hunter for awhile so I put one on layaway today,will order 2 moulds for the 41.What are good bullet weights for the 41 ,need 1 medium weight for deer 1 heavy weight for pigs,Thanks Sean

215 grain Keith and a 295 grain SSK.

Lee Martin
www.singleactions.com

Cast Performance Bullets has 41 bullets in 250, 255, 265 and 275. I found the 250 GC to be great for both hogs & deer and only one point of impact to get used to. www.castperformance.com
Beartooth had 250 thru 300 and they are good too.

I have put the 265 Cast Performance completely through a Musk Ox at 80 yards from a Ruger Blackhawk.

Check out Lee's article on using heavy 41 loads. It is on site, just click on the link supplied.

I'd have to go along with tigertate on this. I used to use either the 210,215, or 220gr. cast lead. I've now settled on a 250gr.WFNGC from a NEI mould. I've used it on things as small as an armidillo to animals the size of elk/wildebeeste/hartebeeste. It's what I've got my Dillon SDB set up to load. It gets shot in things from an American Derringer to a Marlin 1894CCL showing excellent accuracy. Unless I pushed them real hard, the real heavyweights didn't impress me with how accurate they were. If you've GOT to have two bullets, I'd go with a 210gr and a 265. Just FWIW. RKBA!

I always liked the Lyman 410459 bullet, weighs 225 in wheelweights, and shoots really well.

thanks everyone I will order a (3-cavity)260gr WFNGC mould from Dan at mountainmolds.com,Sean

In a recent Handloader, Ross Seyfried, used a 255 grain LBT-style .41 mag bullet in an ancient Daniel Fraser single shot to whack a cow elk. She went down quick; the bullet penetrated the chest, broke the offside leg, and exited.

Though Ross is one of may favorite writers, he has never had anything good to say about the .41 mag, one of my favorite cartridges. In this case the Fraser is chambered for an old British black powder .400 cartridge (not the well-known 450/400) and the .41 bullets fit. At a mere 1700fps it really took the steam out of that elk.

For hunting the LBT styles really seem to work.

BigIron