TruthTellers
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I would say .45 Colt. It'll do fine if you hit the vitals on a black bear with very hot and heavy loads.
As for reloading, .45 Colt has a ton of mold options for casting your own bullets. You can also reload with smokeless or black powder if you want. .45 Colt was around before smokeless was and back in the 1800's, some would load .45 Colt with as much black powder as possible. With that much powder and enough barrel, 1000-1100 fps with a 250 grain bullet was not a stretch of the imagination. A .45 Colt loaded with a max charge of black powder was a magnum round back then and is still today a potent round.
The other nice part about getting into .45 Colt is years down the road you may find yourself looking at some single action revolvers in that chambering and, oh yeah, you are already all set up to reload for it.
My only advice is if you are going to load your own high pressure .45 Colt rounds, be extra careful.
Also, I'm not saying .30-30 is bad, I just think you can get more enjoyment out of a .45 Colt.
As for reloading, .45 Colt has a ton of mold options for casting your own bullets. You can also reload with smokeless or black powder if you want. .45 Colt was around before smokeless was and back in the 1800's, some would load .45 Colt with as much black powder as possible. With that much powder and enough barrel, 1000-1100 fps with a 250 grain bullet was not a stretch of the imagination. A .45 Colt loaded with a max charge of black powder was a magnum round back then and is still today a potent round.
The other nice part about getting into .45 Colt is years down the road you may find yourself looking at some single action revolvers in that chambering and, oh yeah, you are already all set up to reload for it.
My only advice is if you are going to load your own high pressure .45 Colt rounds, be extra careful.
Also, I'm not saying .30-30 is bad, I just think you can get more enjoyment out of a .45 Colt.