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I used trail boss and two .457 round balls in mine, mainly to make people at the range scratch their heads because of the 'one shot, two holes' issue. Found they shot to poa at 25 yds, and the two holes were rarely more than 1" apart. lots of fun, minimal meat damage on squirrels.

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not a lever, but used a rolling block in 45-70 on rabbits for some time, also on hogs, deer, whatever I hunted, only rifle I had for awhile, shot a lot of 45 cal pistol bullets, some full wc, some rn, usually only held in the case by bullet lube, lots of times on light chares of unique, beware the man with only 1 gun, probably knows how to shoot it!

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Quite few years back some buddies and I bought a BUNCH of cheap FMJ 30-06 rounds. We found that the best was ground squirrels in the springtime, just before deer season. 60 or 80 rounds on running rats seems to help the gun come to the shoulder a little more naturally when you jump a buck in the thick stuff.


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I also love the .45-70....great shooting!


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Just shotmy xlr today Woot!

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Could you neck the 45/70 down to 17cal, and waste a little less meat?


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we use my Guide Gun in 45-70 for ground squirrels alot.....especially towards summer after they have started to smarten up and hold tight to their holes just peaking out with the top of their heads.......instead of sniping the lil target we have 405 grain hard casts loaded up and hold on dirt grin


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Dang rattler, that sounds like fun! Puts a whole new meaning to shoot, shoel, shut up! whistle grin


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Got to watch out for those saber toothed prairie dogs! Might not have enough gun rattler! LOL!

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One of my dad's friends used to down load his Remington 722
in .300 Savage and hunt grey squirrels with it. This was back
in the 1960s in PA, I believe it is no longer legal to use
a large rifle for small game anymore in PA.

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Originally Posted by Jericho
This was back
in the 1960s in PA, I believe it is no longer legal to use
a large rifle for small game anymore in PA.


Darn government takes the fun out of everything!

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This is an awesome thread

reminds me of that article about using a 12lb. Mountain Howitzer Canon for small whitetails.....

you guys are gonna love this .....


http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm






oh ... and nice shooting


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