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Ive yet to recover a hard cast gas check bullet in the 400-450 grain range fired from a 45/70 or a 450 marlin rifle so far theres been an exit wound every time
even the 355 grain versions generally exit elk



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generally load those bullets to a 1800-1900 fps range