1st - I am NOT a gunwriter.

2nd - I don't have a 45/70 anymore.

3rd - I never used mine to take an animal.

Having said that, here is what I did.

I cast my own, paper-patched bullet, 500grns worth, and used Reloader 7, off the top of my head about 33 grns worth...

Rifle was a Marlin Cowboy gun, 26" Bbl

Normal/everyday velocities were running about 1250-1300fps highest I ever got was 1600fps, recoil was stout...

These were shot into damp sand, at the lower velocities, top one 450grn bottom 500....

I'm pretty sure that these would work on just about anything short of stuff that will eat you, lots of buffalo were killed with about the same weight and velocity, probably with a little harder alloy.... as to whether it would work on dangerous stuff..... ask a gunwriter!

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PS: If Dan had told me that my target was going to be published I would have tightened that group up a little.......

PSS: Dan has nice guns!


Last edited by muffin; 10/06/19.
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