Hard cast, wide metplat, 410 to 440 (or so) grains, pushed to 1600 to 1800 fps. That should work well for most applications! memtb
I had a Marlin 1895 for a while, and it seemed to perform well with a 420 gn bullet, hard cast, polymer coated and gas-check, loaded to about 1800 fps.One of these went through a sambar deer end to end, and others accounted for various water buffalo. Recoil was noticeable though.
