500 grain 1881 Saeco grease groove bullet, smaller nose to let you shoot/hunt dirty, less powder compression due to being a three lube groove bullet, still carries plenty of lube to keep fouling under control, accurate as hell and has done nothing but penetrate dead straight on several head of game from friends of mine and me to, in my 45 3-1/4 over 100 grains of Ole Eyensford 2F for 1488 fps it shot length ways though a 55 gal drum filled with water, it sucked the sides of the steel drum closed on exit, no animal could survive that, with 70gr Old Eyensford under it velocity will be 1300 fps, a very formidable load for the 45-70.
In the 45-70 cast with 20 or 30 to 1 alloy you'll shoot through any game animal in this country of Alaska, round nose bullets simply work.
