Originally Posted by LoadClear
Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by LoadClear

As far as camp protection, while the 480 is cool, but it doesn’t do anything that the 454 or even 45-70 doesn’t do in a lever gun… at least not enough better to justify the difficulty in finding a lever chambered in it.


This is not true, the 480 hits noticeable harder and generally penetrates a Thad more. A larger diameter with a larger meplat shows a more visual impact.


See bolded part… I’d type it again, but I figured you missed it the first time I wrote it.


As the size of the animals get bigger in my experience it is worth the effort


I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first