Load was 120 grains of Goex 1f, antelope was about 100 yards out, hit square in the shoulder it just sorta picked him up and dumped him about 10 ft down a dry wash he was standing beside. Same bullet in a 45 2.4 loaded with 85 grs put a bull elk down at 204 so hard he almost beat his shadow to the ground.
Even with the 3-400 grain bullets a ribcage on smaller stuff like deer and antelope hit will blow thru without a lot of fanfare, good but short blood trail, but hit the shoulder and it gets sorta spectacular.
Keep in mind the 45-70 throwing a 405 gr bullet around 1300 fps is what made that cartridge so long lived.
Hope you're shooter friend has good cases, as new ones are all but impossible to find.
