In my closet it's either a 45-70 with 405 grain pills or a 45-90 that's tossing out 530 grain slugs. I'd not worry about a few twigs with either of those.
Edited: Guys: That photo does no exhibit a shot I'd take, and no, I do not make it a habit of shooting through timber. That said, if there were pencil size twigs 2 feet in front of an elk, I'd definitely pass with my 257 Weatherby that's clocking 3,700 fps. A 45-70 with 405 gr slugs at 1,700 fps though would probably get launched. One seldom sees folks bowling with a ping pong ball, but a 16 lb sphere does a pretty good job on the pins.
Last edited by 1minute; 06/21/09.
