Originally Posted by mountainclmbr
The 350 Hornaday is a Hot Core bonded bullet and is pretty tough. Should do for North American DG if you do your part.


NOT!

It's a good bullet, but it's still only a common cup and core.

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They turn inside out just like the Speer Hot-Cor and plain old Remington SP do.

For DG with a Marlin 45-70 I prefer either moderately hard cast bullets or good quality soft jacketeds, with Woodleighs in the 405 weight being fine. And for DG in any caliber, I prefer not to run my ammo hot or even very close to it. 1800 is plenty with 405s. That can be reached well inside of safe pressures and makes reliable ammo that isn't brutally difficult to control in a light rifle.

Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.