Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters What's the best Deer bullet for a 45-70 in a Marlin 1895?

Ken Waters likes the Hornady 300 grain hollow point for deer. That would be good enough for me.

I think highly of the UCHPs that Speer produces in 300 grains. I pulled one from the far-side hide of a moose two years ago:



It punched through both scapula in getting the job done - at 30 below.



Might even have been before sunrise on that New Year's Day judging from the color of the pics I took.

I doubt that one would very often need that much bullet for deer though. (Ironically, Speer's heavy bullet (400 grains) for 45-70 seems to be most suited for lighter stuff.)

BR, I haven't killed anything larger than whitetails with it either, but I think Klikitarik covered it well. Thanks for the kind thoughts.