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45-70 subsonic projectiles
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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 3038437" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>Depends on what you're doing. Plinking sure shoot whatever you can get slow enough. But heavier bullets generally let you use more powder while going the speed limit and taking up more case room, so overall heavier is better IMO.</p><p></p><p>If you want the bullet to do something when it hits, a heavy mono expanding bullet is a worth the cost. Makers Bullets has 350gn, 400gn, and 500gn expanding bullets, I use the same design in several other calibers. 45-70 is on my list for subsonics, just haven't gotten there yet.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://makerbullets.com/proddetail.php?prod=4570400S[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I shot a sow with my 450 Bushmaster last week (basically the same functional result as a subsonic 45-70), one shot and she was down hard. That was with the 395gn Sub-X going about 1100FPS, and I would expect the 410gn Sub-X for the 45-70 to work identically. No idea on expansion because it went through and though, but juding by the dead pig on the ground it expanded good enough for a one-shot DRT:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.grafs.com/catalog/product/productId/96121[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 3038437, member: 116181"] Depends on what you're doing. Plinking sure shoot whatever you can get slow enough. But heavier bullets generally let you use more powder while going the speed limit and taking up more case room, so overall heavier is better IMO. If you want the bullet to do something when it hits, a heavy mono expanding bullet is a worth the cost. Makers Bullets has 350gn, 400gn, and 500gn expanding bullets, I use the same design in several other calibers. 45-70 is on my list for subsonics, just haven't gotten there yet. [URL unfurl="true"]https://makerbullets.com/proddetail.php?prod=4570400S[/URL] I shot a sow with my 450 Bushmaster last week (basically the same functional result as a subsonic 45-70), one shot and she was down hard. That was with the 395gn Sub-X going about 1100FPS, and I would expect the 410gn Sub-X for the 45-70 to work identically. No idea on expansion because it went through and though, but juding by the dead pig on the ground it expanded good enough for a one-shot DRT: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.grafs.com/catalog/product/productId/96121[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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