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45-70 Bullet for Bison Hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="bengineer" data-source="post: 2213767" data-attributes="member: 36951"><p>I have killed 7 bison. All with a 308. All subsonic 150 fmj. All skull shots. Some frontal, some broadside, some quartering away.</p><p>That bullet is minimal for killing power. If one hits brain or high spine, the legs contract before the animal drops, even with these slowpokes.</p><p>In the 45/70, you wont bruise meat unless you shoot light bullets fast.</p><p></p><p>That Shiloh deserves a cast bullet, likely a heavy paper patched soft slug. I admire "hard" flat nose cast for killing (12 bhn), but Sharps! That smells like pointy smushy heavy greasy bullets and black powder to me. My marlin guide uses rl7, imr 4198 or 3031 with several fn cast from 350 to 460 gr. Those would do, but "c'mon, man," its a Sharps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bengineer, post: 2213767, member: 36951"] I have killed 7 bison. All with a 308. All subsonic 150 fmj. All skull shots. Some frontal, some broadside, some quartering away. That bullet is minimal for killing power. If one hits brain or high spine, the legs contract before the animal drops, even with these slowpokes. In the 45/70, you wont bruise meat unless you shoot light bullets fast. That Shiloh deserves a cast bullet, likely a heavy paper patched soft slug. I admire “hard” flat nose cast for killing (12 bhn), but Sharps! That smells like pointy smushy heavy greasy bullets and black powder to me. My marlin guide uses rl7, imr 4198 or 3031 with several fn cast from 350 to 460 gr. Those would do, but “c’mon, man,” its a Sharps! [/QUOTE]
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