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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1171379" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>In 1873 when the US Army was doing testing of the trapdoor Springfield 45-70 the load was 70 grs black powder and a 500 gr bullet that did between 1100 and 1200 fps. It would penetrate a 6" diameter pine log and go over a foot into the sand behind it at 1000 yards. </p><p>I once shot a deer with my Sharps 45-70 at 111 yards that was facing me with a Winchester case full of FFG compressed about 1/10th inch with the Lyman 405 flat nose that actually weighed 418 gr out of my mix which would do 1400 fps. Between the time that I fired the shot and the bullet got to the deer it started putting it's head down. The bullet struck it right in the forehead between the eyes. It made saw dust out of the neck vertebra then deflected and came out right behind the left shoulder. Then the bullet angled down and completely shot off the left back leg just above where the knee is. The bullet then hit the hard packed logging path and went about 5 yards looking like a mole under the ground. It came out of the ground and went through a pine tree about 4 inches in diameter jerking a slab the size of my hand off the back. I lost where it went from there. Yep, a freight train don't have to be going too fast to smash through a lot of stuff. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1171379, member: 10178"] In 1873 when the US Army was doing testing of the trapdoor Springfield 45-70 the load was 70 grs black powder and a 500 gr bullet that did between 1100 and 1200 fps. It would penetrate a 6" diameter pine log and go over a foot into the sand behind it at 1000 yards. I once shot a deer with my Sharps 45-70 at 111 yards that was facing me with a Winchester case full of FFG compressed about 1/10th inch with the Lyman 405 flat nose that actually weighed 418 gr out of my mix which would do 1400 fps. Between the time that I fired the shot and the bullet got to the deer it started putting it's head down. The bullet struck it right in the forehead between the eyes. It made saw dust out of the neck vertebra then deflected and came out right behind the left shoulder. Then the bullet angled down and completely shot off the left back leg just above where the knee is. The bullet then hit the hard packed logging path and went about 5 yards looking like a mole under the ground. It came out of the ground and went through a pine tree about 4 inches in diameter jerking a slab the size of my hand off the back. I lost where it went from there. Yep, a freight train don't have to be going too fast to smash through a lot of stuff. :D [/QUOTE]
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