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Heavy 45-70 loads.
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<blockquote data-quote="grpolarbear" data-source="post: 210302" data-attributes="member: 11242"><p><strong>45-70,It,s all good</strong></p><p></p><p>The guy that turned me on to 45-70s has killed two elk with his.Both with 300 gr. rem, hollow points and 52 grains of 3031 and it flattens em,also many deer and they die in their tracks.Bi-Mart used to stock Speer 400 gr fps here in lebanon Orygun but the last time I was there they did not have them so I bought Hornaday 350 gr fps.57 grains of IMR 4198 gets me 2137 fps out of a 20 inch barreled ruger #1.H4198 is supposed to be a little faster according to Hodgdons website.I think you can safely push a 300 grain pill at 2500 fps out of a modern single shot with it.I,m not sure where your NEF rifle is as far as strength is concerned.Anyway those kind of loads will at, reasonable ranges, will knock the sap out of mister blue mountain bull elk.I hope you get to find out!Take care,GRPB from oregon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grpolarbear, post: 210302, member: 11242"] [b]45-70,It,s all good[/b] The guy that turned me on to 45-70s has killed two elk with his.Both with 300 gr. rem, hollow points and 52 grains of 3031 and it flattens em,also many deer and they die in their tracks.Bi-Mart used to stock Speer 400 gr fps here in lebanon Orygun but the last time I was there they did not have them so I bought Hornaday 350 gr fps.57 grains of IMR 4198 gets me 2137 fps out of a 20 inch barreled ruger #1.H4198 is supposed to be a little faster according to Hodgdons website.I think you can safely push a 300 grain pill at 2500 fps out of a modern single shot with it.I,m not sure where your NEF rifle is as far as strength is concerned.Anyway those kind of loads will at, reasonable ranges, will knock the sap out of mister blue mountain bull elk.I hope you get to find out!Take care,GRPB from oregon. [/QUOTE]
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