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Reloading
Heavy 45-70 loads.
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<blockquote data-quote="Forester" data-source="post: 210373" data-attributes="member: 11102"><p>I used to have a Marlin 45-70 that shot fairly well (for a lever gun). I was able to push a 400gr cast bullet to 17-1800fps with acceptable accuracy- definitely kills on both ends though!</p><p></p><p>I would say any reasonably tough bullet from a 45-70 will do just fine on Elk. I would not fool with the Barnes bullets in that caliber because they are so darn long you lose too much case capacity. I had to give up a lot of velocity to be able to shoot them and I didn't think it was worth it. Accuracy was nothing special, and the big carp mouth hollowpoint kills the BC.</p><p></p><p>I cast my own lead bullets and they performed very well on game. My second choice was the 350gr Hornady JFP. They shot well too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Forester, post: 210373, member: 11102"] I used to have a Marlin 45-70 that shot fairly well (for a lever gun). I was able to push a 400gr cast bullet to 17-1800fps with acceptable accuracy- definitely kills on both ends though! I would say any reasonably tough bullet from a 45-70 will do just fine on Elk. I would not fool with the Barnes bullets in that caliber because they are so darn long you lose too much case capacity. I had to give up a lot of velocity to be able to shoot them and I didn't think it was worth it. Accuracy was nothing special, and the big carp mouth hollowpoint kills the BC. I cast my own lead bullets and they performed very well on game. My second choice was the 350gr Hornady JFP. They shot well too. [/QUOTE]
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