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looking for 45-70 load 430gr cast
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1479924" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I have shot a few deer with my Sharps in 45-70 with Lyman's 405 gr that comes out 420 gr from my mix using Black Powder and some with AA5744 both running 1400 fps. I have only had one deer that did not run off a ways. It just happened to tell me about heavy slugs going not really fast. Deer was at 111 yards facing me. I could see the white patch on it's chest through the peep sight well. Touched off the round shooting BP and heard what sounded like a water melon hitting after dropped off a building. When smoke cleared deer was DRT. Went to the deer found a pool of blood around it's head. Found that deer must have started putting it's head down by the time I fired and the bullet got there. Bullet struck the forehead between the eyes made saw dust of the spine down the neck. Bullet must have deflected some as after going through left lung exited right behind the left scapula making a 45 cal hole. Bullet proceeded to angle downward toward the left back leg hitting just above the knee joint and shooting the leg completely off. Bullet then hit the hard packed sandy dirt road when about 5 yards down the road looking like a mole trail then came out of the ground and proceeded to hit a 6 inch pine tree just off the side of the road where it made a bend. Bullet jerked a palm size piece off the backside of the tree and then I lost where it went from there. It takes a lot to stop even a slow moving freight train. If you use cast on bear I would suggest that you do your best to break down the front end with the first shot. In the thick woods you sure don't want to go looking for a bear that may not be dead. Shooting them has a habit of making them mad and they scratch and bite when mad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1479924, member: 10178"] I have shot a few deer with my Sharps in 45-70 with Lyman's 405 gr that comes out 420 gr from my mix using Black Powder and some with AA5744 both running 1400 fps. I have only had one deer that did not run off a ways. It just happened to tell me about heavy slugs going not really fast. Deer was at 111 yards facing me. I could see the white patch on it's chest through the peep sight well. Touched off the round shooting BP and heard what sounded like a water melon hitting after dropped off a building. When smoke cleared deer was DRT. Went to the deer found a pool of blood around it's head. Found that deer must have started putting it's head down by the time I fired and the bullet got there. Bullet struck the forehead between the eyes made saw dust of the spine down the neck. Bullet must have deflected some as after going through left lung exited right behind the left scapula making a 45 cal hole. Bullet proceeded to angle downward toward the left back leg hitting just above the knee joint and shooting the leg completely off. Bullet then hit the hard packed sandy dirt road when about 5 yards down the road looking like a mole trail then came out of the ground and proceeded to hit a 6 inch pine tree just off the side of the road where it made a bend. Bullet jerked a palm size piece off the backside of the tree and then I lost where it went from there. It takes a lot to stop even a slow moving freight train. If you use cast on bear I would suggest that you do your best to break down the front end with the first shot. In the thick woods you sure don't want to go looking for a bear that may not be dead. Shooting them has a habit of making them mad and they scratch and bite when mad. [/QUOTE]
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