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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 112174" data-source="post: 1819869"><p>I worked up a load for my Marlin Cowboy ,45-70 for a Bison hunt in Wyoming several years ago. I used the Cast Performance 420 grain flat point with a gas check. Using Reloader 7 I had a load that was to deliver 1600 fps. I shot ten of them from the bench...Please pass the advil. I was not happy with the group at 100 yds, but it wasn;t bad. A guy next to me was shooting an AR in .223. He looked at my target and said, "<em>If that was a buffalo, he'd be dead!" </em>I pulled the rest of the bullets and backed the load down to around 1300 fps. Much more pleasant to shoot, but still enough to keep you alert. I later shot a 7 year old bull at 35 yds and got complete penetration. He ran about 45 yds and stopped. Very little blood in the tissues around the bullets path. The .45-70 is an effective tool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 112174, post: 1819869"] I worked up a load for my Marlin Cowboy ,45-70 for a Bison hunt in Wyoming several years ago. I used the Cast Performance 420 grain flat point with a gas check. Using Reloader 7 I had a load that was to deliver 1600 fps. I shot ten of them from the bench...Please pass the advil. I was not happy with the group at 100 yds, but it wasn;t bad. A guy next to me was shooting an AR in .223. He looked at my target and said, "[I]If that was a buffalo, he'd be dead!" [/I]I pulled the rest of the bullets and backed the load down to around 1300 fps. Much more pleasant to shoot, but still enough to keep you alert. I later shot a 7 year old bull at 35 yds and got complete penetration. He ran about 45 yds and stopped. Very little blood in the tissues around the bullets path. The .45-70 is an effective tool. [/QUOTE]
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