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My Boys Want a Lever Action
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<blockquote data-quote="Clem Bronkoski" data-source="post: 2267872" data-attributes="member: 110518"><p>I have a couple Marlin 1895s in 45-70 also along with some Win 94s in 30-0 and 32 Spl. I also have a 1874 Sharps in 45-70. I'm familiar with the 45-70s trajectory and it is not a 350 yard rifle in the hands of the average shooter/hunter. I'd give it 200 yards at best. And Charles, not to burst your bubble because I truly love the .45-70 but bison ain't all that hard to kill. I've taken a couple with a bow and you puncture their lungs they go down in a hurry! I had one come at me after placing an arrow through the lungs at 35 yards - he never covered the distance before spinning around and dropping. And I'm sure that the 405 gr slug would easily do that.</p><p></p><p>This is a ballistics chart for the 45-70 Government rifle: Rifle barrel length 24 Inches.</p><p>Ammunition: <strong>Remington 405 grain Soft Point bullet</strong>.</p><p>Bullet diameter: .458 inch.</p><p>Bullet weight: 405 grains.</p><p>Bullet ballistic coefficient: .281.</p><p>Rifle zero: 98 yards, 2″ mid-range rise.</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>RANGE</th><th>MUZZLE</th><th>50</th><th>100</th><th>150</th><th>200</th></tr><tr><td>Velocity</td><td>1330</td><td>1243</td><td>1168</td><td>1105</td><td>1055</td></tr><tr><td>Energy</td><td>1591</td><td>1389</td><td>1226</td><td>1099</td><td>1000</td></tr><tr><td>Drop</td><td>-1.5</td><td>+2.0</td><td>+0.2</td><td>/</td><td>-24.4</td></tr></table><p><strong>Removed for space, at 300 yards the heavy projectile drops drastically minus 78 inches. Energy drops to 860 and Velocity slows to 978.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clem Bronkoski, post: 2267872, member: 110518"] I have a couple Marlin 1895s in 45-70 also along with some Win 94s in 30-0 and 32 Spl. I also have a 1874 Sharps in 45-70. I'm familiar with the 45-70s trajectory and it is not a 350 yard rifle in the hands of the average shooter/hunter. I'd give it 200 yards at best. And Charles, not to burst your bubble because I truly love the .45-70 but bison ain't all that hard to kill. I've taken a couple with a bow and you puncture their lungs they go down in a hurry! I had one come at me after placing an arrow through the lungs at 35 yards - he never covered the distance before spinning around and dropping. And I'm sure that the 405 gr slug would easily do that. This is a ballistics chart for the 45-70 Government rifle: Rifle barrel length 24 Inches. Ammunition: [B]Remington 405 grain Soft Point bullet[/B]. Bullet diameter: .458 inch. Bullet weight: 405 grains. Bullet ballistic coefficient: .281. Rifle zero: 98 yards, 2″ mid-range rise. [TABLE] [TR] [TH]RANGE[/TH] [TH]MUZZLE[/TH] [TH]50[/TH] [TH]100[/TH] [TH]150[/TH] [TH]200[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Velocity[/TD] [TD]1330[/TD] [TD]1243[/TD] [TD]1168[/TD] [TD]1105[/TD] [TD]1055[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Energy[/TD] [TD]1591[/TD] [TD]1389[/TD] [TD]1226[/TD] [TD]1099[/TD] [TD]1000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Drop[/TD] [TD]-1.5[/TD] [TD]+2.0[/TD] [TD]+0.2[/TD] [TD]/[/TD] [TD]-24.4[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [B]Removed for space, at 300 yards the heavy projectile drops drastically minus 78 inches. Energy drops to 860 and Velocity slows to 978.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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