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Reloading 45-70
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1730657" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>Another good cast bullet powder is Accurate 5744. I will pass on what I have learned from the school of hard knocks using the 45-70. For on game usage I would use a jacketed SP or HP bullet. The 300 gr Sierra or Hornady HP using Sierra's suggested hunting load with IMR 4198 is a deer size game killer and is about as flat shooting as a 45-70 can shoot. If larger game like big black bear the Hornady 350 SP is better because it is a little tougher bullet for breaking bone and penetration others have told me. The old 405 gr SPs from Speer or Remington are also good heavy big game bullets that expand and penetrate. When it comes to cast bullets on game they will kill but they do it by putting a caliber size hole though vitals. In my experience using a home cast Lyman 405 flat nose which comes out at 418 grs from my mix propelled by Black Powder or AA5744 to 1400 fps will punch a caliber size hole through a deer from any direction and keep on going. Unless you hit central nerve system they will run off a ways and not always leave a good blood trail because the hide stretches and then snaps back and about seals the hole and the blood does not get out well. The 300 gr HPs expand well and really do a job on vitals and put good exit holes and IF the deer does not drop on the spot it don't go far and a blind man could follow the blood trail. The 45-70 is not a flat shooting caliber. For example with the Lyman bullet mentioned above at 1400 fps there is a 5" drop between 50 & 100 yards and 6" drop from 100 to 150. I shot these cast bullets in my Sharps copy 1874 45-70. The hotter smokeless loads in a Marlin. When dealing with the 45-70 especially with cast bullets the old saying a freight train don't have to be going too fast to run through a bunch of stuff. These suckers penetrate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1730657, member: 10178"] Another good cast bullet powder is Accurate 5744. I will pass on what I have learned from the school of hard knocks using the 45-70. For on game usage I would use a jacketed SP or HP bullet. The 300 gr Sierra or Hornady HP using Sierra's suggested hunting load with IMR 4198 is a deer size game killer and is about as flat shooting as a 45-70 can shoot. If larger game like big black bear the Hornady 350 SP is better because it is a little tougher bullet for breaking bone and penetration others have told me. The old 405 gr SPs from Speer or Remington are also good heavy big game bullets that expand and penetrate. When it comes to cast bullets on game they will kill but they do it by putting a caliber size hole though vitals. In my experience using a home cast Lyman 405 flat nose which comes out at 418 grs from my mix propelled by Black Powder or AA5744 to 1400 fps will punch a caliber size hole through a deer from any direction and keep on going. Unless you hit central nerve system they will run off a ways and not always leave a good blood trail because the hide stretches and then snaps back and about seals the hole and the blood does not get out well. The 300 gr HPs expand well and really do a job on vitals and put good exit holes and IF the deer does not drop on the spot it don't go far and a blind man could follow the blood trail. The 45-70 is not a flat shooting caliber. For example with the Lyman bullet mentioned above at 1400 fps there is a 5" drop between 50 & 100 yards and 6" drop from 100 to 150. I shot these cast bullets in my Sharps copy 1874 45-70. The hotter smokeless loads in a Marlin. When dealing with the 45-70 especially with cast bullets the old saying a freight train don't have to be going too fast to run through a bunch of stuff. These suckers penetrate. [/QUOTE]
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