No Replacement For Displacement !

[bigpete]

Just spent the weekend hunting goats for meat with a mate near Mildura with my new 45/70. Only shot 3,I guess we couidve killed more but 3 was enough. It was a good exercise in learning what works well for me with that rifle. I discovered quickly that the addition of the scope made the rifle uncomfortably heavy and really didn't help the accuracy that greatly. Also learnt that a 405gn cast lead flat point at around 1500fps is a good meat taker,but doesn't result in a bang flop as I thought it might. Still,it worked well enough and is cheap for me to reload,and important fact due to recent events.

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[Pythonkeeper]

Nice one, I'd love to hunt goats, I have never had the opportunity. Nice rifle too.
I've got a woody for lever guns at the moment. I just put some coin down on a 336ss 30-30 and I'm already considering a 1895sbl 45-70.....

[Oldbloke]

Well done. I haven't been after goats for years. Was it private property?

[bigpete]

No it was state forest

[Bent Arrow]

Nice one Pete, almost sacrilege to put a scope on that rifle anyway. There's some nice areas around Mildura.

[albat]

Good stuff bigpete , suprised the 400gr pills dont flop em where they stand

[Oldbloke]

Nice one Pete, almost sacrilege to put a scope on that rifle anyway. There's some nice areas around Mildura.

I would consider a "peep"

[bigpete]

Think I'm going to make a peep for it

[gazza]

Top work.

[AusC]

Great days work mate.

Also learnt that a 405gn cast lead flat point at around 1500fps is a good meat taker,but doesn't result in a bang flop as I thought it might.

What distances were you taking them at?

[bigpete]

No further than 70m

[Supporter]

A good day