bigrich wrote:Yeah mate, 225 Sierra game kings are silly accurate in my rifle, but have a funny result at close range. They didn’t exit, just exploded in the chest cavity leaving pulp. They dropped on the spot without a twitch. That’s the attraction of a 45-70 , big energy transfer. I’m going to try woodleigh 225 round nose next as these should expand well and give a great exit wound. I would expect the 45-70 to be flexible on results according to bullet construction as well
I love playing with ballistics
45-70 does not have generally the explosive expansion of a faster bullet. That explosive expansion seems to only exist when pills are moving over 2000-2500 plus!
Something the 45-70 does not do unless pushed hard. But yes Speer do a thin jacket pill. I just use cast. Pure lead expands very well thank you.
It does leave a massive wound channel but will, almost always, exit with enough guts to take out the neighbor.
That has been my experience anyway.