congrats on Both the fine deer and photo quality!
btw, if you sight the rifle in to hit 3.5 " high at 100 yards, using a 350 round nose hornady
pushed to 1900 fps (very easy and well under max) your all set for deer or elk,
you can simply place the horizontal cross hair ,
on the bucks back line if your reasonably sure its between 190-235 yards and still get good center chest bullet impacts
but Im fairly sure youll find most shots over your years of hunting will tend to be under 180 yards
the more I use my 450 marlin the more impressive it seems to be
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifl...nterlock-rn#!/
most 45/70 lever actions work rather well using hard cast gas check bullets in the 350-405 grain weight range, and
hard cast bullets significantly reduce wear on the rifling.
bullets heavier than about 420 grains use too much case capacity as the bullet must be seated to the stock cartridge length to function, smoothly, unlike single shot rifles, bullets lighter than about 330 grains don,t have the bearing surface to properly engage the rifling for the 45/70 upper velocity ranges possible nor do they carry energy out to longer ranges effectively
something like this should prove very accurate and effective for hunting and reduce the cost of ammo significantly.
the 350-405 weight range in the 45/70 has proven to be very effective on game
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-350S-D.png
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-360R-D.png
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-395BG-D.png
powders like imr 4198, RL7 and IMR 3031 generally work best
https://www.sagesoutdoors.com/458-rifle-caliber-gator-gas-checks/
btw, if you sight the rifle in to hit 3.5 " high at 100 yards, using a 350 round nose hornady
pushed to 1900 fps (very easy and well under max) your all set for deer or elk,
you can simply place the horizontal cross hair ,
on the bucks back line if your reasonably sure its between 190-235 yards and still get good center chest bullet impacts
but Im fairly sure youll find most shots over your years of hunting will tend to be under 180 yards
the more I use my 450 marlin the more impressive it seems to be
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifl...nterlock-rn#!/
most 45/70 lever actions work rather well using hard cast gas check bullets in the 350-405 grain weight range, and
hard cast bullets significantly reduce wear on the rifling.
bullets heavier than about 420 grains use too much case capacity as the bullet must be seated to the stock cartridge length to function, smoothly, unlike single shot rifles, bullets lighter than about 330 grains don,t have the bearing surface to properly engage the rifling for the 45/70 upper velocity ranges possible nor do they carry energy out to longer ranges effectively
something like this should prove very accurate and effective for hunting and reduce the cost of ammo significantly.
the 350-405 weight range in the 45/70 has proven to be very effective on game
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-350S-D.png
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-360R-D.png
http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_detail.php?bullet=46-395BG-D.png
powders like imr 4198, RL7 and IMR 3031 generally work best
https://www.sagesoutdoors.com/458-rifle-caliber-gator-gas-checks/
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