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Classic. 45-70, Lyman 457124 cast sorta soft weighing 405gr and a modest load of Unique making no more than 1250fps drops big feral hogs with ease. Your 1880 cavalry load of 55gr of FF black powder and a card atop the powder gives the same result. Out of my old Sharps and trapdoors were justifiably great on game. Today I only have a Marlin Guide Gun, but the same RN bullet does the job. Never needed a follow-up shot on anything I ever hit with it. Personally, I find nothing wrong with a big RN bullet plowing along with some black powder behind it. Using 16:1 mix they mushroomed great for me.
I have shot coyote with a 120gr GCRN .30'06 at 2000fps and made good kills. Small hogs dropped as well. 200lbs hogs took more than a single hit at times. Went up to 150's for them, and they did have a small flat on them maybe .125"?
I have shot coyote with a 120gr GCRN .30'06 at 2000fps and made good kills. Small hogs dropped as well. 200lbs hogs took more than a single hit at times. Went up to 150's for them, and they did have a small flat on them maybe .125"?
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