Thread: 45/70 Subsonic

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Yep, a nice flat nose meplat does most of the work almost as effectivly as a hollow point i believe. I shoot my 3030 exclusivly now with cast bullets, the lee 170 grain flat point over 9 grains of bluedot works a treat and chronied at an average of 1100fps. And my original trapdoor still occasionally speaks with authority on game with a 405 and black powder. I cant see what ive hit till the smoke clears so dont need a second shot

always think of Custers Last Stand whenever i come across a Springfield Trapdoor . .. bullets from them with the power to shoot clean thru an Indians horse at 500yds with the original load of the day . . . maybe hard for people raised with high velocity cartridges to appreciate what the momentum of a slow moving Big lump of lead can do when it hits something . . i liken it to if you got hit by a bike at 80ks or a bus at 30ks, both will hurt . . but it wont stop the bus.

the numbers in balistic charts dont do the big bores justice or reflect the true performance in the field . . not sure if the Taylor KO factor is better but its something to consider for hunters