Thread: 45/70 Subsonic

The original loading was 70grs of black with a 500gr bullet, but in the light carbine Springfield it would knock the shooter off the back of his horse. So it was down loaded to 50grs and a 405gr bullet so they could shoot it. I`m loading pp with 35grs to 38grs of 3031 powder, M V about 1.200/300 , The bullets are smaller than the bore and its the paper that engraves in the rifling, on firing there is a paper shredding cloud in front of the gun. The Sharps rifle is no slouch in Africa, even with black powder loads and lead bullets, look up Bill Bagwells Zebra on google, it fell over be fore it`s shadow.
, 14 shots, fore are touching.
, dead deer if I can carry it to one.