Thread: 45/70 Subsonic

not much to add @Rich007 . . pics from last outing in March

longest shot of a dozen Goats taken




Fallow, standing shot at roughly 90 yards, uphill angle . . . ran for 25 yards which was a surprise, usually they drop on the spot





still some fine tuning to do with the setup but its good enough to get the job done so i have been slack and gone onto other projects . . . trigger job is at the top of the list and some work on the forend, talked to @gundoc about it so its in the near future

Some great info here. I am looking for some 450 grain Hollowpoints in a soft lead that will perform like a giant 22 sub for a new project. Have you got anything like that ??
In my 44 mag Rossi I have been running 300 grn XTP Hornadys but they are a bit hard and don't mushroom.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Some great info here. I am looking for some 450 grain Hollowpoints in a soft lead that will perform like a giant 22 sub for a new project. Have you got anything like that ??
In my 44 mag Rossi I have been running 300 grn XTP Hornadys but they are a bit hard and don't mushroom.

no sorry Moa, but good luck . . . whats the new project envolve ?

go for a bullet with a BIG meplat & sharp edges that cut a bloody great hole and punch thru an animal . . . expansion is over rated.

New project is a Stirling Single Shot shotgun action - if you remember the ones with the pin hinge that fold in half. Anyway it has a 458 cal barrel tube on it now with a 1 in 16 twist. it is chambered in a shortened version of 45/70. So with a folding stock, should fit into a 40cm bag when trout fishing as a backup to the landing net. Currently modifying it to external hammer with manual cocking.
Have you looked at Outlaw State Projectiles ?.
Reason for going to the 45 is that while the 44 mag I have now flattens pigs goats and fallow as long as they are hit in exactly the right spot it isn't quite enough for a heavy red stag. Shot a bison heifer ( used to farm them )smack in the forehead at 70 metres and it was like slow motion, with a delay of one second before anything happened, then plonk over.
I don't know how the 300blkts etc really go with their low energy numbers, but out of all choices the 45/70 is probably the best.