One load for your 45-70 Lever?

[FOTIS]

If you only had 1 load or one bullet for all North American hunting what would it be?

 

[REDGREEN]

420 grain hardcast gas check with a healthy dose of 4895 to send it on its way.

 

[FOTIS]

What is load?
Velocity
accuracy?

 

[onesonek]

Most likely it would be the cast 420 gr. in the middle here. Loaded to 1600 fps with 42 grs. of RL-7. While not a tack driver, it gives me 3 moa at 150 yds. offhand. It and the 405 gr. I cast also, shoot about the same. If needed, I can bump the velocity up with 50 grs. of Benchmark to 1800 fps. Honestly, that is more than I really care for in the recoil. However, in the field, I don't know that recoil is a factor. Just not much fun from the bench, which is why I shoot it mostly offhand or off stix.
And that range is all I require of it.

 

[JD338]

Fotis,

I have a small stash of .458 cal 300 gr PT's for my 45-70.
My load is 60.0 grs H322 R-P case and Federal GM210M primer for 2250 fps and sub MOA accuracy.

Plenty of power and penetration for anything I would hunt in NA.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Yeah, I am with Dave and Jim there. Cast, it would be Dave's 405 cast with 40 grains of RL7 for 1600 FPS and for jacketed, a 300 grain PT with RL7 at 2200...

 

[FOTIS]

Yeah. Too bad they did away with the 300 gr Partition

 

[Guy Miner]

One load...

Torn between these:

425 gr Beartooth "Piledriver Junior" over H322 for 1950 fps. That's a thumper.

or

350 gr Swift A-Frame over H4198 for 2050 fps. Can substitute the FNSP Hornady for a less expensive practice load - which is also a dandy bullet for most game from what I've heard. I just like the way the Swift hangs together better. The Hornady would likely do for anything, even the great bears, but that Swift is real impressive.

Of course a guy could just call up Randy Garrett and get a case of his exceptional .45/70 ammo and be set for life too. Though I see they're closed right now.

http://www.garrettcartridges.com/

Guy

 

[FOTIS]

That 350 A-frame is the heat man!

 

[SJB358]

They would be a killer bullet. I traded a box of them for some Starline brass. I still have a box of 350 Northforks to try. Might give them a whirl if I dork around with the rifle anymore this Fall.

 

[Oldtrader3]

The 300 grain Nosler Partition!

 

[SJB358]

The 300 grain Nosler Partition!

I am saving the 200 I have for something cool.. Maybe a moose or something!

 

[Elkman]

I have been loading a 350 Hard Cast from MBW. Seems to shoot well, but I haven't mounted a scope as yet. Thats one of my winter projects. Then I will be able to tell alot more about whats going on. !

 

[HeathSexton]

1895G

350 Hornady FP
WW Brass
CCI200
H4895 - 59grs - 1922fps - easily MOA accurate

 

[SJB358]

Heath, that is a load I've always wanted to try.