Thebear_78
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Nice thing about starting at .458 you don't need that much more. I think it would do fine at those speeds
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Thebear_78":ix9gihan said:Nice thing about starting at .458 you don't need that much more. I think it would do fine at those speeds
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That's what I'm hoping that they'd be DRT, or just walk a few yards, then give up the ghost.SJB358":2ifqcefr said:Thebear_78":2ifqcefr said:Nice thing about starting at .458 you don't need that much more. I think it would do fine at those speeds
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Agree with this. 350’s at 2200 would be a handful. I’d be okay with that Bullet at 1800-2000 as well. Nothing is going far with a 1/2” hole drilled through the good parts.
Elkman":2i88vobs said:I am using Montana Bullet Company 350 grain cast bullets in mine over, 51 gr. of 3031. I use it around my place for culling large ground squirrels. It's tremendously devastating out to 20-25 yards. All hit have been clean 1 shot kills.
HAWKEYESATX":34osasxg said:I've heard that the .45-70 makes the deer roll from being hit. I want to witness that.
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Outstanding!NYDAN":1s4wxx1j said:HAWKEYESATX":1s4wxx1j said:I've heard that the .45-70 makes the deer roll from being hit. I want to witness that.
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I hunt with the 450 Marlin. Two years ago I shot a doe with the Hornady 350 gr. interlock FN and it knocked her sideways right off her feet. She crawled a little ways before expiring. Last year I shot a BIG whitetail buck with the same bullet. In one continuous motion, his back legs went down, his front legs went down, his head went down, he rolled over and never moved again. The bullet hit the scapula going in. That spread out the shock and broke three ribs on the entrance. It broke on rib on the exit.
It is a great fun rifle and I love the Hornady 350 FN bullets in it.
Dan
HAWKEYESATX":3qlkwerj said:Outstanding!
Do you know at what velocity you have your 350gr FN going at, if I may ask?
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For a mule kick you mean?!? LOLSJB358":28es413y said:It’d be a good ride with 350’s at 2200 in a Marlin.
HAWKEYESATX":1bhktdze said:That's pretty speedy for a 350 gr bullet.
It sounds like it hits like a freight train.
Thank you for sharing, I greatly appreciate it.
Always love to hear how game reacts to such loads from an oldie but goodie.
Could you up the velocity if you wanted to, or are you satisfied with the results?
I was just wondering, because a friend of mine said I could get that 350 gr cooking up to 2200 fps.
Not sure if I want to do that.
Sounds like 2050 fps works just fine.
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No judgement from me! A man has to eat.Gunner46":t0f9do80 said:Not the proudest moment of my hunting career, but I neatly took the head of a fluffy bunny with a 180gr out of my 44 Mag at a whopping 7 yds.
Hey! Say what you will, I was the only guy in camp to come back with meat for dinner and nobody turned down their portion !