405 Woodleigh Weld core 45-70

I shot these out of my 45-70 1885 Miruko Winchester high wall. They were traveling @ 2100 fps 4-1 gallon water jugs 5-2X6s so 10" of wood and a 1 gallon water jug filed with sand @20 yards load 56gr H-4895 min load

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That will work on about any game you might encounter. Good performance.

Looks good, Woodleigh makes some great bullets.

Talk about a hammer. That there is a freight train.

JD338

YIKES!

Years ago I shot a mule deer with my .45/70 Marlin Guide Gun with a 405 gr Remington soft nose at 1650 fps, and it worked GREAT.

At 2100 fps? Wow!

Guy

Dang! I've been wanting to try my hard cast LBT's in Water Jugs out of my Ruger #1 45-70.

These are are some 475 gr lead spire points @1450 fps that is the slowest I can get them with the data I have from the Lyman 49 reloading book. Very fun to shoot.
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Yup That will do!

5shot":33i8er0j said:

Dang! I've been wanting to try my hard cast LBT's in Water Jugs out of my Ruger #1 45-70.

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Get a LOT of the water jugs! :grin:

Years ago I put a 405 gr Remington soft point through a row of 1-gallon plastic milk jugs filled with water. The bullet was recovered in the 8th jug! That's awesome penetration.

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A subsequent test with the hard cast 425 gr Piledriver Junior went through 12 jugs and just kept going, landing in the dirt berm....

Guy

Guy Miner":187gw0cr said:

5shot":187gw0cr said:

Dang! I've been wanting to try my hard cast LBT's in Water Jugs out of my Ruger #1 45-70.

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Get a LOT of the water jugs! :grin:

Years ago I put a 405 gr Remington soft point through a row of 1-gallon plastic milk jugs filled with water. The bullet was recovered in the 8th jug! That's awesome penetration.

Link: viewtopic.php?f=63&t=16542

A subsequent test with the hard cast 425 gr Piledriver Junior went through 12 jugs and just kept going, landing in the dirt berm....

Guy

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My mold casts a 434 Grain LFN, and should be heading out of my #1 around 1800fps...I'll have to go for a baker's dozen of jugs I guess!

I've got the 405 Remington coming out of my guide gun in .450 Marlin in the mid 1700's. I know that velocity would jump pretty well with a longer barrel but every time I pull the trigger I swear I'm going to dislocate something!!! It definitely makes a resounding whack on the steel plates at the range. But to hit something at 2100 fps would bring new meaning to the phrase "smack down".

Wow, that Woodleigh looks great.

Yeah, I gave up trying to catch the heavies in the 45-70's.. They just seem to keep going and going.

Awesome recovery though, I cannot imagine 2100... I shot the 425's at 1850'ish and that was about all I wanted to hang on to.

Recoil is not that bad my gun does not have a straight pull stock. For off the bench I use slip on recoil pad. For hunting well I always have two or more layers of hoodies or jackets besides it just one shot. This what my gun looks like.[img]http://www.hunt101.com/data/50...porter-_-Case-Hardened-MID-534183-l.jpg[/img]

Beautiful rifle. You're right. With good recoil protection it's probably pretty reasonable.

I shot this moose with the 350 gr hot core one shot 100 yards down he went while walking up to him he started to roll over so I shot him one more time in the neck at the base of his head but with my 405 woodleigh bullet it was about 30 yards this what bullet looked like after traveling close to 4 feet down his neck and stopping at the tip of the back strap. the bullet weight 398 gr and was 2100 fts

That did very well congrats on the bull, he is a beauty.

thanks gerry

Congrats on that bullet and wicked recovery as well. That bullet dug mighty deep.

What did you think of the 350 Speer?

Was that Loonie in there too?[emoji1]

Excellent!