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my point is still that you can't name a north American game animal that you cannot kill cleanly with a 45-70-405 cast lead at around factory load levels. Sure you can supe it up, but why? If you are going dangerous game hunting in Africa my suggestion is another caliber in a nice double rifle. If you are hunting from bunny rabbit to moose in the US and Canada the 45-70 will do the job just fine. AND with old style black powder loads you can eat right up to the hole, you don't loose meat from shock damage all over the place. I have a couple of boxes of 305 grain remmy hollowpoints I picked up (mostly cause I needed brass) and they will take anything in Texas just fine, and are overkill for more than a few critters.
GoodOlBoy
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