Hunt

Vince · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:40 pm Post subject: Hunt

I wonder why he was asked that question?

Elvis · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 1:14 am Post subject: Re: Hunt

must be using speer projectiles.....

slimjim · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:30 am Post subject: Re: Hunt

Elvis wrote:

must be using speer projectiles.....

ouch!

Tremblay · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Hunt

gelandangan · Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: Hunt

hunterjoe21 · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Hunt

And what's wrong with a. 300 Win Mag?

I love mine

Elvis · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:06 am Post subject: Re: Hunt

nothing wrong with them...and certainly nothing AT ALL wrong with speer projectiles...

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: Hunt

Reminds me of when I bought my first .45-70. My Grandfather said "Good lord! If you shoot a deer with that it will go straight through and set the woods on fire on the other side!"

Elvis · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:50 pm Post subject: Re: Hunt

shite I hope not!!!!! things are tinder dry here at the moment and another forest fire is last thing we need..

PaulS · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:55 am Post subject: Re: Hunt

Well, a 45-70 from an antique or replica has a muzzle velocity about twice what a 45 ACP and less than twice the velocity of an equivalent 45 Colt. There is no reason to feel over-gunned with that rifle when it is approximately equal to a 454 Casull handgun.
The 45-70 is a valid deer gun and maybe for elk within the proper range. It could even be used on moose but I would rather have a 3006 because the point blank range of the 45-70 is much closer than the 3006. Both guns are capable of killing a bison but the old '06 can do it from farther away.
Over gunned, not at all. Wink