As an interesting exercise that may come to fruition, let's suppose that one were to pull an Alaskan Coastal BLACK bear tag. And one wanted to take a Marlin 1895 ( a real one, not the modern imposter), in .45-70, loaded with black of course, what sort of bullet would folks recommend?
Super heavy is not needed. I have a 480 gr bullet and a 420 gr paper patch. The latter will be strongly considered, but what about a grease groove. Bears are not huge or hard to penetrate. Maybe 400 lbs for a really big one, probably less. But getting them dead on the beach would be far preferable to tracking into the devils club brush. So, I am thinking a big meplate, 325-400 grains maybe, leaving room for more powder. Any Recommendations on a modern made mould (or an old one if someone has one to sell, but I want something that would not be undersized as I have heard some modern bullet moulds tend to be.