I'm curious, if anyone has taken any game animals or done any expansion testing with the Glould hollow point bullet.
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I have taken exactly 1 deer with the 45/70. The bullet was a 400 grain+/_ lee bullet, cast from wheel weights, air cooled, and the charge pushed the bullet to ( I dunno... ) maybe 1600 to 1700 fps.
Deer shot thru the lungs, at about 50 yds, it just stood there,, as if it were stabbed by a broom handle.
Buck fever, shot two more times, missed.
30 sec later the deer fell over,, dead.
No bones hit, and a hole thru the chest about the size of a 25 cent piece.
The shot did kill the deer, but the hit was nothing like a 30-06.... 180 grain Winchester silver tip bullet. (Blam ! Deer down ! Deer dead !)
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I now have Lyman's Glould hollow point mould, and on hand, I have a stock of pure lead, some pure tin; .....and I have wheel weights.
My past rifle was a Ruger #3, the new one is the Marlin 1895 22in. bbl, 45/70.
What I want, is a, "dead right there load," out to 100 yds using the Gould bullet in 45/70.
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Please, any thoughts from folks with more experience than me ?
Powders on hand are: 296, 2400, 4759.
What velocity should I be looking for to get reliable expansion from that bullet