Not sure if this is the best place to ask this question but I need some expertise from y'all regarding my hunting issues. went hunting this past weekend with my 45-70 running a 396 gn cast soft lead boolit. its very accurate at the shooting range and i have no issues. where my problem comes in is im now hunting in some pretty wide open area that's hilly and sometimes winds gusting from 15 - 40 mph. its too difficult for me with the 45-70 to judge accurately the drop at the distances i need to work at which are 350+ yards with the average being 450 yards.
Im wanting to move to my H&R 30-06 single shot. I want something more flat shooting so would need to be throwing a chunk of lead probably 160-200 gns. i am quite familiar with paper patching so doing the process is no problem but wanting input on what i can expect on the target side at 350 - 550 yards, velocities, hardness and nose profile, drop and most importantly the terminal results. Im not wanting to tweak my 45-70 loads but just want to see what I can do with the 30-06 and move this direction. how fast can i push a paper patched boolit reasonably and still get accurate and terminal results.
Thanx for your input.
Crackerjack57