45-70, Thumbs up!

[tbmaker]

:-) Harvested 2 deer during our 4 day season. The 12 pointer I shot, opening morning, with a Savage in 7mm STW. One hit high through the lungs, another cliping the near side elbow and going through the heart.
Now that one is on the meat pole out comes my Marlin in 45-70 for the rest of the hunt. Third day a nice 6 pointer steps out a 125 yds., quartering away. Slipped a factory 300 gr Nosler partition right behind the near shoulder and out in front of the off shoulder. Went down like a ton of bricks.
Upon butchering these two the story was told.
The larger buck, I lost the entire onside shoulder, all holes very blood shot.
The 45-70 buck, you could litterly eat up to the holes, no loss of meat.
Now shot placement plays in here some but I've shot others with the 45-70, hitting bones, and don't get the bloody damage like my mag does.
I won't be giving up my mag anytime soon because of where my stand is but that Marlin is just too nice not to carry any place else.
Just spouting off, gota love those big bullets. Get plenty of static in camp for carring it but they don't see the meat after the fact.
Thanks Wayne

[Perferator]

I find the same results in hunting with the .270 loaded with Nosler BT's 130gr over max load of RL22 60gr.  They just knock the deer down.  When you skin them out it's amazing the amount of damage a little bullet can do.  It's the dumping of all that energy from a small bullet.  Amazing.
My son took a 6pt using the .270 at 140yds distance and the buck just dropped like a sack of rocks.

I took a med sized buck with the guide gun 45-70 using this load:

Hornady 350gr RN
R-P cases
IMR4198 44gr
CCI200 primer
Lee FCD

Distance was at 50yds with about 2sec to pull up and shoot from my blind.  Hit it with a double-lunger and it ran for 125yds.  Just didnt touch the heart but it bled like a spraying garden hose with those big holes in and out.  A clean kill compared to the high velocity rounds.

Hey, great season you're having....congrats!



Perferator

[Asa Lenon]

Since i've had and used a 45/70 on several deer now, I don't want to use anything else.  Some say "isn't that big gun overkill?"  Absolutely not, i've used the factory 300 grain HP, factory 300 grain nosler partition and the factory 405 grain JSP and there was not as much meat damage on any deer as there was when I used a .243.  They hit the ground where they stand like a ton of bricks too, no dragging them back a hundred yards. :grin:

[Mac11700]

:-) Harvested 2 deer during our 4 day season. The 12 pointer I shot, opening morning, with a Savage in 7mm STW. One hit high through the lungs, another cliping the near side elbow and going through the heart.
Now that one is on the meat pole out comes my Marlin in 45-70 for the rest of the hunt. Third day a nice 6 pointer steps out a 125 yds., quartering away. Slipped a factory 300 gr Nosler partition right behind the near shoulder and out in front of the off shoulder. Went down like a ton of bricks.
Upon butchering these two the story was told.
The larger buck, I lost the entire onside shoulder, all holes very blood shot.
The 45-70 buck, you could litterly eat up to the holes, no loss of meat.
Now shot placement plays in here some but I've shot others with the 45-70, hitting bones, and don't get the bloody damage like my mag does.
I won't be giving up my mag anytime soon because of where my stand is but that Marlin is just too nice not to carry any place else.
Just spouting off, gota love those big bullets. Get plenty of static in camp for carring it but they don't see the meat after the fact.
Thanks Wayne

Those in your camp must be jealous :wink:

The Nosler 300 grainer is my favorite load out of my 1895GS...and the 10 pointer I shot last year with the Noslers only went a few feet and piled up...

Great expansion..a blood trail a blindman could follow..no meat loss...a quick clean humane kill...you couldn't ask for a better gun...or a better bullet...

Mac