Hornady 350 Grain RN 45/70 Recovered-Pics

[Cheesehead]

This is the Hornady 350 grain round nose bullet recovered from a large Whitetail buck. It was fired from my 1895 Marlin at a range of 20 yards. The bullet hit the deer in the center of the rib cage and traveled diagonally through the body and ended up in the upper neck area. The estimated impact speed is 1900 FPS. Click on the jpg text for a large detailed image. The bullet weighed 317 grains after recovery for a retained weight of over 90%. Very effective. My favorite jacketed bullet for the 45/70.

Cheese

[Cornhusker]

Thanks for the pictures!  I just bought a box of these and was curious as how well they would perform on deer.  Looks like they do real well!

[flashhole]

Great photos, it's my favorite bullet for my Guide Gun.  I chronographed my loads at 1962 fps avgerage verlocity.

[sk330lc]

SWEET!

[Graybeard]

That's actually quite unexpected performance from that bullet. It is intended for use in the .458 Winchester which should be pushing it perhaps another 500 fps more. If it were going that extra 500 fps it would have acted like a varmint bullet. Most reports I've heard of it in the .45-70 say it performs more like a hard cast which really it should do in the .45-70 otherwise it can't be tough enough for it's designed intent.

[Cheesehead]

You can see where the Micro-Groove riflings have etched this bullet.

Cheese

[billy_56081]

THanks for sharing Cheese, looks like it performed perfect.

[rickt300]

Several years back I used this bullet in my 45-70 but I only pushed it ti 1600 fps. It did indeed act like a round nosed full metal jacketed bullet. I used it on several deer and gave up on it, sold em in the classifieds here I think.

[HL]

Hard to believe it didn't completely pass through.

[Cheesehead]

20+ inches of penetration, not so hard to believe.

Cheese