I have a chance to go bear hunting (black bear). I finally got a chance to see what the 45-70 will do. I also will take the ruger BH 45 colt just for back-up. There will NOT be any boiler room shot! Anything that can have me for lunch will definitely get a head shot. I'm using 300 gr. sp's being pushed by 50 gr. of IMR 4198 with a vel. of 2020fps. The BH is loaded with 25.0 gr of Lil Gun pushing a 250 gr rn. If'n I get a shot with the mouth open I hope to take the top of his head off. Sorry boys, any dangerous game I hunt will always get a head shot!
thomas
Shot distance should only be around 50 yds at the max!