[arkypete]

Over in the Accuratereloading site they are having a discussion aboutthe 45-70 and it's inadiquacies. I know that the 45-70 is not an express train as far as power, etc. goes, but neither is it a wimp.
I would think that if the game to be hunted was limited to Cape Buffalo down that the hot loaded hard lead bullets would adiquate.
Jim

 

[arkypete]

My Winchester will go with me once I get the money put together.
Those did re-inspire me to think about a 416 of some type. I want to use a heck of a hard slug, cast! I like the idea of making my own bullet or finding a really good commercial stump kicker, in 416.
What I'm asking is would the 416 Taylor do the job or should I find a cartridge case that holds more powder?
I open to suggestions and free advice.
Jim

 

[arkypete]

Thanks everybody.
That 1886 is looking better and better. I've got it at the gunsmith getting it drilled and tapped for the tang site. Once I get it back, I'll get busy working up a bunch of those 445 grain Lyman's.
I've got 40 or 50 pounds of babbit metal that should be just right for punching holes in big critters, should the occasion arise.
This alloy of babbit makes a pretty bullet, cold silver with reddish reflections and the stuff never seems to tarnish and when you hit an ingot of it with another ingot or hammer, it will ring like a bell.
In the 375 Whelen and the Saeco mold this alloy punched a hole in a piece of 1/4 inch cold rolled steel at 100 meters.
Jim

 

[arkypete]

Kevin
I think I'm with you that the 50 Alaskan can take most anything down.
Jim