45-70 Barnes 300 grain TSX

[BillyGoatCrawler]

http://www.barnesbullets.com/files/2014/11/45-70Marlin1895Web.pdf

[Charlie50]

I do not have a 45-70 but can confirm great projectile. I load these in a SOCOM .458, AR platform. I use 26 gr. LilGun, groups 1.3 inches at 100 yds, 1x4 trijicon. 16in bbl. Awesome bullet, so far two hogs. Dropped immediately No chasing involved Too old to be chasing wounded critters over hill, dale and then drag back.

[Divernhunter]

The AA1680 might be easier to get unless you already have the other. It also works very well in the 7.62X39.

The 250gr bullet would be an excellent choice. Remember Barnes bullets have terminal performance like a lead core bullet 30% heavier. You can push them faster which gives better performance also. However the 300 will work also.

[elk hunter]

AA1680 was my goto powder for 7.62X39 a long time ago but never tried it in the 45-70. I bought a couple of boxes of the loaded Barns ammo to use if I ever hunted in Calif. again......well at least what I admit to. I do have some of the Barns bullets that I was going to load for my T/C Encore 45-70 but they wont work in my 95CB, to pointy.

[Spyder]

I use them in 458 winmag for cheap loads, very accurate...though not as good as the Cutting Edge bullets I also use.

[Magilla26]

Since the lead ban, this is my go to bullet for the 45-70 in my Marlin 1895SS. I use Starline and Rem. brass, IMR 4198 with a muzzle velocity of 2186 fps, COAL of 2.515" crimped on the top edge of the cannelure using a Lee factory crimp die. 1.5" accuracy at 100 yds. I have taken pigs and deer with this load. A thumper!

[ruggyh]

second using 4198 with these in 45-70.

be safe
Ruggy

[BillyGoatCrawler]

Thanks for the info guys. I got 1 lb of AA1680 because they had it in stock locally.

I’ll post up some results once I test a few loadings out since a few of you shoot this slug and might have AA1680.

Diver, I missed that they even sold a .458 250gr TSX. I’m going to work up towards the higher end of the loading to get it as fast as possible. I know it’s not apples to apples, but I’ve seen some YouTube videos of guys shooting lined up milk jugs and getting them to open enough to lose a few petals. I should have this ready for some pig hunts by early spring.