Thread: Suppressing a 45/70

Originally Posted by rossi.45

Consider a .44mag singlehot as well . . With 300grn. XTP bullets you have a Big hitter & using .44 specials you have subsonic

Hi rossi, I've got a 44 and tried the 300grn XTP. They are very accurate but the lead is too hard ( they are made for protection against Bears) and they perform poorly on game. The 300 grn Nosler HP is much better on game. Neither give performance even close to the photos you posted of what you got with the cast big metplat bullets in your 4570

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Hi rossi, I've got a 44 and tried the 300grn XTP. They are very accurate but the lead is too hard ( they are made for protection against Bears) and they perform poorly on game. The 300 grn Nosler HP is much better on game. Neither give performance even close to the photos you posted of what you got with the cast big metplat bullets in your 4570

hey MoaH, good info . . back n the day when i 1st tried the XTP they were a real step up from the cast classic pistol bullets i started with, performance was brutal at close range on Goats & Fallow, smashing running animals in med step, Big holes in their chest you could look into, clockwork spread across the ground . . holy fck moments. After that i got seriously into big bore subs.
but Nothing stays the same, old designs change . .