Well Steve,

I think that really we actually agree on this.

Just the last paragraph. I was not clear origionaly, the one that fell was an LE round. The ones lost were hard cast lead solids.

As I wrote, I like LA guns and would reach for my 357 mag with 180 grain Hornaday heads @ 1800 fps as a go to gun for many situations. I am actually working on a supressed sub sonic .38 LA with night vision as an alternative Rabbit and Fox gun. :-) [.22 LR gets boreing sometimes]

It is quite clear from your writings that you are realistic about the efficacy of the loading and the limits for which it was designed and within those limits what you say makes a lot of sense.

I prefer to shoot at 100yds or less and with open sights anyway.
I am suposed to go to Africa again in October. If you are in the business of giving away samples them PM me and I will see if I can scrounge up a 45-70 LA for the trip. I am a dealer and can borrow one from somebody.
I would be happy to hunt with your ammo for a day and write it up both for here and the UK/US shooting press. My grid number on the NRA (UK) site is 1425 you can look up the results from the Phoenix meeting last week and see I am fairly good with a L/A :-)

Best Regards Mark