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DarylS
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Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.
16/08/14 01:36 PM

Yes - I agree - the .50 Alaskan in a modern lever gun 'should' work well. Again, it comes down to bullet and placement.

Harold Johnson was running 450gr. cup-pointed FMJ's at about 1,850fps to 1,900fps from his M86 in .50 Alaskan and could not keep one inside a brown bear, from any angle. The cup point created extensive cavitation in the tissues. The bullets were made by cutting off 705gr. .5 Browning steel core bullets at the ogive, then reversing them so the boat tailed cup pointed bullet base was loaded foreward.

He said it worked even better than the .450 Alaskan which was running 450gr. bullets at about the same speed. The larger diameter bullet in the .50 Alaskan made quite a difference - on the bears.

lacking experience with this stuff ourselves, we must use other's experience as a guide - that is, other's experience which we trust.

If the ballistics indicate it will work, it comes down to bullet and placement, as John said above.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	TOBY458	18/07/14 09:52 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	Ripp	18/07/14 10:02 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	TOBY458	18/07/14 10:38 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	Ripp	18/07/14 10:46 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	TOBY458	18/07/14 11:21 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	18/07/14 11:58 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	18/07/14 12:10 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	18/07/14 12:18 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	TOBY458	18/07/14 12:55 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	18/07/14 10:43 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	Ripp	18/07/14 11:02 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	Huvius	18/07/14 11:31 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	hunter_angler	18/07/14 11:44 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	DarylS	19/07/14 01:57 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	19/07/14 03:04 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	hunter_angler	19/07/14 05:17 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	DarylS	19/07/14 05:05 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	TOBY458	19/07/14 05:32 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	19/07/14 06:38 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	Ripp	20/07/14 11:07 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	NitroX	20/07/14 05:53 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	DarylS	21/07/14 04:25 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	Ash	16/08/14 12:13 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	DarylS	16/08/14 01:36 PM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	9.3x57	16/08/14 02:08 PM
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Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	TOBY458	20/07/14 04:18 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	spinna	20/07/14 09:31 AM
Re: 45/70 Lever Action On Australian Water Buffalo.	DarylS	19/07/14 05:28 AM

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