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45-70 Lead-free Bullets

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#1 ·
Well I'm starting to gear-up for 2019 California hunting that will require, exclusively, lead-free bullets. There seems to be plenty of choices for the small-medium calibers but pickings seem a bit slim for the lever big bores. Most of my hunting with the 45-70 has been with the 350 gr. bullets so I'm happy to use something in that neck of the woods but most of my searches seem to turn up 300 gr. and less. Is anyone familiar with solid copper (or similar) .458 bullets in the 350-400 gr. class? Personal experiences would be interesting as well. Cautions, caveats, advice all appreciated. I'm sure gonna miss my Speer Hot Core bullets...

Tim
 
#6 · (Edited)
I really love these, I use them a lot in my 458 Socom, and have used them a little bit with great success in the 45-70.
KAK 300 grain solid brass. will put down anything unfortunate to be in their path.

 
#10 ·
Theyre $30 for 50.

Had to edit my last post, its KAK Industries and they're 300 grain. sorry about that..

They have some crazy rounds for the .458 dia, (socom and 45/70) those were the more "normal" rounds, and at a kinda-sorta reasonable price.