ORIGINAL: HuntAway
Just goes to show you that maybe our forefather's may have known a thing or two. Big lead, low velocities, hit like bricks! Interesting concept. Take the maxi hunter and maxi ball from TC, pretty much the same bullet as far as weight is concerned but design (intent / use)wise they're totally different.
Yep, big lead, low velocities hit like ton of bricks, sort of against small, high velocity andshooting long distances. It said in the book that a .45-70 BP bullet would shoot clear thru a buffalo and out theother side, the largest land mammal in North America. That amazed me, they sure did know their guns and bullets.
Chap Gleason