You're right about that Gander. But there's a bit of a difference between putting a bullet in a buffler out on the prairie and letting it die while you're shooting a few more, and putting a bullet in whitetail (or moose) and watching it run into the thickest, meanest, wettest place in the county.

FG

If that were the answer to all (45-70) why in the heck did they come out with the Sharps 90 and 120 versions of that gun - because even in them days they needed them... the 70 did not do it all...

Same reason they brought out the 150g mag inlines, People think bigger is better. Not like it takes 150g powder to kill a whitetail/mule deer/ elk.
If the companies put out a .32 squirrel rifle that said 150 Magnum engraved on the side, I'd bet you'd see'em using it too

They also had the .54/90

FG

But it still goes back to the PRB - everybody thought was the end all do all also...

It has been proven many times over bigger is better when needed. Shoot 150 grains is nothing when you start looking at a 4 bore used by many BG hunters in Europe/Africa years ago and even they were not big enough or fast enough.

Another Neanderthal conversation:

Oog: Me like dis rock for killing wooly bison.

Grakma: No Oog. That rock too small. Need bigger rock -like size your head.

Oog: Naw Grakma. Big rock too slow. Need smaller fast rock.

lol, Semi are you really showing your age (sorry, I gotta remember to be kind to my elders)

We liked the bigger rocks when hunting Dinosurs. [:@]Tribe across river used little stone & speed from sling.
We stalked closer.

Al