Love my 45-70 SS Ultra Hunter

[jacksrbtr46]

Went to the range yesterday to re-check my 45-70 SS Ultra Hunter.  It's sighted in to be 3" high at 100 yards.  Fired 4 bullets, first one was a little off.  Then I settled in and went through the drill in my head before shooting the last three.  If Louisiana had allowed it to have been used as a primitve weapon last year and it had been available a year ago, and I had been smart enough to have bought it, I wouldn't have bought my Thompson Center 45 cal Muzzle loader, or the new Browning 7mm-08 that I bought.  It's probably going to make my old Remington 700BDL 30-06, and new my Browning 7mm-08 collect a lot more dust.  It has obsoleted my muzzle loader, unless I go to another state to hunt that does't allow the 45-70 as a primitive weapon.  It could be the only gun you need in Louisiana if you could only have just one gun.  Better get you one in some form or fashion they are becoming hard to come by here and will get harder as the word gets out!!  Can't wait to have a deer walk out at 300 yards or longer.



Jack

[petemi]

Enjoy ti!  It wil do it for ya!

[quickdtoo]

Nice shootin Jack!!  Using BC calculation software, the LE 45-70 ammo has a BC of .234 when  muzzle velocity is the stated 2050fps, but the actual 3-shot average is 2012fps as recorded over a chrono from the 24" barrel as reported by a shooter on another site. So using that BC, here's your calculated trajectory. It would be very wise to shoot it at 200-300yds to confirm the trajectory tho, that's the only way to know for sure. I had to adjust the zero range to 162yds to get the 3" high at 100yds to work. 

Tim

Trajectory for .458" 325gr LeverEvolution at 2012 Feet per Second
At an Elevation Angle of: 0 degrees
Ballistic Coefficients of: 0.234   0.234   0.234   0.234   0.234
Velocity Boundaries (Feet per Second) of: 2012   2012   2012   2012
Wind Direction is: 0.0 o'clock and a Wind Velocity of: 0.0 Miles per hour
Wind Components are (Miles per Hour): DownRange: 0.0   Cross Range: 0.0   Vertical: 0.0
Altitude: 0 Feet with a Standard Atmospheric Model.
Temperature: 59 F
Data Printed in English Units
Range   Velocity   Energy   Momentum   Drop   Bullet Path   Wind Drift   Time of Flight
(Yards)   (Ft/Sec)   (Ft/Lbs)   (Lb-Sec)   (inches)   (inches)   (inches)   (Seconds)
0   2012.0   2920.8   2.90   0.0   -1.5   0.0   0.000000000
25   1930.9   2690.1   2.79   -0.28   0.56   0.0   0.038051803
50   1851.9   2474.4   2.67   -1.13   2.03   0.0   0.077715054
75   1775.0   2273.3   2.56   -2.63   2.87   0.0   0.119083570
100   1700.5   2086.5   2.45   -4.81   3.02   0.0   0.162253814
125   1628.6   1913.8   2.35   -7.74   2.42   0.0   0.207323299
150   1559.4   1754.5   2.25   -11.5   0.99   0.0   0.254389595
175   1493.0   1608.4   2.15   -16.14   -1.32   0.0   0.303547766
200   1429.8   1475.1   2.06   -21.76   -4.61   0.0   0.354885902
225   1370.0   1354.2   1.98   -28.45   -8.96   0.0   0.408481769
250   1313.8   1245.3   1.90   -36.29   -14.47   0.0   0.464397277
275   1261.5   1148.2   1.82   -45.39   -21.24   0.0   0.522670689
300   1213.5   1062.4   1.75   -55.86   -29.38   0.0   0.583307502