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.45-70 Government

Overview


The .45-70, also known as .45-70 Government or .45-70 Govt. is an extremely powerful cartridge developed in the 1870's. It is primarily used for big game hunting out of lever action rifles or big bore revolvers such as the Magnum Research BFR. Even today it still competes with newer "ultra magnum" cartridges such as .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum, this is mostly due to its large case that can accomodate extremely large and heavy projectiles along with enough powder to sling them at high velocities - this thing is a monster, anything that ends up on the wrong end of it doesn't live to tell the tale.

Stats


Ammunition Type Damage Bullet Velocity (m/s) Barrier Penetration Armor Piercing
SB 405gr Soft Point 34.56 460 2.62 6
TSX 300gr Flat Nose 33.35 587 2.45 6
305gr Xtreme Penetrator 32.6 609 3.2 8
Buffalo Bore 500gr 45.6 495 3.17 8
Grand Slam 500gr Tungsten Core 41.3 495 5.2 90
Dragon 1000gr Tungsten Flat Nose 82.6 195 10.2 180
Grand Slam 600gr Tungsten Core 54 420 6.6 104
Garrett Hammerhead 540gr JHP 46.5 470 3.6 6
SBR 100gr Aluminium HP 32 915 1.1 5.37
Lehigh 6X 100gr Multiball 26 x 6 427 1.1 4
SBR 147gr SLAP 32 762 6 130