moooose102
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i have a box of shells loaded up for deer hunting for my 45/70. they are loaded up pretty near max load. i came across a couple of threads that were talking about how big bore really do not need all that much speed, that they kill with the bullet weight. well, balisticaly, there is more energy with more speed. but with big bores is there such a thing as to much speed. i guess like the bullet is traveling so fast that it does not get a chance to apply the energy and just blows right through? this will be my second year hunting with it. but last year i did not shoot a deer. so i do not know how this cannon will work yet. all of my kills have been with 30 caliber rifles, and there the more speed, the better. what i am doing here is second guessing myself due to a lack of experience. i would hope that i would get posts from people that have killed deer or deer sized game using fast and slow moving bullets. thanks.