I became interested in 45/70 recently both to shoot and reload, and I've noticed some hilarious internet trend of "yeah it's a great caliber but only to 200 yards." A lot of this is regarding deer and hogs...
Generally speaking, a lever-action load is still pushing a 400-grainish bullet pretty decent at 400 yards. I interpret the misnomer that it's a 200 yard cartridge to marketing not wanting to tell people that they're 200-yard marksmen, incapable of ethically judging distance and shooting accordingly. Certainly, that 400 grain bullet is going to do it's job even after slowing down and dropping 48" against mule deer and smaller, definitely whitetails and hogs! If you've become proficient enough to put the bullet where it needs to go, I'd think that bowling-ball bullet is definitely going to plant just about anything it hits, right?
Generally speaking, a lever-action load is still pushing a 400-grainish bullet pretty decent at 400 yards. I interpret the misnomer that it's a 200 yard cartridge to marketing not wanting to tell people that they're 200-yard marksmen, incapable of ethically judging distance and shooting accordingly. Certainly, that 400 grain bullet is going to do it's job even after slowing down and dropping 48" against mule deer and smaller, definitely whitetails and hogs! If you've become proficient enough to put the bullet where it needs to go, I'd think that bowling-ball bullet is definitely going to plant just about anything it hits, right?