Has anyone tried the new LEVERevolution rounds from Hornady in the .450 elephant stopper. And if so, have they found ballistic data true that they put out? A gain of 8+ inches @ 200yds sounds like a lot.
And has anyone reloaded their own spitzers for their H&R .450?
I believe nomosendaro has shot quite a few of these out of his...I don't think he's loaded any spitzers for it yet...
Mac
Yes, I have shot several of the LEVERelotion rounds in my 450. Until this past Nov. I had the Ultra sighted in with the 350 flat nose round. I
had killed a couple of Deer with those, so for this gun season I decided to sight in the LevR. They printed quite a bit higher at 100 yards. Both
Horn factory loads will shoot near moa at 100 yards.At that time, I knew my shots would not exceed 100 yards anyway. My Deer hunting for this gun season with this round came to a hault, Mac screwed me up by getting me to thinking about a Marlin XLR 45-70. Yea, I bought one & killed a nice 8pt with some great loads that he did for me, which was the 300 Nos. Part. at 2,425 and some change. I believe he introduced this load to others on this forum som time back. Anyway, this is a kick-butt load. I shot the Buck in the near shoulder & it exited the opposite ribcage. He was climbing the mountain toward me & at the shot, I think his rear legs folded, but this I do know.He flipped over backwards & yet again, then he was done, most impressive!!! In the 300 gr. range, this is good as it gets. Maybe Mac could post the trajectory for you, not bad for a flat point at all.
Sluggo, I may know in a month or so how they do at 200 and maybe a little further, if so I will let you know. I will find that out & then hopefully next year take one Buck with that load & then put it in the safe. I believe I would rather use the 350FP as an allround load however.
As far as recoil goes, if you compare with the std. 45-70 Trapdoor/squib stuff, yea it kicks harder. But, there are other factors when you compare
with the Handi 45-70 that is shooting hotter hunting loads. My Ultra is a Lam. stock & this one at least had a steel rod in the stock. Also, I added
a slip-on recoil pad that is great. My brother has the much lighter 45-70 Handi with the syn stocks & the same slip-on pad. If you shoot loads with
the vel. level the same for both, the 45-70 kicks ALOT more because it is lighter & the butt stock is smaller. I think the Handi buyer is more likely to be attracted to the 45-70 because of the light & heavy loads available & is much more popular in general. Someone who is looking to buy the 450 Ultra would already know that the trapdoor loads aren't offered & I don't think recoil was the primary reason for the low 450 sales for these reasons.
