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Originally Posted by vash
so you cant hunt with a traditional rifle cartridge? it has to be straight walled?
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Yes, straight walled only, the theory being that they're lower velocity and don't carry as far as necked down shells. Lower MI and nearly all of OH are flat as a pancake, and the concern is bullets traveling a long distance beyond the target and hurting someone. Seems remote chance to me, but there are stories of it happening.
That said, I would think a .45-70 with a 250gr bullet and loaded hot it going to have pretty good range, so I'm not so sure insisting on straight walled cartridges is really much protection......