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Out of my 22 inch barrel the chronagraph says the 330 grain Remingtons are actually doing about 1600, but then it's to be remembered that a lot of 45-70 loads are clocked out of a 29 inch barrel as was on the old Trapdoor.
My on-game experence with the 300 grain hollowpoints is that they expand well and will pass ALMOST all the way through a 220 pound hog at less than 20 yards. Both bullets hit ribs on the way in and stopped just under the off side skin. Hog did not go far.
Shot a couple of other hogs that were smaller and those bullets went through.
But, and this is a big but, I like to have a exit wound so that there is more blood trail to follow. We hunt mostly thick woods and swamps for hogs and even one that goes 50 to 75 yards can be very hard to find if the trail is meager.
Next season I'll be tossing heavier bullets that I am sure will go through.
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