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I was just a young boy maybe 9-10 years old .My father ,myself and two uncles went fishing in the coldwater lakes region of western Mich .We camped at Pokagon state park in northern Indiana . It was late at night when we pitched the tent .In the morning I woke up stepped outside the tent to...

That herd I mention was probabely less than a dozen .Some were pretty large . The old coot that owned them had a full time staff that was kind of paid somewhat under the table .The land was posted no hunting,no trespassing .If someone as much as crossed a fence they knew it . We used to hunt...

Well my conclusion with the original post is that by naming the ammunition as "buffalo "was to imply deep penetration . Now weather somebody would be fool hardy enough to try and shoot such a massive animal with a pistol remains to be seen .I certainly would not .Some dumb not plumb dumb .

Which is probabley why those old buffalo hunters shot them up from a quarter mile away .I can't imagine trying to out run a 2000 pound buffalo that was pizzed .Feet don't fail me now .:\:

I've eaten buffalo roast years ago .It was tasty as I recall . If I recall correctly although buffalo is a bovine the meat is more healthy than beef because it lacks the marbling of fat .In addition buffalo can thrive on forage that cattle would starve on . They've cross bred them with beef...

They'd have to be some tough fences to turn a buffalo . There was an eccentric millionaire locally that had a small herd of buffalo .The pasture field where they roamed was around ten acres .The fence post were every 8 feet ,railroad ties ,with number 9 wire fence ,three strands of heavy...

A 45-70 has an arc like a morter shell . If I recall correctly the old gov. round was 405 grain bullit weight . I think that round came about some time after the cival war and I'm not certain if it was actually used on buffalo guns .Those old hand cannons like the Quiggley down under rifle were...

About all I know about anything with buffalo in it was heavy muzzleloader slugs .They made a solid lead 380 grain for a 58 cal which normally shot a 540 grain hollow based maxi ball .The solid lead would penetrate deeper that the maxi .Problem being the buffalo are all gone now .