.45-70 and sabots?

[The Heretic]

As I read this I wonder why not a just make/ shoot a hardcast trapdoor level load with a 300-350gr bullet? Mild recoil, accurate, non expanding but makes a full caliber hole. My thought is that it would stabilize better with the standard 45-70 rifling twist rate and there fore shoot better at out there a bit ranges.

I've had decent luck with light hardcast bullets in other loads - .44 mag, .308 - subsonic loads using bullseye and dacron. So I want to try the same with the .45-70. Most of the use of this load would be under 100 yards - e.g., when I stumble across a bunny rabbit or grouse while hunting elk.

 

[oremike]

On a whim I did a quick search and found this;
sabot's in a 45-70?
Interesting results, use at your own risk.