20 Rounds of 300gr HPFN .45-70 Government Ammo by Fiocchi

The days of the Wild West are long gone, but the 45-70 Government is still going strong. If you love your lever-action rifle and want to train the same way you would hunt, get yourself a few boxes of Fiocchi Field Dynamics 45-70! It’s made in America, it’s not so fancy that it’s cost-prohibitive for target practice, and it takes a lethal bite out of any deer or boar you could draw a bead on.

Fiocchi issued this round a 300 grain hollow point flat nose bullet. It’s essentially the same kind of bullet you’d see on some 357 or 44 cartridges, with a flush nose profile that doesn’t pose a risk of igniting the primer it touches in a tubular magazine. The jacket reduces barrel fouling. It also fortifies the bullet, which prevents fragmentation that could have impacted penetration depth. The jacket is also incomplete, as it leaves the lead surrounding the nose cavity unrestricted – the reason why the HPFN expands so reliably even when it reaches its mark with relatively little momentum.

Fiocchi outfits all their centerfire rifle cartridges with noncorrosive Boxer primers, propellant that’s formulated to combust completely, and virgin brass cases that you’ll want to reload more than a couple of times.