AD:

You are wrong on all counts:

First, according to the rules, you must get my permission to rant. If I'm busy, you can ask Daryl.

Second, everyone knows the .45-70 is a better elephant cartridge than the .577 NE. It's also a better anti-aircraft cartridge than the 88mm Flak, too. The .45-70 also shoots flatter than the .300 Weatherby, kicks less than the .243, and is quieter than a .22. EVERYONE agrees with all of this.

Yes, and the .45-70 is going to replace the 5.56 as the NATO standard cartridge, too. Hoppdoc said that. And let's not forget that Daryl sank a German U-Boat in 1943 with a 500 grain cast bullet launched at 1100 fps from the .45-70. And I've killed 574 ground squirrels with the .45-70 in a Trapdoor Springfield with a 16x Unertl scope mounted on it, the same gun I loaned to Sam Fadala who used it to shoot 1000 elephants after slaying 17 blue whales off the coast of Patagonia. All of this is fact and all attested to in the thread. Marrakai mentioned he has a belt-fed .45-70 that he used to shoot enough kangaroos to feed the entire dog populations of Sydney, Perth and East Timor but he deleted that post after you entered yours.

Or hey, maybe you should read the thread again. I think you might find that nobody is saying any of what you are blowing a brain vein about...