I've posed this question a lot of times, without ever really getting an answer back, but just for the sake of the drill, I'll pose it again:

If the 45-70's all death and destruction, and just as good and lethal as anything else, then why do so many PHs and experienced hunting clients have such a distaste for the 458 Win. Mag., which out-performs the "rebirthed" 45-70 by a considerable margin?

If the outcry against the 458 Win. Mag. has, in reality, everything to do with its limited case capacity to push 500 gr. bullets at sufficient velocity to ensure adequate penetration under all conditions -- and this has been the claim for the last five decades -- then how in the duce did the old 45-70 with an even MORE limted case capacity, suddenly get so deadly???????????????

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