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...and for what it's worth - 45-70 is a pistol cartridge nowadays...

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Sure is, here's mine. Ever heard a given pistol "will crack an engine block"? Well, if the engine block is a 2.5L from a 1988 S10 and the ammo is Hornady Leverevolution .45-70, it will. Punched a hole the size of my thumb in the #2 cylinder. Yes, I had a safe place to test it.