Gents, I am interested in why you are leaning toward .45-70 over the 9.3x74R. Just curious. I am a fan of the .45-70, have used it on whitetail deer, black bear and range cattle and have no gripes and as for the x74R, I have no experience with it but I very much like the 9.3 barrel hole in the x57 and in x74R configuration imagine it would be just that much more fun.

So curiousity prompts me to wonder. Why .45-70?