watto:

Interested in what would motivate a Aussie to buy a .45-70 is all. I personally very much like the cartridge as I think I intimated before. Haven't hunted with it in a few years but a few days ago I shot some rounds into my test media and got to thinking about some of my hunts with it. Wondered if you guys have some particular bullet or some such that gives it a local flair.

By the way, I own two commericial 8x57's; Swede 640's. They are dandys, too!