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88MauSporter
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Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments
10/02/09 03:52 AM

45-70 is great for just about any hunting you are likely to do in the USA other than mayby hign mountain goats and sheep. I am still planning the shotgun SXS to double 45-70 myself. It will be a great boar gun and great for deer or black bear where ranges are usually 100 yrds or less. I have the gun (Belgian hammer sxs), barrel inserts (ace 18 inch chambered sleeves for 12 ga). I only lack the time and some tools or assistance with things I can't really do myself. But, it will come.
I have a nice 1867 dated remington RB in 45-70 sporter. Originally a 11mm Danish RF / CF. The chamber is correct for 45-70. The bore is a little oversize (grooves) but the rifling is so heavy, it seems to accept most .458-.459 bullets or my HB 405 gr cast and shoot them very well.
I assisted a friend in taking a very large 2000 lb plus bison a couple years ago with this rifle. The big lead bullet with a backing of black powder went through the chest, taking out the lower heart and stopped under the hide in the opposite upperfront leg / shoulder. The big old bull just folded. This was after 3 shots from the original hunter's 45-70 marlin shooting 300 gr winchester loads. These were a bit high and the buff went down briefly. When he got up again and started to run, he asked me to give it a plug as I was in a good possition. Excitement over.

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"A hunter should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everthing goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." 88MauSporter

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45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	oupa	10/02/09 03:32 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	500grains	15/04/09 12:23 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	Birdhunter50	14/02/09 09:35 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	REN3	10/04/09 11:15 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	500grains	10/02/09 02:28 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	bonanza	10/02/09 11:16 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	DarylS	10/04/09 12:02 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	crkennedy1	10/04/09 01:53 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	NitroX	14/04/09 05:19 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	DuggaBoy	15/04/09 11:58 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	9.3x57	10/02/09 02:01 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	Jeffeosso	10/02/09 01:24 PM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	88MauSporter	10/02/09 03:52 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	DarylS	10/02/09 05:07 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	Bramble	10/02/09 06:10 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	88MauSporter	10/02/09 08:32 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	Bramble	10/02/09 10:32 AM
Re: 45-70 quandry, let fly the comments	peter	10/02/09 03:45 AM

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