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Originally Posted by Wetwork
This will relate kinda...I picked up a 45-70 Marlin SBL two days ago. I've been hunting big game steady since 1992. I'm a tiny little fella, skinny 140 lbs soaking wet. I should have got one of these at the very start, its by far the most fun, most powerful rifle I've every plinked around with. I'm a firm believer now everyone should have one. I was really nervous I made a bad call and got something I'd hate to shoot. I'm very surprised that what I"m shooting just don't hurt. From Elephants to grouse, black powder, gun cotton, or modern smokeless works in these things. Gonna start casting my own bullets. You can load a huge range of bullets, from mouse sqeeks to 500 grain cape buffalo stoppers. I'm sure I won't need rino medicine but its fun knowing I can. Really like this cowboy gun, gonna be fun this fall.-WW
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Welcome to the wonderful world of the .45-70. 101 years old this year. One of my all-time favorite rifle cartridges. Its versatility, along with the variety of rifles in which it has been chambered, is unmatched by any other cartridge. Factory loads will kill pretty much any big game animal on this continent. Loaded with suitable black powder loads, it can win matches out to 1,000 yards. "Loaded for bear" with suitable smokeless powders and proper bullets, it offers close range "stopping power" unmatched by most other chamberings, no matter how "modern". As a "real life" hunting caliber, I have found it to be the most useful of all.