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I picked up a Ruger/Marlin 45-70 SBL a few weeks ago. I'm pretty slight, about 140lbs soaking wet.
This spoon has become my new favorite, and I'd be willing to bet this caliber is one of the best survival/prepper firearm you can purchase.
You can use black powder, dozens and dozens of different smokeless powders, even homemade gun cotton to send a 405 grain slug down range. You can load up T-rex shoulder busting elephant droppers or load up some shotshells for grouse and squirrel.
Casting your own bullets is easy for these things.
Sure you can only shoot at the most 200 yards ethically but dudes shot buffalo at 1000 yards back in the day. Lots of stories of the slugs going lengthwise all the way through critters. Read about a accidental two-fer on Cape Buffaloo. They didn't see the cow standing behind the bull. And these bullets are barely breaking the speed of sound. For most hunting you don't want the bullet going over 1600fps. Love this thing.-WW
ps. Sure you can load it up too painful recoil, but why?
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