marlin in .45 -70

[wheres the bears]

Re: marlin in .45 -70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i89cMnfxXy0 kry2

[Rainman]

Re: marlin in .45 -70

"Hey buddy, dooya wanna try this elephant gun?"
"HAH! No!, Thank You!"

When I was about 14 or so, Dad was shooting Bench at the El Paso Gun Club, and a fella came in, sighting in his .460 Weatherby pre hunt. It was loud, and the only cartridge I'd seen that big were 50BMG rounds we picked up in the desert outside of Ft Bliss. I lamented I'd like to shoot it and the adults laughed.... The guy said I could have the rifle if I could shoot it 5 times, and my dad nodded and the gave another laugh. I sat up at the bench, put a 20lb shot bag between me and the rifle and fired the 5 rounds, a horrendous boom and recoil followed each one... I looked up and said how proud I was of my new rifle, and was quickly ushered off the line. LOL Dad ought to have known, he taught me that for sight ins.

I woke up the next day with the right side of my body bruised and my ears still
ringing. Still, that #3 Ruger in 45-70 had more "bite" than the big Weatherby.

Another good one was the first time I saw a real M16...The guy said it didn't recoil and that you could put it on your nose and shoot it. He did, and touched off a 3-4 shot burst, promptly breaking his nose and scattering blood everywhere.... Dumbazz...At 14 I knew not to play with firearms like that.

[budster]

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Rainman, I too have tried a .460 Weatherby but with a factory KDF. Wasn't bad but, I cannot do a steady diet.

There is some ongoing experimentation of the .45-70, 458 Win Mag and 458 Lott in loading them with the BP strong sabots(Green)in 40 and in 357 using Unique through WW 748. They become tame and have some accuracy out to 100 yds. Same principle as the Remmy Accelerator Ammo some years ago.

[Daryl337]

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My uncle has a 45-70, I believe the rifle was a Winchester lever action.

I've only shot it once.

more kick than I was happy with... can't hardly see what you're hitting because you are focusing too much on not getting the crap kicked out of you.

[T44E4]

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Back in the 60's I took in trade for a 300 Weatherby, a Jeffreys double rifle in 600 nitro express.
Got 20 rounds of solids with it.
Took it to the range to try, loaded two rounds in it.
The thing was a monster in size and weight.
Well I leaned into it and, bam! Was promptly put on my ass!!!
Took me about a min. To find my glasses.
Got up and leaned into it again.
No matter what I did, I could not pull the trigger on the other barrel!
Sold it about a month later.
Worse than the 20mm Lahti I had.

[pitbulz21]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i89cMnfxXy0 kry2

Idiot! Sorry.

[Daryl337]

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T44E4.. a friend of mine has a 500 nitro express side by side for hunting in Africa.

When he handed it to me and said the words "try the collar breaker" I handed it back with a "Nope"

[4570govt]

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As my username suggests, I have some experience with the 45-70 Government round! For years I shot 45-70's chambered in Marlin 1895's, Ruger Number 1's, Browning High Walls, Winchester 1886's. All were fine rifles and shot well. A friend of mine and I experimented quite a bit with hard cast loads from 300 grains to 500, we know with out a doubt how potent this chambering is!

On a hog hunt in Pawnee, Oklahoma my friend shot an enormous sow between the eyes with a 400 grain hard cast round out of an 1895 Marlin, the round exited through the left ham! Never seen another round penetrate that far! Impressive to say the least!

I may just have to pick up another 45-70 one of these days, something like a Sharps Buffalo Rifle or another High Wall!

[SSD]

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IMO it would take being charged by a tiger or elephant (or Godzera) to make me consider capping off one of those artillery pieces. But a nice Marlin or Sharps in .45-70 might be doable. Always wanted a Sharps...

[brassmagnet]

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We had our 1895 out over the weekend, as well as a trapdoor and a 1876 clone in 45/75. I still maintain the Marlin is not shooter friendly after a refresher course. Standard loads in the Marlin are OK, but hopped up loads [done very easily with the 45/70 round] leave you wondering "what did I just shoot?"

[Old PO2]

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The dumbest thing that I ever did was attempting to test fire a .470 Nitro Express, Purdy double rifle. The first two rounds, at a hundred yards, were in the ten ring, second two clipped the top of the target stand, the third two... I have no idea! It took me almost ten years to no longer flinch when I felt the trigger break!! In Mississippi, the .45/70 is legal during primitive weapons season, as long as it's a single shot rifle. I've shot my cousin's lightweight break action, I wouldn't recommend it for a long day at the range...

[dprice38444]

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f990 triple field is the pad you need for the 45/70

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