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(10-19-2020, 08:41 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 45-70 Government was a very popular cartridge with the US military and the round still sees use today, mostly in lever action rifles or single shots.  The only real difference (metals used aside) is the modern round doesn't use black powder.  I have a 45-70 lever action Marlin from Grizzly Customs.  The 45-70 is a nice round for hunting in dense brush as it's a heavy, slower (relative to a .308 for example) round that will plow through brush and be far less likely to get knocked off course.

Plus there's something very satisfying about shooting a nice lever action.

I know of the caliber and US Army model Springfields because I used to live below Custer Battlefield. Slugs and casings still turn up around there. Plus my cousin has a cavalry model 1873 Springfield, though I have never fired it.  

I didn't know people were still using 45-70s for anything, or that Marlin had a lever action. That thing must buck a little when fired. Guessing the cartridge is centerfire too. The originals were rimfire. 

I've got a lever-action Winchester 38-40, but it's not good for much. Not hunting deer anyway. (But its a family heirloom.)