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My new Marlin 1895 Lever gun.

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Wish I could see the pic's...

Interestingly enough, I too just bought a new .45-70. It is a Henry Steel, but the only thing that is going to go down it's bore is lead. Hard cast 405's driven to good velocity have a reputation for killing most anything they hit. USNA Buffalo Bore offers a 430gr lead flat nose at 1925fps. I am definitely going to have to hand load to afford to shoot mine.GI3

Congratulations on your new thunder boomer. .45-70's are just plain fun to shoot.USNA
 
Beautiful. I have an 1894 in 45 Colt. I haven't tried hot loads in it, but I read Buffalo Bore 45 LC hot loads can exceed 44 mag in ft/lbs. I can't imagine what a 45-70 would be like.

You should check out Skinner sights... Far better than stock.

http://www.skinnersights.com/index.html
Actually, recoil with factory standard loads is about the same as a .30-30.
That changes a bit when you go to hot 500gr loads. USN3
 
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