1 posted on
10/29/2003 2:00:09 PM PST by
45Auto
To: 45Auto
This article is 6 years old?
2 posted on
10/29/2003 2:05:33 PM PST by
Redbob
To: 45Auto
45-70 as in old breech loaded rifle? In Iowa they use to use the cartige to plow fields. Nothing stops it.
5 posted on
10/29/2003 2:09:37 PM PST by
RLK
To: 45Auto
To: 45Auto
This is a great art., thanks for the post. Have you ever gotten a chance to shoot the old .45-90 or .45-120? I think the only rifle chambered anymore are the Sharps or some clones. That would be a fun hunt, elk with a single shot rifle.
8 posted on
10/29/2003 2:16:07 PM PST by
exnavy
To: 45Auto
When Fineswine, Boxer, and Einsatzgruppenfuehrer Schumer hear about this, they will want to ban .45 cal rifles too as too destructive.
I think that .458's have a place for 21st Century Minutemen, including WBY's .460.
Free citizens concern limosine librals busy creating absolute power with their "living" constitution's "compelling State interests" voiding our ratified Constitution.
11 posted on
10/29/2003 2:22:03 PM PST by
SevenDaysInMay
(Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
To: 45Auto
What I want to know is why you need a scope to shoot something as big as a Volkswagen and less than 100 yards away?
17 posted on
10/29/2003 2:33:34 PM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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28 posted on
10/29/2003 5:13:52 PM PST by
Bob J
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To: 45Auto
32 posted on
10/29/2003 6:17:57 PM PST by
FSPress
To: 45Auto
When I lived in N. Maine, a few of my co-workers found an old 45-70 cartridge out in the woods. God knows how old it was, it looked old. We used a pair of pliers to pull out the bullet. Underneath was a paper wad and black powder. Me, being young and dumb, decided to touch off the black powder with a match. It was still good, and burnt the crap out of my fingers. LOL.
I see in my Speer manual that the .45-70 is capable of about 4000 ft-lbs. of energy out of a strong rifle. That's quite a wallop out of the old thing. Don't they make .45 caliber spitzer bullets now? Seems to me you could take on just about anything on earth with a good single shot or bolt rifle with spitzer bullets.
35 posted on
10/29/2003 8:03:19 PM PST by
FlyVet
To: 45Auto
I have had my Marlin 45-70 since early 70's, just love it.
I got it for a Grizzly hunt I never went on.
To: 45Auto
bump
37 posted on
10/29/2003 8:09:17 PM PST by
VOA
To: 45Auto
One of my most favored guns was a .45-70 Winchester 1886 that I built from parts many years ago. Another .45-70 I was real partial to was a Remington Keene Saddle Ring Carbine made for the Indian Police... nickel plated. This was a tubular magazine rifle, bolt action... with a hammer.
I traded the built up '86 for a factory original, mint .30-40 Winchester 1895 Saddle Ring military carbine... and the Remington Keene... well they offered me so much money I just couldn't refuse... wish I had, they are worth one hell of a lot more today.
To: 45Auto
When I was younger (and wilder), I had "a hankerin" for a handgun that was
BIG! Sure, I had my Ruger Redhawk in .44 Magnum, and I handloaded some really hot loads, with either 180gr SJHP or the big 300gr Sierras... But for some reason, I just didn't feel that they were enough...
So, I series-ly thought about getting myself a Thompson Center Contender... Either in .45/70, or possibly even in .375 JDJ (I had previously spoken to J.D. Jones about getting a "big" bullet for my .41 Mag S&W Model 57... When I asked about the powder charge, his response was, "fill the case with 296, and put the bullet on!"). At the time, I figured that having an "elephant gun" for a handgun at home would ensure that there would never be any rogue elephants storming about my neighborhood... Eventually, I did come to my senses, and never did buy either one... But it was fun to dream!
Mark
54 posted on
10/30/2003 2:15:27 AM PST by
MarkL
(Chiefs 8-0! Wheeeeee!!!!!)
To: 45Auto; Shooter 2.5
62 posted on
10/30/2003 11:16:32 AM PST by
in the Arena
(Richard Thomas Kastner - KIA - Phuoc Long, South Vietnam - 15 November 1969))
To: 45Auto
But...but...(gasp!)...it killed...(snif!)...the poow wittow elk! (SOBBBB!)
97 posted on
11/01/2003 2:05:05 PM PST by
Redleg Duke
(Stir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: 45Auto
I have just order my first 45/70 Marlin 1985. I too enjoy the use of iron sites at times. What I'v decided to do is mount my scope the same way I've had it on my Marlin 30-30 for years. I bought a scope mount from Kwik Site (the KS-336). This allows me a choice while hunting, I too once had a big buck at close distances get away due to snow on the scope.
To: 45Auto
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