The .45-70 was used to drop buffalo with a single shot.
“Because this was a heavy bullet its trajectory was an arc.”
This is true for even very light bullets, or any unpowered projectile really, is it not?
All bullets travel an arc.
A pox on everybody shooting video on a phonecam while holding it vertically! And it wasn’t one shot, either! It required a second shot!
The rifle he used looks like an H&R. They took their Topper single barrel shotgun & reissued it as a 45-70 rifle.
Great shot, BTW. See all that churned up soil? That’s what feral hogs do to farmers’ land. Can’t kill them fast enough; wild hog meat should be legalized for commercial sale.
I’ve got a pretty good video of my 7mm Mag taking down a hog. He went to sleep instantaneously.
I once had a 45-70 built on a Siamese Mauser. It was not sporterized and the only modifications were a new barrel and changing the magazine box.
It was the worst kicking gun I have ever fired but I suspect it was mainly the fault of the original stock and it’s steel butt plate.
I would love to have a Winchester 1885 or a Ruger Number 1 in 45-70. Heck I would even take a Winchester 1886 lever action. A hot loaded 45-70 would have to be effective.
A trapdoor Springfield is not a break action rifle. The rifle in the image above and in the video that the still was taken from is of a break action rifle, possibly a Thompson/Center.
My father had one He used to shoot it at Midnight to welcome the New Year.IT was stolen by some unidentified pukes that left our front door open when they left. one Mothers Day. Weren’t terrible smart so they must have been under the influence—not much sense in what they grabbed and what they left. Local Police said it must have been someone from out of town cause all the locals thought our house was haunted.Good to see some of them are still in use.
I've always wanted a bigger thumper like a .45-70, just to have one. There are increasing numbers of grizzly sightings near where we camp during the summer, so I can add that as an excuse, although admittedly a flimsy one. From what I have read, the .45-70 in a lever action is an excellent close-quarters protection gun, even on the biggest of bears.
Unreadable. And the rifle in the picture is not a trapdoor.
Have my granddad’s 45-70 Springfield trapdoor..Still functional BUT don’t use modern loads.