i am tired of the 45-70 people feeling like they are wearing a holoween costume to a black tie event. if you feel the same and are proud to shoot this cart and add it to your signature line

Hmmmmmm......this could be a damn good excuse to buy one!! Gotta think on this awhile!!

I bought a guide gun in 45-70 but haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. I wait every night for someone to break in my home so I can try it out. So far no luck.

Well------- I have a first year 1895 in 45/70, A cowboy 45/70 and a cowboy converted to 50 alaskan. They make fine close range guns in my opinion for game to 450 pounds. Unlike some here-- I want more power for dangerous stuff.

I've had a 45-70 for 28 years. There ain't much anyone says about them that I haven't heard many times. I don't really care, I know what it is and what it is capable of. But you wouldn't catch me hunting Cape Buffalo with one.

Three here!
Top to Bottom; 50/90, 50/70; 45/70; 40/65; 45/70; 45/70

glad yer on the team bad ass wallace ...

again...LOVE the yosemite sam avatar

just update your profile and under signature add "we band of 45-70ers"

Ive got a 1886 Japchester EL . i cant beleave how i went so long without it . been shotting cast in it now for the last 10 months and i love it . as far as being a dangerous game gun .....lets just say it is better than alot of stuff out there being used to kill dangerous game.

I love the jokes when somebody sees the bore of my guide gun. They really get a kick out of idea of a 400+gr bullet trucking downrange at a leisurely rate.

But I wouldn't bother with this cartridge if it weren't for the Guide Gun. I put up with getting the crap kicked out of me every time I touch the trigger just so that I can pack this little rifle around.

I shoot an original Springfield Trapdoor. I don't feel one bit inadequate. She's a fine shootin' old pig and I could feed my family quite well if I had no other guns.

At the moment I only have the NEF in 45/70. Used to have a C.Sharps carbine,never should have sold it.
I sure do like the big bores! derf

I just got a Brand new ruger#1 in 45-70!Awsome rifle and i love the 45-70-Perfect combo!Now i want a guide gun!

Have a Marlin 1895 with 22" barrel (ballard rifling). Good looking and shooting rifle. Darn close to a moa shooter.

Had a Browning BPCR and Wesson$Harrington buffalo classic in 45-70 too. Both gone, but both were good shooters.

I'm not hunting cape buffalo in Maine. But I like lobbing big hunks of lead at deer, and hopefully a moose if I get picked in the moose permit drawing.

Talk about having a red-headed stepchild!

I have a H&R1871 Buffalo Classic and I love it. No apologies. An excellent gun at a great price.

ZM

Mmmmmhh! A lever DGR - I'm in! Love them .45-70's!!!! You want to knock something down - this can. If they can use them .303 British then this is one fine lever DGR

update your signatures if you can please

Well, Boom you got the theme music...now you just need hats!

ones that look like this



for you that dont know, this character is from "the rifleman"

Chuck Conners was a pussy. He was doing an appearance at the Calgary Stampede(IIRC) and took off leaving Johnny Crawford behind to fend for himself when a bull got loose. A rodeo clown rescued the kid. derf

Yeah, those are the hats, Boom.

I always liked Chuck Connors in his role as Lucas McCain, didn't hear the story about the loose bull at the Calgary Stampede before. Maybe he just didn't like Johnny Crawford?

Already there, but no levergun yet. Have a custom-built Remington rolling block for steel critters, and a Browning 1885 for furry ones.

Greg

I never feel bad when I have my Marlin 45-70 and a heavy load.At my range we have a heavy steel gong at 200 yds that was welded to a frame and had been shot at by just about everything including my .375 H&H. One day I was trying an Elmer Keith recomended 45-70 heavy load and my first shot broke the plate free and sent it flying......guess that sums it up!

Boom, you'll never hear any disparaging words from the band of bubbas for the 45-70, lever guns, or any other guns of the old west.

this is my set up

I sold a very nice Japchester 1886 & missed it so much I bought another. Now I'm thinking of getting a guide gun just for fun. It's a great old cartridge, nice walkin around gun in a Guide gun.