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Hummmm????
About the 45-70 ability to dispatch dangerous game quickly with modern loads using modern bullets in strong rifles.
Google up some true experiences in modern times about the ability of the
45-70 to dispatch dangerous African game.
'Nuff said.
I hunted the far north of Onterio for 5 years until I got my 300 pound bore brownie.
At the time my rifle & ctg. of choice was a 700 Rem. in .300 Win. Mag.
I stayed at an outiftters camp & of course the around the camp fire discussions often centered around calibers for moose & bear.
The owner of the camp was a very experienced hunter, saw many successes & failures reference caliber choices.
He strongly suggested I leave the .300 Win. Mag in camp & rely on my 1895 Marlin 45-70 with my handloads.
Not being dumb I trusted this mans opinions & took his suggestion.
We were 5 hunters from Ohio, I was the only one using the "obsolete"
45-70. Others were armed with .308, .300 Win. Mag., .338 Win. mag. a 30-06 & a .270.
The guy with the .270 hit & lost 2 blackies, the fellow with the .308 hit & lost one, hit 3 times, & finally took a small blackie which required 4 shots to dispatch, the .300 Win Mag fellow hit & lost 2 bear, the .338 Win. Mag. hunter missed one bear.
Just a small slice of experience & probably not enough data to draw a definate conclusion but interesting enough.
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