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The difference between the .45/70 and the .444 is minimal as far as ballistics go. Both are close enough that, realisticaly, one can say that neither is superior over the other ballistically.
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actually just talking factory loads, I think the 444 has an edge...
back when I was a young man, I had a buddy that had a 444, I had a 45-70... neither of us reloaded... we pretty much shot the same, but it "seemed" back then, with no chrony, & similar rifles, that the 444 was hotter...
of course now that I reload, & can buy heavy gas checked bullets, I think the old 45-70 has the edge ( because of components & data ) over the 444, but still believe that with factory ammo, the 444 is probably hotter ( no trap door 444's out there
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