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SteelChickenShooter · September 21, 2012, 01:53 AM

I'm not really a serious deer hunter. I have a 45-70 because in places where I travel, "a rifle" is the thing to have at camp "up north". In other locations, center fire rifles are not allowed, so I use a 20ga and 12ga shotgun. I can't say the 45-70 does anything different as far as deer hunting goes. I'll wager my 20ga does it just as well compared to the 45-70. I happen to like lever actions. So where rifles are acceptable in my state for deer hunting, I like to use that. If push came to shove and it would never be possible to have a choice, the 20 or 12ga shotgun with slugs would have to win out over adding the expense of the centerfire 45-70.

September 21, 2012, 01:53 AM	#21
SteelChickenShooter Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2011 Posts: 863	I'm not really a serious deer hunter. I have a 45-70 because in places where I travel, "a rifle" is the thing to have at camp "up north". In other locations, center fire rifles are not allowed, so I use a 20ga and 12ga shotgun. I can't say the 45-70 does anything different as far as deer hunting goes. I'll wager my 20ga does it just as well compared to the 45-70. I happen to like lever actions. So where rifles are acceptable in my state for deer hunting, I like to use that. If push came to shove and it would never be possible to have a choice, the 20 or 12ga shotgun with slugs would have to win out over adding the expense of the centerfire 45-70.