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**Mike Irwin** · March 13, 2013, 06:50 AM

The .45-70 was deader than a doornail for close to 50 or so years until people "rediscovered it" due in large part to the Civil War, Bicentennial, and Indian Wars anniversaries.

It took the CASS games to breath a spark of life back into cartridges like the .38-40 and .44-40, among others.

The 7.62x54, and a lot of other European military cartridges, are alive and kicking right now largely because the Eastern Bloc opened their arsenals and flooded the United States with robust, but far from excellent, guns and unbelievable amounts of cheap ammo.

Americans love a bargain.

But a prime example of an exceptional cartridge that has largely fallen by the wayside is the aforementioned .250 Savage. None of the "replacements" that have some along since really do anything better than the .250.

March 13, 2013, 06:50 AM	#68
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	The .45-70 was deader than a doornail for close to 50 or so years until people "rediscovered it" due in large part to the Civil War, Bicentennial, and Indian Wars anniversaries. It took the CASS games to breath a spark of life back into cartridges like the .38-40 and .44-40, among others. The 7.62x54, and a lot of other European military cartridges, are alive and kicking right now largely because the Eastern Bloc opened their arsenals and flooded the United States with robust, but far from excellent, guns and unbelievable amounts of cheap ammo. Americans love a bargain. But a prime example of an exceptional cartridge that has largely fallen by the wayside is the aforementioned .250 Savage. None of the "replacements" that have some along since really do anything better than the .250. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.