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The .45-70, out of a good non-lever action rifle, can be loaded to near .458 Win velocities.
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T. O'Heir,
I keep hearing this and no offense to you sir but it is a load of green steaming hot B.S.
The .45-70 can NOT push a 500gr bullet to anywhere NEAR the velocity that a .458Win can.
It can push a 400 gr bullet to ALMOST the velocity of a 500gr bullet out of a .458 Win mag.
This type of statistical velocity misrepresentation is often the same type of BS we hear during an election year.
This much like saying a .30-30 can be loaded to .300 win mag velocity.
YEAH with a 55gr bullet!
A .45-70 is capable of taking thick skined dangerous game. It is not however a caliber that I would chose to hunt DG with.
To each their own.