45/70?

[Trad1]

Anybody hunt deer with a 45/70?

[Daveboone]

On a rare occasion....My 45-70 is a telephone pole of a Browning falling block. HEAVY and LONG. the round is great, my rifle, just too damn big and heavy to tote much. I have shot 4 bears with it. I have to haul it in, but then I was sitting still in a shack or blind for about 8 hrs after, so the length and weight were immaterial. Be aware that the round is loaded in a number of intentions...traditional arms, relatively historic low pressure, some for mid strength modern rifles, usually lever actions, and the full house rounds that are designed for modern single shots. Any of them will kill a deer well enough, but the milder rounds actually are more than enough for anything but western bears, African critters, etc.

 they have a rainbow trajectory, so know what it does at a variety of ranges.

[Trad1]

My gun is a marlin guide gun.I will be using reloads 405grn,hardcast flat nose.They should get the job done.I have the xs rail with ghostring and post front sight.A shooter out to 100 yards.

[G-Man]

1895 guide gun topped with a 2 to 10x leupold scope  with hornady 350.grain reloads. Taken many deer and bear. My favorite gun!