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    Hunting With The .45/70 Government

    Oct 11, 2021 4 minutes

    MY LAST 10 bolt action rifles were all made by long established US gunmakers, Remington, Ruger and Winchester. They all served me well with each used for a specific purpose. targeting a variety of game from rabbits to buffalo. However, I recently developed a hankering for something different to fill a niche in my gun safe and I had one particular rifle in mind – a big bore lever action.

    Make no mistake, I'm not new to lever action rifles, having owned a Marlin model 444s chambered in .444 Marlin for more than 10 years. That hard-hitting cartridge was deadly on game and I liked it, but this time I was after something a little different,

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