THE .45-70 has staged a major comeback in popularity and currently it is being chambered in a number of lever-action and single-shot rifles that are, generally speaking, fairly expensive. However, there’s one single-loader that’s affordable — the Bergara BA13.
The Bergara BA13 single-shot has a strong action which allows the use of heavy charges of smokeless powders. This convinced me that I should find out what kind of performance this handy carbine would be capable of with carefully developed handloads.
The little Bergara chambered for the .45-70 is one of the sweetest sambar rifles a man will ever carry. It is lightweight and powerful with the extent of the latter being determined only by how much recoil you can handle. At about 3.6kg with a scope attached, the BA13 is a real hellraiser when you start shooting
