re: Tell me about 45-70 Gov

I don’t mind the safety it’s barely noticeable and as you say you really don’t even have or need to use it. Half cock is perfectly safe on its own if you do it right

But man that rifle is absolutely gorgeous. Now you have me interested in waiting on that rifle in a different caliber.

Man buy the gun and slap a limbsaver pad on it and go blast. Regular ol .45-70 loads arent too bad and you can probably buy cowboy action loads to tame it down even more.

.45-70 is a caliber that gives tremendous savings by reloading. The brass lasts forever, cast .45 bullets are dirt cheap, you can use basically any powder, and cook up some light recoiling loads that are still plenty good short range deer and pig killers.

The hot loaded stuff out there is pretty brutal to shoot. It can be loaded up to some serious power levels if desired in that gun.

Having a big ol hole in the barrel makes guns more fun, its a fact which can't be refuted. Few people buy a big bore gun without soon lusting for another.

I had a slip on Limbsaver pad on my 1895. Made it very shootable. Great deer round, remember that thousands of buffalo were shot with that round. 45 caliber bullet over 70 grains of black power, hence 45.70.

I shot 150 grains in my .50 cal ONCE. That was enough.

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Man buy the gun and slap a limbsaver pad on it and go blast. Regular ol .45-70 loads arent too bad

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This, I have a Henry in 45-70 and it's fun as hell to shoot and I really don't feel the thump as it is gun with decent mass.

Now if you just want to scratch the Marlin Lever Action itch, wait until they get the .30-30 out into production. Much tamer recoil and all around good round for woods/brush hunting.

i have a "remlin" Marlin 45-70 and love it. I also have a marlin 30-30 and love it as well. There is a noticeable difference in recoil. To me, the recoil on the 45-70 (as someone mentioned earlier) is more of a slow punch rather than a big jolting kick like a 300 win mag, etc. I suppressed mine and its one of my favorite rifles to hunt with. My daughter (10) killed her first deer with it this year using subsonic ammo.

I used to own a 45-70, single shot.

Recoil wise it compares similar to my Remington 1187, if not a good bit less...but it was also a heavier rifle.

I have a Ruger .308 and that thing kicks like a baby compared to either

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Another solution is to put a rubber O ring on the protruding side with the safety off

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Well I’ll be.

Learn something new everyday. Something that simple might be one of the best tips I’ve ever heard.

Thanks!

Kicks like a 12 ga with 3.5 #4 mags, best comparison I can give.