.45/70 is my current love affair with firearms now. 500 grain hard cast moving at about 1400 fps, it’s a big reason there aren’t buffalo roaming around much anymore. Pretty much kill any creature walking this earth, and coming out of a Henry Big Boy even looks great doing it too.
My Christmas present from last year, although I got the Marlin. A slow bullet but it hits like a freight train when it gets there. The dedicated bear rounds are really impressive (at both ends of the gun). If the shooter does his job, the .45/70 will do its job on even the biggest bear on the planet. I can see why the .45/70 carbines are popular with Alaskan bear guides - a lot of fire power in a small package.
I agree, the 45-70 is tops on the biggy category.
I mean to have one of those Henry 45-70s.