[circlecity]

I want one and may need one. I think for a 3-400 yard scout rifle a 45-70 beats a bolt action.

[Waverunner]

You might look at the ruger scout in 308 or 450 bushmaster.
45-70 has a large ballistic arc, excuses to mack bokan and don pendleton

[gundog]

In the 3-400 yard range, a 150 grain .270 carries more energy than either a 150 grain bullet from a 30-06 or a 400 grain bullet from a 45-70. The 45-70 doesn’t reach the 1000 ft-lb mark that some use as a standard for a clean, humane kill.

[Pythion.net]

“I think for a 3-400 yard scout rifle a 45-70 beats a bolt action.”

Don’t get me wrong...I love hunting with a 45-70, but I only hunt food plots with it where the maximum shot will be less than 150 yards.
Once you get past about 150 yards with a 45-70, it’s dropping so fast you have to have a good rangefinder and ballistics chart to know what holdover you need. And the short fat not-so-aerodynamic bullets are bleeding velocity very quickly.

It’s not like shooting at the range where you know ahead of time how far your target will be.