[eartick]

One last note: The deer hunter who is hunting in brush and taking shots between 50 and 100 yards can hardly do better than the lever action 30-30 (although the .44-magnum lever action rifle is a close second).

What utter BS. The 45-70 GOVT far outshines these two in brush hunting. This guy writing this seems to pull information out of thin air. Like saying Marlin 30-30 has killed more deer than any other rifle. What utter BS. How can he/she make this claim. Maybe 30-30 ammunition has but NOT the Marlin.

[Farmer Dean]

The .45-70 is a great hunting round.I gave my Siamese mauser in .45-70 to a good friend(he helped me a bunch during my recent illness).He’s harvested 2 deer with it so far,one shot kills and both deer didn’t get off one step when hit.I would hunt moose with that rifle.