It’s hard to imagine the .45-70 Government as a brand-new round, untested and unproven either on big game or in battle. But that was the situation back in 1873, when it was introduced. That was a long ...

The .45-70 is one of those cartridges people talk about like it has a personality. It’s “thumper” this and “hammer” that, and you’ll hear guys act like owning one automatically puts them in some ...

Though now well over 100 years old, the .30-30 Winchester remains a viable and popular cartridge for hunting deer sized game. (Photo/Richard Mann) The 30-30 became available in 1895 in Winchester’s ...

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