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45-70, 45-90, or 450 Marlin?
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<blockquote data-quote="johngibbs222" data-source="post: 2140747" data-attributes="member: 49619"><p>This was a question I had to ask myself a while back, in the UK 450 marlin brass is as common as unicorn crap ditto 45/90. I'm just waiting for my miroku 1886 in 45/70 to come in the shop and the police to put a 45/70 on my ticket then I'm good to go covid willing.</p><p>Ballistically there's not much between the 45/70 and the 450 marlin, I'd say the maximum range you can cleanly take elk/moose/bison when handloading is probably the range you can cleanly hit them. Most reviewers tend to think using 150 yards as a max point blank range is about the most you can expect with the 45/70.</p><p>Don't know fa about the 45/90 so wouldn't even guess but in my lyman 49th edition there's not a lot in it, even less if you check out the vihtavuori website.</p><p>Seems to me that more development has gone into the 45/70, especially with jacketed bullets.</p><p>I have a feeling that the brass for the 45/70 and 45/90 is more fragile than the 450 marlin brass, thinner walls etc but may be wrong.</p><p>With regard to barrel length, I always shy away from short barrels and the gun I hope to get has a 24" barrel. Bear in mind the gun, although 8+ pounds in weight, has a recoil that is heavier than most, certainly more than the 30/30, 308 and 30.06 guns (nearly twice as much as the 30.06 if chuck hawk's table is to be believed) when using max loads.</p><p>Hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johngibbs222, post: 2140747, member: 49619"] This was a question I had to ask myself a while back, in the UK 450 marlin brass is as common as unicorn crap ditto 45/90. I'm just waiting for my miroku 1886 in 45/70 to come in the shop and the police to put a 45/70 on my ticket then I'm good to go covid willing. Ballistically there's not much between the 45/70 and the 450 marlin, I'd say the maximum range you can cleanly take elk/moose/bison when handloading is probably the range you can cleanly hit them. Most reviewers tend to think using 150 yards as a max point blank range is about the most you can expect with the 45/70. Don't know fa about the 45/90 so wouldn't even guess but in my lyman 49th edition there's not a lot in it, even less if you check out the vihtavuori website. Seems to me that more development has gone into the 45/70, especially with jacketed bullets. I have a feeling that the brass for the 45/70 and 45/90 is more fragile than the 450 marlin brass, thinner walls etc but may be wrong. With regard to barrel length, I always shy away from short barrels and the gun I hope to get has a 24" barrel. Bear in mind the gun, although 8+ pounds in weight, has a recoil that is heavier than most, certainly more than the 30/30, 308 and 30.06 guns (nearly twice as much as the 30.06 if chuck hawk's table is to be believed) when using max loads. Hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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