Greetings,
I have a NIB 45-70 that I received as a replacement for one that had a slightly misaligned chamber. I shot the old one a lot and thought I was OK with the recoil. Then we returned that one and during the interim I shot my 40-65 a LOT and found I no longer want to put up with the recoil of the 45-70. I have a lot of very good 45-70 brass and am wondering if there are any BP cartridges other than the 40-65 that are based on the 45-70 that would also have less recoil than even the 40-65? My thought is to have this rifle rebarreled and then resizing the 45-70 brass to the new caliber (if there is one). Short Stake has already helped start my learning about this.