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Offline Jimbo47

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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2014, 12:45:50 PM »
You want a little more Umph you can always do what I did and ream the chamber to .454 Casull! ;D
Now that's a whole new animal we're talking there!...That is if you don't mind a deep bruise brought on by a powerful kick with a bare metal butt plate!....Ouch! :'(
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #31 on: February 05, 2014, 01:37:29 PM »
I don't have a .45 Colt, yet. I started with a .45/70, I do intend to get one, when I can afford it. But if you could only get one, get the .45/70, it outclasses the Colt in every respect. JMHO, Roy
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #32 on: February 05, 2014, 01:43:37 PM »
Roy, I agree with you.  The .45-70 outshines the .45 Colt.  Funny thing though, everything I own out shines my Versa Pack and my 10/22 yet I still have them.  Food for thought.

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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #33 on: February 05, 2014, 01:58:33 PM »
45 Colt is a 45-70 wantabe!!  ;D

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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #34 on: February 05, 2014, 02:03:30 PM »
Quote from: rebel0994 on February 05, 2014, 01:37:29 PM
I don't have a .45 Colt, yet. I started with a .45/70, I do intend to get one, when I can afford it. But if you could only get one, get the .45/70, it outclasses the Colt in every respect. JMHO, Roy

Maybe when you get a 45LC you'll have a little better perspective. ;)



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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #35 on: February 05, 2014, 02:15:13 PM »
Both the .45-70 and the .45 Colt are venerable old calibers.  That is why I own them.  Today, they are both much more than they were in the 1800s.  I keep, use and cherish both.  Think of them as two different kids from the same family ;) They're different, but equally loved.

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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #36 on: February 05, 2014, 02:55:25 PM »
45 colt  is something you need  IF you already  carry this in a handgun


how ever ....
.having a 45 colt does NOT exempt you from the requirement of having a 45-70


if you don't have a 45-70  your not one of us
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #37 on: February 06, 2014, 06:48:39 AM »
Hmmm, .45 long Colt, isn't that one of the cartridges that Elgin Gates was working on before he passed on to the big shooting range in the sky?
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #38 on: February 06, 2014, 07:07:12 AM »
Seems to me that saying a hot, heavy loaded 45LC is equal to a 45-70 on the bottom end is like saying a hot, heavy loaded (ie, 165gr. bullet) 300Savage is like the 30-06 at the bottom end......yep, they both get similar velo, trajectories and performance, but the 300Savage is never going to be a 30-06, no matter how much it wants to.......
But a man's got to know what he wants; if that level of performance is all you want and/or need, that is OK by me, and I do that kind of analysis and decision making myself. I shoot a lot more cast bullet 357Mag loads than I do full on 45-70.
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #39 on: February 06, 2014, 07:33:52 AM »
Geeze guys, leave it alone.  The .45LC ain't ever gonna be a .45-70.  Let it go at that. The pistol round is superlative in the Handi.  The .45-70 does it's job as intended, but both .45LC and .45-70  do much more than was envisioned in the late 1800s.  Both are great.  Get them, shoot them, enjoy and shut up.

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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #40 on: February 06, 2014, 07:40:41 AM »
You are right Pete!
Look at my signature list of Handi's!    I've pretty well got all my bases covered!  ;D
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #41 on: February 06, 2014, 08:32:04 AM »
Quote from: Jimbo47 on February 06, 2014, 07:40:41 AM
You are right Pete!
Look at my signature list of Handi's!    I've pretty well got all my bases covered!  ;D

You're missing a .22, 12ga, and 30-06. :)
 
 
 
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Re: 45Lc VS 45-70
« Reply #42 on: February 06, 2014, 09:25:33 AM »
Quote from: Spanky on February 06, 2014, 08:32:04 AM
Quote from: Jimbo47 on February 06, 2014, 07:40:41 AM
You are right Pete!
Look at my signature list of Handi's!    I've pretty well got all my bases covered!  ;D

You're missing a .22, 12ga, and 30-06. :)
 
 
 
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Nope!....I got um but they aren't Handi's! ;D
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