Once on a Whitetail hunt ,i went with my cousin and a few of his freinds on long weekend hunt ,his freinds were so suprised i brought a 18.5 in barreled levergun in a obsolete caliber ,thats a quote ,more or less..
they acted as if i was handicapping myself with my carbine ,i brought..
( they must have been bullistic studiers),there guns of there choice where ethier 7mm Mag.s or 300 win. mags. (which are great calibers for sure)
And there guns sported scopes ,and i'm sure a few of those scopes cost more than my gun !
The 2nd. day in the hunt the Marlin and the 45/70 cartridge won a few fans ..When I popped a nice buck@ a distance of 135 yd.s open sights shooting off hand ,and they was no tracking that buck,. I was useing a 405gr. Rem. backed by a healthy charge of IMR 3031, to a Vel. of 1750 Fps ,(give or take)