I am an official Marlin junkie and for the 45-70 I carry an 1895G which to my shoulder is the best feeling and handling firearm ever in the history of mankind. It's a shooter, looker, and reliable and will outlast me. I have a DRC customs big hoop lever, crossbolt delete, Williams FP peep sights, and a few other things on it and it is my frontline go-to gun for anything on the face of this earth.And it loves the Hornady LE. I wouldn't shoot any hot loads in an old old levergun but the LE was designed for leverguns hence why it's called L-E-V-E-R evolution. I have a 40y/o .35 that will eat any cartridge I feed it.