Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
All that post was a bunch of things that you read somewhere, did you ever use a 45-70? I use mine all the time, I have taken bison, hogs and deer. I don't know what you were trying to get across but it failed. Making a recommendation for something you have little or no experience with is not helpful
Cougars and bears take more game than your .45-70. I suspect their intelligence is on a par with the owner of your .45-70.
I am not going to argue with cantankerous citizens, gun forums seem to be chalk full of such individuals. Neither will I roll over when they selectively pick and choose and distort what is exceedingly obvious.