45-70's, talk about a bad idea-yeah it's a great conversation piece, and fun to go out and shoot around, but as far as hunting goes
I agree i know im at least NOT going to be firing a 45-70,444 etc in a sixgun/revolver much either lol .
But i still might pick up a 45-70 barrel for a contender pistol sometime.
44 mag hot handloads would work fine i think your right, but when hunting how do game& fish wardens decide if its enough cartrige if most? factory ones would not meet there min requirment of 500 ft lbs of energy at 100 yards?(even if you dont plan on shooting that far of course dosnt matter lol)
I dont know what they do then - but i never ran into that situation i always have a rifle too.
guess it depends on the warden etc too. while bp hunting in nystate they had a friend fire it into the ground to see if i was using anything but round balls - i too was using a shotgun & it was checked to see if it was a rifled barrel*& mag capasity etc
Maybe they got rid of some of those laws? or gotten more[
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