RE: How about a 45colt lever action rifle for deer hunting?
Just a comment about the effectiveness of the 45 LC and the case strength of that cartridge . Several years ago John Linebaugh built me a 45LC on a ruger super blackhawk it would shoot 260 grain hard cast bullets at 1700 fps & 310 grain hard cast bullets at 1500+ no problems with case strength . I would not try to duplicate these loads in the Marlin cowboy 45's .Just a testament to the 45 LC about the same preformance as a 44mag. with an extra 100 grains of bullet weight . I would never dream of bad mouthing the 44mag but with the right gun and carefull load development the 45 will do everything the 44 will do and maybe a little more .