HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - MODEL 1895 45-70 GOVT.
View Single Post
Old 09-08-2004 | 03:27 AM
  #6  
bronko22000's Avatar
bronko22000
Boone & Crockett
 
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,823
Likes: 5
From: Eastern PA
Default RE: MODEL 1895 45-70 GOVT.

Buy it if you like it and the price is right. The 1895 is a great, reliable rifle. And the 45-70 is a good solid cartridge. With the right loads, it is capable of dropping anything that walks.
The factory ammo is loaded to the old pressures (I think about 28000 cup) for use in the older guns. The 1895s can take alot more pressure and therefore stouter loads than the factory stuff.
bronko22000 is offline  
Reply