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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:37 pm

JEBar wrote:
CentFlHenry41 wrote:I have only tried one gun shop so far for 41 ammo and he only had HSM cowboy action 210 gr semi wadcutter lead is this ok to use. I was wanting jhp?
can't speak for a 41 but we've used HSM Cowboy Action Ammo in both our Henry 44 Mag and 45-70 .... it performs well in both of them
I have one of the 41 mags, never tried those, but I hand load.
My 41 hasn't seen a jacket bullet since it left the factory. :o
210's and am working on a 280 gr gas checked.
Got a pic and the load posted in the reloading section.

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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Vaquero » Sat Jan 20, 2018 5:40 pm

North Country Gal wrote:Just picked up a beautiful late vintage Marlin 444SS, just when I was trying to swear off the big thumpers. Oh, well. Love the 444 Marlin cartridge and have experience shooting it. Even had some old ammo laying around. Besides, every girl deserves to have a grizzly bear gun, right?
Got a pair of t-4's, a '87 ss, and a '99 P.
Should put a thumpin on the bear.

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Re: Most Powerful

Post by BrokenolMarine » Sun Jan 21, 2018 8:51 am

The largest I owned? A toss up depending on how you rate them. A springfield '03 in 30-06... a fairly powerful load in it's own right... then the Short lived Winchester Big Bore 94 in 375 Winchester. The cartridge didn't last long either and was dropped from their line after a few years. I was a young Marine, and wanted a lever action, the exchange had this one discounted 25% off the already good price. I was young and dumb, having no clue how expensive 375 ammo was til I made the purchase of the first box. Rifle came with one.

I didn't hunt, but one of my Sergeants did, and offered to trade, a nice 45 or a 30-30. He would use the 375 for pig hunting in the swamps back home. I took the 45, I could draw ammo for that at the range. I learn from my mistakes. :lol:
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Todddanger » Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:27 am

My Henry brass frame 45/70 is the second 45/70 rifle I've owned. Probably the most powerful rifle I've owned. If you can't kill it with a factory 300 grn hollow point, I don't think I want to hunt it.
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Steve51 » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:06 pm

My BBS in .45-70 would be my most powerful rifle but I normally shoot trapdoor level loads with it.
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by JEBar » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:44 pm

one can find volumes of interesting reading while researching today's 45-70 Government firearms .... the bottom line is, the vast majority of us will never hunt Africa's Big 6 and the vast majority of firearms in our collections aren't rated as being powerful enough to hunt them .... a 45-70 is one of the exceptions .... as such it comes as no surprise that it is one of the most powerful civilian firearms most of us will ever fire ... it is truly a most a remarkable cartridge
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Yornoc3 » Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:39 pm

I had a Marlin 45-70, 22" barrel version. We didn't get along real well, since I'm mostly a bolt action guy, so I horse traded it, eventually, into a CZ 9.3 x 62 FS, which is pretty powerful in its own right. Now I have a 45-70 again, in a Henry single shot. We'll get along fine ;) .
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by 2guns » Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:54 pm

So far 340 Weatherby Magnum and 375 H&H
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Steve51 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:36 pm

.45-70 for me.
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Re: Most Powerful

Post by Catherine » Tue Feb 27, 2018 3:22 am

JEBar wrote:given, powerful can mean several different things; such as, longest range or one that generates the most impact .... what is the most powerful rifle that you have ever owned .. :?: ..

for me, it would have to be one of two .... our Henry 45-70 and our Remington Model 700 300 WBY Mag

For me... my former Winchester 30-30 and my former CT Made Marlin 336C in 30-30.

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