I now have a poor mans double rife as well as a double barrel shotgun. And save $4800! Lead RN FP Bullets .45-70 Ammo - .45-70 Govt. buy Winchester 1886 Short Rifle 45-70 Lever Action 20" Barrel 534175142 for sale best price. G_d Bless America…. The cartridge was a replacement for the earlier .50-70 cartridge that was, from its outset, a temporary solution for Army requirements that saw less than a decade of service in the ranks. You know they’re gonna give that away don’t ya? Phoenix Weaponry is Building Integrally Suppressed…, Report Ranks States Based on their 'Dependence' on…, SAF, Calguns and Partners Asking Injunction Against…, Do-It-Yourself AK Rifle: Lee Armory's Build Class in…, Henry’s Got a Side-Loader! Always great to see entrepreneurs. Try Big Horn Armory’s AR500 in 500 Auto Max. Interesting idea about modifying the brass to be rimless. Best Of all, You're Back In The Hunt! The advantage of the rebated rim is that the new cartridge fits the standard AR-10 bolt face. Putting out 4,674 ft.-lbs. In this capacity it gained an excellent reputation against both enemy forces and large game. Watch; Blaser R8 Standard Barrel 375 H&H Mag with sights. Note that “flatter shooting” is used with a large dash of relatively speaking. Marlin 1895GBL 45-70 Lever Action Rifle w/ 18.5-inch Barrel and Two-Tone Laminate Stock $799.99; Notify Me When Available; Brand: Marlin; Item Number: 70456; Winchester Firearms Model 1886 45/70 Govt Short Lever-Action Rifle $1,229.99; Brand: Winchester Firearms; drop it to under 1000 and you’ll sell a bunch more. Sign Up today for our FREE Newsletter and get the latest articles and news delivered right to your inbox. Don’t misunderstand me, I love the 45.70, but for me it’s out of my Guide gun or one of my two T/C Contender barrels. His ambition is to follow Thomas Paine, as a journalist by profession and a propagandist by inclination. Why not just go with a .45Mag version. Ouch. Max Slowik is a writer with over a dozen years of experience and is a lifelong shooter. Fun rifle. They already make this. You want Big move up to the 416 rem mag. “This case, once rebated, can be reloaded easily using existing load information for the .45-70, based on Ruger No.1 loads, and the reloader can use standard .45-70 die sets with the exception of using a .308 shell holder.”. (Photo: P.W.). I can’t. Why do these guns cost so much? The walnut stock and forend give this lever action rifle a traditional look and feel that is most desirable. The original wei… But if I need multi-round big-bore firepower I’ll swap out for the SOCOM and not give it another thought! The Ultimate Firearms Destination for the Gun Lifestyle, © 2021 Recoil Magazine If you’ve never heard of Tilden … don’t worry … neither has anyone else. All rights reserved. The combination of a heavy slug and slow-burning black powder gave the .45-70 a rainbow trajectory. The U.S. Army had previously chosen the Trapdoor Springfield over available repeating designs, which the brass deemed wasteful of ammunition and encouraging inaccurate fire. Turned down 20mm, now that would be a real innovation, and maybe even worth the asking price. It’s a Douglas barrel with a rifle-length gas system and a custom profile. This year, One shot dropped him like a bowling ball hit him. I would say $4800 is a joke. Not for me. Shop online for the best selection and prices of 45-70 Govt rifles at Hinterland Outfitters. Y’all need to do a little more research. We did get lucky enough to take a single small hog with this rifle. It is a rimless 500 S&W producing up to 4600 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. 78x Reloaded Ammunition Win, Rem, Fed. How about an extra magazine or three? The original full nomenclature for the cartridge, 45-70-405, was derived from the load parameters — a .45-caliber slug, sitting atop 70 grains of black powder, weighing 405 grains. Aren’t there already off-the-shelf .308 AR mags? What's Old is New Again The renaissance of American small arms development that occurred during and after the Civil War gave birth to a number of innovations in the realm of shoulder-fired ballistics. We had the opportunity to take this gun out into the (hog) killing fields of west Texas during a team building hunt with Escondido Hunting at the scenic Quintanilla Ranch in Tilden, Texas. Bought one 2 years ago, off the shelf ammo and a lot of fun! I have a Henry 45/70, can shoot from 245 to 600 grain, lead or alloy. The only limiting factor is price point. It comes really close to the 45-70, and I have full power loads using 250-400 grain bullets, and sub-sonic loads in the 400-500 grain range. Mag.not the same ax .450 Raptor. If you want to shoot 45-70 really fast, buy this gun if you can afford it. They’ve built a highly customized AR rifle around an equally custom cartridge: the .45-70 Auto. For more information visit the Phoenix Arms website. Thanx for thinking of us big bore fans, but my Brno in .458 can do most everything your Phoenix can do plus I can load black for it. On the flat range, we were zeroed within five rounds. The .45-70 Auto is headspaced on the case mouth. It was the Buffalo killer back in the 1870s, In the Sharp’s rifle….. Who the hell wants an AR rifle in that round…?,, DUMB, JUST DUMB. The .45-70 has no parent case and is a rimmed tapered design that fits a .458 inch bullet with a large rifle primer. In a quest to push the performance envelope of the platform, and to sell more rifles, many companies are fielding AR-pattern rifles in more and more unconventional calibers for specialty applications. Accessories include Picatinny rail segments, quick-detach sling points, sling studs and handstops. POD-150806:APACHE2_73:193, Home » Magazine » Issue 37 » Review: Phoenix Weaponry Christine in .45-70 Auto, This article originally appeared in RECOIL ISSUE 37 Photos by AZPhotoMan and Steven Kuo, PHEONIX WEAPONRY PUTS A NEW SPIN ON A FRONTIER CLASSIC WITH THE .45-70 AUTO. To make .45-70 Auto, Phoenix Weaponry turns down .45-70 Government brass on a lathe. We asked about the modifications, but they’re playing that process tight to the vest. The modified .45-70 cases’ rebated rims work with standard .308 Winchester bolts and bolt carriers. And because a lot of people are buying them now before they actually might pass a law outlawing them, all of a sudden this new one appears with a rediculus price of $4800. DAMN! .45-70 rifles for sale and auction. Phoenix Weaponry let us play with their preproduction test rifle during a group hog hunting trip in Texas. And brass? It’s 15 inches long, shown here on an 18-inch barreled gun. I have a 458 Win Mag on a Mauser 98, shoots just fine with a light 500 gr cast bullet subsonic load, fired one shot with 500 gr cast bullet at 1500 fps and that was enough for me. Seen it, I believe Satern barrels makes one. The smaller .45-caliber cartridge was flatter shooting with a longer range compared to its bigger, short-lived brother. That’s INSANE…. Resulting muzzle velocities out of an 18-inch barrel were in the neighborhood of 2,500 feet per second. Or you can simply purchase pre-modified brass directly from them. For what it is, it shouldn’t cost that much. Phoenix Weaponry, operating out of Longmont, Colorado, is launching a new semi-automatic rifle series chambered for .45-70 Auto, a modified .45-70 Government cartridge. Loaded ammo may still be out there. Original loadings pushed the aforementioned 405-grain bullet out of the muzzle around 1,300 feet per second. On your favorite bolt catch, Mag Release, or the.50 Beowulf, or the Beowulf. 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