Ok, First hello all. I have hunted all my life, had numerous marlin lever guns in 22 lr, 30-30, 35, 38-55, 375 win,44 mag. I have for some reason never looked at the 45/70 as a hunting round??????. But recently, I aquired a 45/70g jm stamped rifle on a trade,started to list it on armslist when my neighbor said, lets shoot it. He had some old ammo 9 rounds to be exact. so we go to the pasture and load her up. BANG.... I was expecting to be pushed back, thought the bullet would dive into the ground at 75 yds or so. But instead at 150 marked yards on my range the soda can evaporated??? Oh well that was luck my neighbor said. I agreed. so he took the same shot, same results. Now I am starting to take notice to this old big slow round.Neither on of us are exceptional shooters, but average. WE finished off the 7 rounds we had left with amazement. extremely accurate, somewhat mild manner recoil and a very handy, well balanced little rifle. So I wanted to try it some more. Bought 2 box of ammo and went to work. LET ME JUST SAY THIS RIFLE IS MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME. That includes all the bolts in the safes. How in the world did I skip this round for so long? Selling the wood splitter, more fun to use the 45/70 hahahaha. Now I am on the hunt for a 22 in barrel and a cowboy version. It just goes to show that you are never to old to learn. My neighbor, by the way, showed up today with the same rifle LOL. WE have had a ball. I sure wish I would have had this years ago.Its such a blast.