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This recoil table has proven to be pretty accurate and very useful. A 45-70 loaded to original BP levels is still around 18 ft lbs if recoil in an 1895CB. You can soften that a bit by filling the mag tube but then it is heavier too for bad shoulders.

https://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm

The .357 might be on the light side for much game but my wife knocked down a few whitetails with her 1894C. A 44 mag with factory ammo is about 2/3 of the 45-70 BP level loads recoil (405 @ 1330). The 45LC can be like a 357 or 44 mag. My 45 is a very light but strong action at about 5lbs. It is almost as much fun to shoot as the 357 but can shoot 300gr loads that rival the 45-70.

If I were in your situation I would look for a .38-55 or buy a 30-30 I like and have it converted to 38-55.


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