Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Originally Posted by JoeBob
A 92 is just about the strongest lever action ever made. I suppose given that the locking lugs are in the rear of the bolt that you might have some brass stretching with really hot loads but the strength is there. Rossi made some in .454 Casul. Isn't that a 60k psi cartridge?

Yep, those pressures are up there.

How many .454 Marlins have you seen... laugh

Like, zero... cool

They can end up like this. I know, I know, this is a .45-70, the barrel is a bit thin with the large case and the weak spot is at the right of the receiver ahead of the ejection port.

Bottom line, I've never seen a '94, '86 or a '92 looking like this...

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I had a 1886 45/70 blow up right next to me at a rifle range.They may be strong,but not indestructible.It was a load of Bluedot with a 500 grain boolet.I think he double charged it.It was a good thing that range had a steel mesh fence between the shooters or I would have had part of the receiver in my face.

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