Per others posts here, I will agree that light little carbines in 45/70 can be awful. I had one of the early straigh stocked lightweight Marlins so chambered and loaded it with the #3 loads out of the Speer Manual and firing thaqt little beast caused me to see stars! Hmmmmm did this about the same time as the 8 bore punt gun experience and right before marrying my first wife. Hmmmm...a pattern is beginning to develop! I was a budding Masochist!!!


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