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Good stuff, thanks.

For what it is worth, After carefully shopping the .45-.70 and .457 Magnum years ago, I looked for and bought a Miroku/Winchester 1886 .45-90 TD (which will shoot those shorter cartridges) and never looked back.

WRT the value of sufficient weight, length, balance, and action function, I find my 1886 easy to keep on target while shucking empties out and fresh loads in without losing sight of the game. Naturally lots of off hand practice is invaluable.