I am not a Winchester collector but the 45 Colt is a pistol cartridge, the 45-70 will have recoil more like the 450 Marlin. It will get your attention and then some.

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223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

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