Originally Posted by strikeu
Originally Posted by TheLastLemming76
Originally Posted by DigitalDan
Real men prefer the .45-70.

Plus 1

A .450 bushmaster is a whitetail deer laws workaround with zero history or charisma. A 45-70 has history and charisma in spades and the versatility to do more. A .450 bushmaster is a fudd chambering doing what the man tells you. A 45-70 is the stuff the Wild West Buffalo Bill and other legends.


I have the .450 Bushmaster in AR style, mainly because it was a stupid low clearance price, less than $500 if I recall correctly. It is a cannon, if you hit a deer at 20 yards you're gonna take a chunk out of it. Ammo has always been readily available, roughly $1-1.50 shipped per round. Just because it's newer than the other doesn't make it less capable. This thing is extremely accurate and light. It will drop a Giraffe.

I get it.

A .450 bushmaster makes a lot of sense in a straight wall only zone in an AR platform or a bolt action. My comments were a little bit tongue-in-cheek. In a Ruger no. 1 falling block action I’d take a 45-70 all day for history and cool factor and probably resale value.