Njal Thorgeirsson
Member
Hello,
Late this summer I may end up in texas visiting some friends. While I'm there, I figure I might try to do a bit of boar hunting, as some of my acquaintences are familiar with it and will try to help me out. I collect WWII firearms, but I don't really have anything particularly suitable for hunting. I was considering a Savage or Stevens 200, but recently the Marlin .45-70 (classic 1895) has caught my eye.
So how does this rifle perform at ranges of (up to) 300 or so yards? What kind of accuracy could I expect at say, 100 yards? Will the bullet drop be significant at those ranges? Would this rifle be suitable for deer as well, and is there an advantage to using a more standard bottleneck cardridge [.25-06 or .270] (for deer and boar) over the .45-70 at ranges <300 yds?
Essentially, will it perform as well as a .25-06 or .270 for my purposes or is there some limiting factor that I may want to consider?
Thank you for the help!
Late this summer I may end up in texas visiting some friends. While I'm there, I figure I might try to do a bit of boar hunting, as some of my acquaintences are familiar with it and will try to help me out. I collect WWII firearms, but I don't really have anything particularly suitable for hunting. I was considering a Savage or Stevens 200, but recently the Marlin .45-70 (classic 1895) has caught my eye.
So how does this rifle perform at ranges of (up to) 300 or so yards? What kind of accuracy could I expect at say, 100 yards? Will the bullet drop be significant at those ranges? Would this rifle be suitable for deer as well, and is there an advantage to using a more standard bottleneck cardridge [.25-06 or .270] (for deer and boar) over the .45-70 at ranges <300 yds?
Essentially, will it perform as well as a .25-06 or .270 for my purposes or is there some limiting factor that I may want to consider?
Thank you for the help!