RPRNY
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I had a nice H&R Single-shot in 47-70 that I bought off my wife's husband on a whim. I liked it even though I didn't shoot it much. I gifted it to my wife's nephew who loved guns, but it was destroyed in a house fire a year later. I think people like it because its a very hot cartridge that can be fired out of a commonly available and affordable lever-action rifle, the Marlin. I assume that 90% of the folks who own a .375 Holland and Holland bolt-action have never taken a shot at an elephant or a Cape Buffalo, but get a Walter Mittyish thrill out of owning a big boomer. I know a very pleasant corrections officer that owns one of those Barrett .50BMG semi-autos as HIS ONLY GUN! Its the same principle with the 45-70 Govt.
You weave a tangled web with the branches of that family tree...