Former shooting editor Jim Carmichel wrote this column in the early 1970s. The .45/70 still has a place today.

45 Peacemaker, which combined the bullet, gunpowder, and percussion cap in one cartridge and was therefore much easier to reload. This meant that Jesse now needed only a pair of pistols for each ...

Its bullets are larger, inside smaller cartridges. They don’t hold enough gunpowder to match the velocity of the .223. Any bullet can kill, and instantly, when it hits a vital organ. The higher ...

45 Peacemaker, which combined the bullet, gunpowder, and percussion cap in one cartridge and was therefore much easier to reload. This meant that Jesse now needed only a pair of pistols for each ...