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    The .45-70 (11.6x53mmR), also known as the .45-70 Government, .45-70 Springfield, and .45-21⁄10" Sharps, is a .45 caliber rifle cartridge originally holding...
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    The .50-70 Government / 12.7 x 45 mm R, also known as the .50-70 Musket, .50-70 Springfield, and .50-1+3⁄4" Sharps) is a black powder cartridge adopted...
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  • more powerful cartridges of the period. Originally chambered in .45-70 Government, .45-90 Sharps, and .40-82 Winchester, it was later offered in a half...
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    Egyptian .44 Magnum .44-40 Winchester .444 Marlin .45 Colt .45-70 Government .45-90 Sharps .45-70 Auto 45 Raptor .450 Bushmaster .450 Black Powder Express...
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    a 0.45-inch (11.43 mm) diameter bullet with 60 grains (3.89 g) of black powder. Winchester Repeating Arms Company shortened the .45-70 Government cartridge...
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    popular rifle chamberings, including .30–30 WCF, .444 Marlin, and .45-70 Government; and even .410 bore shotshells. Notably, the BFR platform has also...
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    Thompson/Center Arms. It can be chambered in cartridges from .17 Bumble Bee to .45-70 Government. Warren Center, working in his basement shop in the 1960s, developed...
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    United States Navy and Marine Corps from 1895 (therefore replacing the .45-70 Government rifle cartridge) to 1899, when it was then itself replaced by the more...
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    repeating rifle, the Model 1881. This was chambered in rounds such as .45-70 Government and .38-55 Winchester. Its successor was the 1895 solid top design...
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  • Company. Eventually Remington took over production and produced copies in .45-70. Arguably this was the most modern rifle in the world, until the introduction...
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    1892 small arm trials. Since the cartridge it was replacing was the .45-70 Government, the new cartridge was considered small-bore at the time. The rifle...
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  • the .45-70 Government case trimmed to 1.4 inches and loaded with .475-inch-diameter (12.1 mm) bullets. While dimensionally similar to the older .45 Silhouette...
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    bore (caliber), charge (grains), and bullet weight (grains). The 45-70-500 Government is an example. Often, the name reflects the company or individual...
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    Sharps), .45-21⁄10 (.45-70 Government), .45-24⁄10 (.45-90 Sharps or Winchester), .45-26⁄10 (.45-100 Sharps), .45-27⁄8 (.45-110 Sharps), .50-13⁄4 (.50-70 Government)...
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  • day, such as the .45-70 Government, long a Winchester goal. The 1886 proved capable of handling not only the .45 Gov't but also .45-90 and the huge .50-110...
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    Barnes, Frank C. Cartridges of the World (Northfield: DBI Books, 1972), p.170 "45 AUTO RIM" (PDF). Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute, Inc...
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    458 Winchester Magnum .450 Bushmaster .375 SOCOM .45 Raptor .50 Beowulf .50 Alaskan .45-70 Government 12.7×55mm STs-130 "Teppo Jutsu 458 SOCOM FAQ Archived...
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    Colt .45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge...
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    rimfire caliber. The No. 1 would later be produced in .44 rimfire, .45-70 Government, .44 Ballard Long, & .44 Ballard Extra Long. This version along with...
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    loadings of the .500 Bushwhacker outperform all rifle loadings of .45-70 Government, making the cartridge not only the most powerful revolver round but...
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    List of rifle cartridges 12 mm caliber 8.6 Blackout .375 SOCOM .45-70 Government .45 Raptor .450 Bushmaster .458 SOCOM .458 Winchester Magnum .50 Beowulf...
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    caliber, making its ballistics roughly equivalent to those of early .45-70 Government rounds rather than the higher pressure rounds tolerated by lever-action...
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  • the Streetsweeper. The trigger group is attached to a .410 bore or .45/70 Government cylinder and barrel. South Africa portal Automatic shotgun Combat shotgun...
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  • their goal of producing a repeating rifle capable of handling the .45-70 Government cartridge; this would not happen until they began manufacture of the...
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  • .30-30 Winchester, 7.62×54mmR, .303 British, 8×50mmR Lebel, and .45-70 Government. As early as 1867 Joseph Whitworth patented a round which "has a solid...
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    tallow. The .45-75 was shorter and fatter than the .45-70 government cartridge. Although the .45-75 was nominally superior to the popular .45-70, the weak...
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    common hunting calibre, and more than 4 times the recoil of a strong .45-70 Government round. Rifle calibres comparable to the .700 Nitro Express in terms...
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  • a civilian sporting version of the Hotchkiss, likewise in caliber .45-70 Government, until 1899. 1884 Winchester catalog lists an option to chamber the...
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    the .475 Linebaugh, which could be formed from the more available .45-70 Government cases. When the Winchester Model 71 was reintroduced in the .348 Winchester...
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    .416 Remington Magnum .416 Ruger .416 Rigby .44 Remington Magnum .45-70 Government .450 Bushmaster .450 Marlin .450 Nitro Express .450/400 Nitro Express...
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