Brian Pfleuger
Moderator Emeritus
Mike Irwin said:I don't see why a .45-70 +P load would be any more of a liability than, say, a .38 Super +P or a .38 Special +P or +P+.
Tons of older guns out there that will chamber those rounds but in which it could be an unsafe situation.
Remember when Winchester brought out the .375 Winchester? It would handily fit into older guns chambered for .38-55.
Apparently not too many fears of liability there.
I'm sure that's true but there's got to be SOME level of liability concern in today's society. My guess is that the market is large enough to off-set the liability concern with those rounds but they conclude that it's not with the 45-70.
I could be wrong, I thought I was once, but I was mistaken.