When I light up my full power .454 Casull handloads with my 7.5" SRH at the local indoor range, the conversations usually start with, "What the #@$%&*@ was that????"
Not my own handgun but my wife's late great-grandfather together with another gunsmith built a pair of 45-70 revolvers. Its interesting to bring up in coversation with people, especially when they see the pictures. I know Ive seen production 45-70s since his but most people haven't (at least in my experience)