Thanks

I was intending on buying a model with a shotgun butt, 24" heavy octagon barrel I love the 45/70 and in a heavy gun I don't think the recoil is excessive at all. I like the 300 grain Barnes at 2100fps (no lead in my part of CA)

I am puzzled a bit by the Hogdon reloading data. One for old trapdoors, one for marlin 1895's and one for "modern" rifles. Which is the correct one for the new 1885's?