Good video on the Marlin .45-70

[Scott Tschirhart]

Brian did a fine job with this one.

https://youtu.be/R8L_jPcLX7U?si=f2ayhPFkl-EH2XtM

[piller]

I took a Guide Gun to Africa with Grizzly Cartridge Company 405 grain loads. I have no complaints.

[AJMD429]

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I hadn't heard about the magazine-tube detonations as related to primer type.

Thanks for sharing.

Any of you guys ever see the vintage poster that depicts the military testing of 45-70 trajectory for ultra-long-range firing...?

[Bill in Oregon]

Very nice discussion by Brian. Thanks for posting it Scott. Sure makes me miss my 1895 Classic.

[marlinman93]

Extremely well done! Best tutorial on the .45-70 and it's history with Marlins I've seen.
The 1881 submitted to the 1884 US Army trials did indeed perform extremely well for a very long time before it had the chain fire in the magazine tube. Despite Marlin stating their 1881 should only use UMC ammo that had small rifle primers, the Army not only ignored this, but also used Winchester ammo with large primers, but also with round nose bullets, not a flat point bullet. Still it took a huge number of rounds fired before it finally had the chain fire.
The side eject feature of the Model 1889 was completely designed by LL Hepburn within the first year after he came to work for John Marlin. The fact that same design was used on numerous future Marlin models, and is still being used today by Ruger, and other makers shows just how great Hepburn's design truly is, and what a firearms genius Hepburn was. All his designs worked well without modifications, and were extremely simple and easy to work on.