45-70 or 450 Marlin in a bolt actions

I found that several people have expressed an interest in obtaining a bolt action rifle in 45-70 caliber, most commonly done by converting a Siamese Mauser or P-14 Enfield. Many have suggested

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instead getting a 458 Winchester magnum and loading it down, or using the 458 X 2″ wildcat. Now the 450 Marlin is available, and any bolt action with a H&H magnum bolt face can ve easily adopted to it.

An interesting discussion @ rec.guns.

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2 Responses to “45-70 or 450 Marlin in a bolt actions”

  1. Kevin Bakeron 15 Oct 2007 at 9:49 pm link comment

    There were some Lee-Enfield No. 4 and/or No. 5 .45-70 conversions done by the (now apparently defunct) Gibbs Rifle Company. I never heard whether they turned out well or not.

  2. Steveon 16 Oct 2007 at 6:57 am link comment

    Hi Kevin, thanks the for info.

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