How is an original black powder cartridge from U.S. Cavalry times so popular today? Let's take a look at why the .45/70 is so popular today and well into the future....
This super accurate M96 still see much target competition in Europe today. The M94 & M96 guns has some significant advances over the M93 and M95 Mausers....
The standard load was 14 drams of black powder behind a 1,882-grain slug, which would give an approximate velocity of 1,200 to 1,400 feet per second....