It’s hard to imagine the .45-70 Government as a brand-new round, untested and unproven either on big game or in battle. But that was the situation back in 1873, when it was introduced. That was a long ...

This column, “Rebirth of the .45/70,” appeared in the September 1972 issue of Outdoor Life. The life span of rifle cartridges is hard to predict because shooters have the fickle habit of tossing them ...

The 30-30 became available in 1895 in Winchester’s Model 1894 lever-action rifle. It was America’s first sporting cartridge to be loaded with smokeless powder, and it was originally loaded with a ...