My goal is to shoot a deer with the M94 38-55 but probably not this year. I'm taking the custom 7mm-08 Ruger #1 out tomorrow. If your interested I posted pics in a thread titled a Bespoke Rifle. After the Ruger gets bloodied it's back to the 257 Roberts built on a 1909 Argentine Mauser. Next years project is in the works and will be in 7X57 with a full Manlicher stock.
I'd bring the 38-55 to Ohio in a heart beat. Your idea of the #1 in 45-70 is a good one. I had a Marlin in that chambering and I wish I had it back.
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There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter...Earnest Hemingway
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