Today on Kentucky Ballistics we have 500 S&W Magnum vs 45-70 vs 450 Marlin! In today’s video we shoot pine boards, cinder blocks, steel and water! I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

Hodgdon Trail Boss is a great smokeless powder for cartridges like the old 45-70 Government or subsonic load in .308 Winchester. The large volume of this powder makes it possible to fill up a large case for a safe powder burning without the high pressures that would come into play with other smokeless powders. Thanks […]

Comparing the 45-70 to 45-90 WCF to 50-110 WCF in power, penetration, and expansion. I really enjoyed shooting these big bore cartridges. A lot of fun, great guns. I hope to get an 1895 Marlin soon so I can compare. Leverguns 50Most of our videos are about lever action rifles and other cowboy guns, including […]

Today on Kentucky Ballistics we try out a custom Magnum Research BFR 45-70 Snub Nose Revolver! Could this be the most powerful snub nose in the world? I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

In this video I show most of the steps from start to finish on how I make one of my favorite milk jug exploding 45-70 loads. All the details should be in the video, but if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment here and I will respond as quickly as I […]

Today on Kentucky Ballistics we shoot some 10% ballistic gel with 45-70 and 500 S&W Magnum. We use a revolver and a rifle for each caliber! I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

The story behind my 1886 Winchester caliber 50-110-300 (50 caliber powder charge 110g bullet weight 300g) also known as a 50-100 with a 450 grain bullet or a 50-105 with a 350 grain bullet.

45-70 Government 400 grain hard cast bullets 1830 FPS ? 45-90 Winchester 400 grain hard cast bullet about 2100 FPS ? 50-110 535 grain hard cast bullet about 2200 FPS 5751 foot pounds of energy.

Today on Kentucky Ballistics we shoot pine boards with 500 S&W Magnum and 45-70 + P! We use a revolver and a rifle for each caliber! I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

1886 Winchester 50-110 WCF vs 1886 Browning 45-70 gov versus steel I-beam.

Today on Kentucky Ballistics we see how many pine boards we can make it through with a 30-30 BFR , 45-70 BFR and a 450 Marlin BFR! I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

45-70 loaded to the max, 45-90 not a maximum load, 45-90 tried two different loads, these are very tough bullets and even at these outrageous velocities they performed very good, penetration was outstanding

Today on Kentucky Ballistics we try out the Magnum Research BFR 450 Marlin and 45-70 revolver! In this video we show you a little about the gun and take you with us to shoot it for the first time. I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching! A special thanks to Magnum Research, […]

Lehigh Defense, 225 grain Xtreme Defense Bullets .458 cal in the 45-70 and 45-90 45 Caliber (458 Diameter) 225 Grain Solid Copper Fluid Transfer Monolithic Lead-Free #LehighDefenseXtremeDefenseBullets45 #LeverGuns50 Leverguns 50Most of our videos are about lever action rifles and other cowboy guns, including carbine and shotguns, sixguns, black powder, hunting, outdoors, and primitive skills.

Most shooters automatically go to full length resizing their 45/70 rounds...but what is happening when we do that? And if our brass is being excessively worked for no good advantage, then perhaps neck sizing is the way to go...

Shooting the Marlin 1895 Guide Gun 18.5" Barrel with the 305gr Underwood Xtreme Penetrators.

In today’s video we try out the 45-70 Derringer! I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

In today’s video we try out the Phoenix Weaponry 45-70 Auto! I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

45-70 gov vs 45-90 wcf vs 50-110 wcf vs pants how many pairs of pants will they penetrate ?

This black powder design with the multiple large grease grooves holds lots of lube. But powder coated and lubed with modern lubes, these big Lee 457 405 HB will serve very well with smokeless powder in the popular 45/70 as well as in the 458 Win Mag...

With the introduction of the Winchester Model 1886 the world of lever actions was changed forever. No previous lever action ever handled as well. No previous lever was as strong. No other lever action ever offered chamberings in such powerful cartridges as .45-70 to 50-110 WCF. The new standard. A new standard is set, and […]

Comparing (just for grins and giggles) the 45-70 with the 45-90, and 50-110, using the exact same 300 grain Remington hollow point bullet, The 348 using the 200 grain FTX bullet, rifles used 1 Browning 1886 in 45-90 was also used for the 45-70, a Winchester 1886 in 50-110 WCF and a Winchester model 71, […]

There are reports of YT removing videos from shooting channels due to them being outside of the YT guidelines on acceptable content. Prohibitions on bump stocks, rapid fire triggers, gun constructs, reloading and unacceptable links are vague enough that shooting channels are having difficulty with the specifics. Here is a video on some very fine […]

The Lee 450 grain flat base bullet for the 45/70 was designed for those shooters who preferred a heavier bullet than the 405 grainer, but didn’t want to go all the way to the 500+ grain bullets. We casted this mold a week ago. But because of the minimal grease grooves, let’s powder coat these […]