The 300-grain Barnes TSX .45-70 load is a great round for whitetails and bigger game. John B. Snow Dark Series 1895 Accuracy. The rifle and scope delivered the best accuracy with Barnes 300-grain TSX ...

Broad interest in the .45-70 Gov’t has waxed and ... We then installed a Weaver Super Slam 1-5X 24 mm scope ... The Marlin Model 1895’s history with the .45-70 Gov’t dates back to the ...

If you’re looking for a lightweight, handy .45/70 lever gun, it’s hard to beat the 1895 Trapper. ... With the low-power Leupold scope, the Marlin Trapper was quick and agile, ...

Yes, there was a .444 Marlin back in the ’70s, and I had shot some hogs with a friend’s Model 1895 in .45-70 Gov’t in the ’90s. I also did one of the first stories on the awesome .338 ...

Then they changed the blue Marlin Man logo to Ruger red. And finally, after about a year, they announced that the 1895 SBL in .45/70 would be the first of the third iteration of American-made Marlins.