Jow Forums convince me not to buy a big bore

I don't know why but I've been having an urge to get a big bore revolver. I keep seeing things on the BFR 45-70 Gov. There is one at my local shop, new, for $850. All the feedback online seems positive. Can someone convince me not to fucking buy this thing? Is it just gonna hurt my wrists and make me not want to shoot it more than once or twice?

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How are you with .44 magnum or .500 S&W?

Don't just immediately jump to .45-70.

Though I'd buy it.

Bro go for it and get a lever 45-70 to go with it. Its on my list, strongest revolver without using a meme round

Do it. You can probably get at least that out of it if you don't like it and want to sell it.
Single action revolvers shaped like that don't have the same type of recoil impulse. You can let them climb and rotate in your hand and absorb a lot of it if you aren't a complete weakling that's going to knock yourself in the forehead. It will still hurt but it isn't quite the baseball bat to the palm feeling like a light J-frame 357. If you can, shoot a 44 mag blackhawk or similar and go from there, but really, just get the 45-70. Then the lever gun, too.

I figured go big or go home.

I always liked 45-70, my dad used to hunt with it a lot, I grew up with that round but never owned one myself.

I hear you, a lot of lightweight straight guns aren't comfy. Maybe I'll go for a lever action.

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No matter how many tines I see this shit it pisses me off to no end

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For that price what could go wrong. Just dont hold it like a bitch. Be a man; user.

If it’s too much for you, just do a bunch of gallery loads with Trail Boss.

There's gotta be some sort of universal law that states that normies ruin everything.

Someone try to find a thing normies have improved. I'll wait.

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>so only one ammo to carry
At least one of them was right about one, single thing.

Theyre absolutely great quality revolvers. A lot of factory ammo is downloaded so older guns dont blow up, vs shit like underwood. So find some thats not loaded too hot to give a try. I have one in 500 mag with a 10.5 inch barrel and a burris scout rifle scope on top and i love it.

have you funded your roth IRA yet this year? done.

Just buy a full sized rifle. It's actually more practical.

Nigger, you don't just jump into a .45-70 revolver. They're big as fuck, heavy as fuck, recoil like fuck, and ammunition is expensive as fuck.

I strongly, strongly suggest you start out with a .357, master that, jump to .44 magnum, master that, and then go to a .45-70 if and only if you feel like the .44 is both under your control and too weak for your needs. Hell, you can skip the .357 if you go out of your way to shoot specials, though very often they are more expensive and harder to find than their magnum counterparts.

BUT, if you just have to be a macho man, go ahead. I strongly recommend getting a 10 inch version as the 7.5 inch version has a bad tendency to not burn all of the powder.

Go ahead. I mean those used revolvers have to come from somewhere.

This guy is a coward. Do not listen to him

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Mail in rebates. Dumb normies never mail them in, so I get to by electronics for cheaper.

You can get pretty light .45-70 loads though, right? I've heard a lot of old guns used really weak rounds compared to the modern stuff.

Light .45-70's are still expensive and outclassed by .44 magnum out of an equivalent barrel length.

But they're only right about that because they're wrong about every other part! That's even worse!

My 44 Mag with "heavy" loads (1100 ft lbs from a 6.5 inch barrel) recoils a bit, not painful unless extended shooting and lots of powerful ammo. I would not just jump into 45-70 considering cost and lost power from short barrel.

45-70 is good in longer barrel lengths. 44mag does decent in a shorter barrel. If you want a "eat shit and die fucker" round, do 460/500SW or a Linebaugh. There's no reason to do a 45-70 revolver, you'll get shit performance.

Pic was my 500SW 6.5" revolver and 1895SBL in 45-70.

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...and my 44 mags; 1894 and 329PD (4" aluminum)

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aaaaand my 458 Lott (cz 550) with the 44.

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>you'll get shit performance.
Most people seem to say modern 45-70 performs very well out of the 10in version. You have any proof .460 or 500 are stronger than it?

dumb frogposter

Bump

>normies
>frogposting
Go back to plebbit normalfag scum

Is .44 lever as fun as my child-like mind imagines it to be? Fun enuff to keep long-term?

By the big iron user, do it. Kill the baar