Testing 45 Colt in an 1873 45 70 Trapdoor rifle

Описание: This video is in response to a comment in the comment category of http://www.omniglot.com/writing/nepal... , an InRangeTV channel video about the Schofield. My speculation is that a cavalry trooper finding himself with only .45 Colt ammunition, a Schofield revolver, and his .45-70 is not dead in the water if hostiles are attacking. The twist rate of the Springfield .45-70 rifle & carbine is compatible with the twist rate of the .45 Colt. My thought was he could simply load his .45-70 with .45 Colt ammunition and it should fire just fine. Some disagreed. Hence this demonstration and proof of concept test.
This demonstration is ruined a little bit because this was the first time I had actually fired this particular .45-70 antique and only during the firing was it discovered the shell extractor is very badly worn, such that it won'treally extract anything and shells have to be plucked out by fingernail or shoved out with the ramrod.
Nevertheless, here you see successful firings of multiple .45 Colt cartridges in the .45-70 rifle.
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