If you have so much cowboy in you that you cannot let go of the lever gun, you can hunt anything in Africa with a .45-70. The downside is reach. The .45-70 is at its best inside 150 yards.

Former Outdoor Life shooting editor Jim Carmichel on his favorite rifles for hunting big game in Alaska, Africa, and everywhere in between. 743K ; 204K ; 62K ; 108K ; Search for: Search for: Hunting. ...

Bolt-action rifles have largely been supplanted by semi-automatic rifles in professional circles. Bolt-action repeaters have not been standard issue in the U.S. military since the World War I era ...