Well, I was having a little "quiet time" at the loading bench last night, (well, OK, very early this morning,LOL) and while cleaning up, I laid a 300 Gr. 45-70 round next to a millsurp .308 Win. and was struck by the similar size and length. When the clutch stopped smokin', I had a vision of a 30 inch octogon barrel, on a short action, with a minimalist style aluminum stock... ( Mr. Cody, meet Buck Rodgers !)

Will the 45-70 fit and function thru the short action? I couldn't find the 45-70 listed as a current factory chambering, in either length action, and a short search by cartridge turned up nothing.

Anybody done this before? Thanks, Paul.