Well I went and got me a milsurp rolling block (#5 in 7x57) and have decided that I "need" to have me a Gove style plains rifle looking piece.
I am in interior Alaska there are no ranges or competitions that I know of and I dont re-eneact, so "legal" is not a concern...I do have a "persona" if you will. I tend to be a mountain man at heart (raised in Montana half a century ago) so I tend to take my traditional open sail boat rigged with canvas an hemp load some cast iron and some fat back pack up my cap and ball revolvers and head off to camp in the leather and canvas fashion. I am sort of a post civil war grandson of a mountain man that headed north in '90's to try to relive the stories.
Anyway I am considering a 45-70 as it is tried and true (and it matches my 1886 win) but I am also thinking on something more esoteric. I would love to sit and spend an afternoon shooting across a valley doing the "Quigley" thing ...but as I said .. no matches and no local range so that is not its main thing. I even thought about 38-55 as I was thinking I could use some of my heavy pistol molds ... but the old 38 ain't the same bore as the new 38 ....
So as a fun shooter ...maybe reach out and play at 800-1000 yards ....but mostly a once a year moose gun .....what do we like ? 45-90 is in the running , 40-82 ......even 50-110 .......what should I look into ?