[Soulcousin]

Just bought that exact same gun (1895 GS) this spring. I think it is a lovely looking piece and it has a great voice. I certainly agree with other the other posts regarding the range limitations - I bought mine mostly for backup when hiking back to recover/pack out my animal, though it will make a fine secondary deer gun in the bush. Handloading the 45-70 will save you some money, I have worked up handloads with 400gr Barnes original and 350gr Hornady round nose. Barnes TSX are also available in 250 and 300gr, which should be fun to try. I also picked up a bag of hard-cast 400gr lead bullets (about 50$ for 250) for cheap shooting and plinking. One last thing I'd reccommend is putting a recoil pad on the butt end, it will greatly increase the length of your shooting sesions.

Good luck!