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that rem adl 270 with a cheap simmons scope has killed a lot of animals from nilgia on down.

if i have a shot at a big buck on out there i'd rather have it that the 45-70. my 300 rum is to heavy to carry as we're going to have to do some walking on the place we're going to hunt next week.

Count me in the shoot it at 5,10, 50,100 yards group adjusting as necessary!

No fuss no muss.

Mike

Camera fore-shorting. Check it against where the thumb joint is, and where the cheek should be on the comb....unless you like a thumb up your nose on firing.....

better pic

Getting some good mileage out of this photo. Right target- 20 yards first shot low. Second shot bulls eye, slightly right.

Move back to 60, verify right is slightly exaggerated. Move left to just one click off bullseye. Not a big deal if you start close.

Is this "gun porn"? Or just hot in CC?

was in the 70s yesterday, this morning is our first cold day 40 this morning, fixing to head to the ranch.

Good luck. I'd go ahead and get a bore sighter. I fooled around sighting in several rifles about a month ago and I should have got the bore sighter out and just used it immediately. It would have helped if I'd remembered I owned a bore sighter though.

I've owned a bunch of 45-70's and it is a sweet cartridge. I would much rather have it in a bit heavier gun. A friend of mine had one just like that and I had to have one so I got one of them little light Marlins. This was back in the early nineties probably. I'd been shooting handloads in heavier guns from cases from 405 grain Remington loads. I stuck a couple of Winchester or Federal "Express" loads in the thing and two days later had to go to the Chiropractor. Sounds like you've got plenty of eye relief, but you will need it.

I don't always own a 45-70, but when I don't, I own a 45-75.

Down here in Texas we all customarily walk around the house buck nekkid. Saves quite a lot on air conditioning and electric bills.

Anyways, I rarely get to contribute anything to this sort of thread but, here's my own stock of newfangled rifles, all from the PF (post-flint) era...



Up top is an early-production Pedersoli Tryon Rifle w/slow twist .53 cal. chrome-lined barrel. IIRC with that back-action lock it fits in the late 1840's early 1850's era.

The .30-30 70's era Marlin I think was sold as a "Cowboy Carbine" back then, and after the Lyman peep and front blade grew fuzzy (turns out they do that on older rifles, go figure) I had a scout scope (remember those?) and tip-off mount installed.



Without the scope the irons are just tall enough to be usable over the rail.

Birdwatcher

Been there done that.

The trick is to always do this in the bathroom, where there ain't many places for a flyaway ejector spring to hide

But anyways, if this happens what you do is take the ejector spring out of your OTHER Marlin while you are waiting for a new spring to arrive (.30-30 and .357 Magnum at least use the exact same spring).

Of course to do this may necessitate buying another Marlin if ya ain't already got another one.

My .357 Marlin is one of the more recent versions with that %#*& useless lawyer button (AKA safety) through the receiver. Mine wears a little rubber o-ring to hold it in the "off" position. I forget now where I got that o-ring, but they were all the rage right after that stupid safety button first came out.

Birdwatcher

If that's the standard 20" carbine length barrel, it was the 336T model IIRC. T stood for "Texan".

Put a dot (magic marker will do) on the center of a 8x11 sheet of paper. Mount said paper on something that is not of value and will hold the paper in a manner that it will not move. Step back 25 yards/paces, look thru scope at dot and fire.

If bullet passes thru bore, and hits paper, it is bore sighted. If it doesnt hit paper, reduce distance to paper and try again.

PS- Now is a good time to adjust scope so that bullet hits approximately on the dot when you fire the rifle.
The next step is to make the distance between you and the target longer, 100yds is a popular distance, and fire rifle/continuing to adjust scope until projectile hits paper where you want it to.

You can thank me later for all my help.

Indeed you are correct Sir, thanks.

Browsing around, that carbine is older than I thought....

The gold trigger appears in '58, continues until '82....
http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/1894/81818-last-year-gold-trigger.html

The "Texan" was produced from '51 to '84.
They had saddle rings from '65 to '72 (no saddle ring on mine).
The trigger lever was switched to square in 1970.
http://www.marlinowners.com/forum/336/45356-marlin-s-texans.html

Ergo, mine was produced somewhere in the '58 to '65 time frame.

Off a rest it will put plain ol' 170 grain Remington Core-Lokts into 2 1/2 inches at 100 all day long

Picked it up for $200 at a gun show maybe ten years back, one of the better deals I ever made.

Only change I'd make is I wish that comb were just a tad higher now that it wears a scope. Been thinking about adding a lace-on comb for that reason.

Birdwatcher

Excellent....

Yup. I did my 336 with 4 sheets of 8.5x11 paper at 25 yards with a black spot in the middle. If you're further off than that at 25 yards, it's time for the Burris rings with the offset inserts to adjust before messing with the internal scope adjustment.

For those new to adjusting scopes: Most scopes adjust via "clicks". Each click equals a 1/4" of movement at 100 yards. There fore, each click equals 1/8" at 50 yards, and 1/16th" at 25 yards. Keep this in mind when adjusting your scope at 25 yards. If you're 4 inches off to the right at 25 yards, you'll have to move 64 clicks to the left to come onto center. It seems like a lot, but that's how it works.

Saw two decent bucks this morning right as I got in the blind. Didn't have time to get a shot off.

first shot today at a 100yds was 3 inches high and 2 inches left.. i took the two inches left out and good to go.

Birdie,

Take a look at this product:

Beartooth Stock Raising Kit

http://www.amazon.com/Beartooth-Stock-Comb-Raising-Kit/dp/B002L9JQ4E,

I have it on a couple of my rifles and am pleased with the results.

Thanks, got one inbound even as I write.

Whoever owned my little Marlin fifty years ago took good care of it and invested some attention to get it right. The blank in the original rear sight notch is well done, and the front sight blade appears to be taller than the original with a small brass insert for visibility. Its plainly had a trigger job at some point too. 'Spect I'll be passing it on in turn to my son or a nephew one of these years.