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My daughter wanted to see what a "light load" would do,so I shoot one.

Here she is after shooting the .470 NE "light load."

Elk, man that looks tough! Kudos to your daughter!!

Ingwe, I thought you'd be ok with it. Now I have to scope it. What's on the one you had?

Rev,
I put a Leupold VX 3 1.5X5 on my 1A 7X57.
It's perfect !!!
Mike

Rev: What mike one said! Also a 1-4x Leupy would go good. It begs for a straight objective! Mine had a Leupold straight 2.5

Funny y'all mention it: that was exactly what I was thinking. The VX3 1.5-5 comes with a German 4 reticle, which I absolutely love. I'm also looking at the 1.5-5 with illuminated German 4 (Firedot 4), but it has a 30mm tube. I wonder if that chubby tube might not have a bit too much bulk.

Leupold 6.5-20x

Yeah, that's exactly what I need for 45 yard shooting!!!!

Yup,that way you can pick out a tick on the pig and kill it too.

I'll just get one of those cannons you were shooting and be done with it. That'd knock a pig into next week.

If you can still see Rev,
That cool peep sight that goes right on the factory ring grove works well too.
Might need a taller front sight though.
Nothing more beautiful than a 1A 7X57 without a scope!!
Mike

Just make sure it's a "light load."

Yeah, but that's the problem. One of my favorite rifles for shooting from a tree stand is my 1962 vintage M94. It's short and easy to maneuver around up there. I put on a Williams FP rear and Firesight front, since the pigs generally come out about 5 minutes before pitch-black, but even then my eyes aren't what they used to be. I've thought about just picking up a Marlin 336, since it's the same length of the M94, and putting a 1-4 on it, but for some reason that Ruger kept calling my name.

But you're right about the No 1a looking great "as is." IMHO, any express-style rifle (quarter-rib, barrel band, etc) looks great "as is." But for my hunting, I need something that will give me the edge in extremely low light conditions. That's one of the reasons I like the illuminated reticles. But the Leupold illuminated VX3 has this big hicky on the ocular, and it just doesn't tickle me where I itch. That and it has a 30mm tube, sort of pudgy on a No 1. I guess illuminated reticles can't be made on a 1 inch tube. Not enough room inside, I suppose.

You know, I'll pass. That's just way too much for me. If I shot that twice I'd have a flinch a Daisy BB gun couldn't flinch.

Interesting thing about that: My father cut his teeth on rifles and in the early 1940s the US Army soon discovered that fact. He wore a "sharpshooter" badge all the way into Normandy. His advice to me was pretty simple: "When you pull the trigger, you're going to get thumped. It doesn't make any difference if you flinch all the way to next Sunday, you're going to get thumped. So concentrate on the shot and make the thump count." It's not very scientific but it it's a pretty good example of Midwestern common sense.

Yup,pretty good advice.

By the way,the wife shot it also and now she wants a double rifle in .470 NE.

Whoa!!! Rigby or WR?

I shot a .470 Merkel a few times. It is the only over .40 that I ever cared much for, excepting of course the .450/400


Still, I start turning into a recoil weinie after the .375 H&H

What's so special about that one?

Shoot I can become a recoil weenie way before that!

I dunno�but I do know the 416s ( all of them..) I dislike heartily and a .458 Lott is my least favorite thus far�.