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Nice Jim, are you scoping it?
I'm still waiting for them to offer them in 30/30
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Hey Scott, I'm going to try irons first. If I do, I have an M8 3X to try on it. Seems to handle pretty nicely. Almost like a single bbl shotgun. Comes up good, at least for me.
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Hey Scott, I'm going to try irons first. If I do, I have an M8 3X to try on it. Seems to handle pretty nicely. Almost like a single bbl shotgun. Comes up good, at least for me.
How stout of loads do you in intend to shoot in it? The specs show just a hair under 7lbs
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Let me know how you like it once you shoot it. I'm still thinking that one in .44 Mag would be nice, especially with the 20" twist! Is it drilled and tapped over the chamber. If so, how close are the holes nearest the receiver? Wanting to know if I can mount an XS style receiver sight on it.
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It takes an H&R scope base. I think the last two holes nearest receiver are an inch apart. Have measure other.
I'll try and find what it likes for ammo. If it's stout then so be it.
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Thanks Jim.
Good luck finding the right ammo, heck, that's half the fun.
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Campfire Oracle
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That's the beauty of the 45/70, you don't need stout loads to kill dinosaurs with it. A 400'ish gr cast bullet with a lot of meplat pushing along a little past sonic speed.
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I killed alot of stuff useing the Rem. 405 ammo, a 400lb bear and a Buffalo in a 1907 Winchester 1886 Light weight rifle also a truck load of Deer!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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