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I have a Wesson and Harrington (H&R) 45-70 Buffalo Classic for sale. I bought this new when they came out about August of 1995. It has never been hunted and total lifetime round count is going to be 50-60 rounds. It shot very, very well with 300 grain HP and recoil was very mild. I was never man enough to try a 405 grain in it. These came without sights and I bought the Lyman globe with interchangeable inserts. The sight is installed on the rifle and the box and extra inserts are in the rifle box. The rear sight is a Williams peep. These have 32 inch barrels and are very well balanced. I have the "box" (a plastic hard case serial numbered to the gun) as well the white Wesson and Harrington sleeve the gun came in. I am sure in the right light you could find some very light scratches but I didn't see any. The only imperfection noted was light rust spots on the case colored butt plate but I never tried to clean them either. Anyway, I have lived in this house 20 years and it hasn't left the safe all the while I have been here so I doubt you could find one cleaner. I would like $700 shipped to the lower 48 for it.

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A couple folks have asked about trades. I would rather sell this to make room but I guess I would consider trades.

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I had one . no deer could stop the bullet... a he ll of a stopper.

Well it looks like it isn’t going to sell so I may have to try it for deer. They are drilled and tapped for a scope but I liked the look of iron sights better.

Yeah- gave one to oldest grandson, very successful. Told him we could scope it- he said "What for?"

You taught that lad well!

The H&R buffalo rifles came in 3 calibers. I have 3 in 45-70, 1 in 38-55, and and 1 in 45 Colt. All shoot well, particularly the 45-70s. You will read differing results on the 38-55 but I find the Corbon flat nose rounds to be damn accurate. We can use any of these in Louisiana during primitive season, but I find myself using one of the 45-70s year round.

I too had the 38-55 but never shot it. These rifles are incredibly well balanced and a pleasure to shoot.

I shot for the H&R engineering dept. in 2008. They did a reintroduction of these guns that year. When we started getting the 38-55s returned for accuracy issues I was tasked to shoot them to try and find the problem.

The issue was not the rifle. The problem was the Winchester ammo that people, including us, were using. Some lots were being manufactured with under size bullets. Properly sized bullets shot extremely well, as good as the 45-70s did.

My initial reaction is "What a cool job" but I would think shooting all day long, every day would get old and start to take a toll on your body. I am more of a 100 rounds per YEAR guy with 75 of those being 22's shooting red squirrels off the bird feeder.

I like the steel buttplate

It was a cool job and I enjoyed it. The only time it was a little rough was if I was doing something like a 500 round torture test per gun of a battery of (5) 45-70s.

Nice thing was I had just retired from a state job and this was more about the fun than the money. I usually only worked about 30 hours a week.

Price reduction to $650 shipped to the lower 48.

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