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My Winchester .45-90 which is also a 45-70. Plain but well broken in and slick to operate. It has picked up some dents and scratches but still shoots well with .45-70 and 45-90. It weighs 9.5 pounds but holds steady and kills all. African .45-90 loads are 450 grain NF at 2150 fps.
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That has nicer wood than my model 71 Browning. Did your rifle come with that wood?
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I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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The nice wood was reserved for the high grade models. Though the one pictured has really nice wood. The standard models generally had very plain wood stocks.
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Bearskinner - you have a really nice looking rifle. It’s probably quite lively with such a short barrel.
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The wood is quite figured, and the main reason I purchased the high grade over a plain version. It looks like no snow n slush today, so I can cycle a few medium (500 grain HP’s) loads thru it at a 100’ gong, even though the ranges are covered in snow.
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The moderate loaded 440 grainers loaded long in 50AK cases are pretty lively, but very manageable. Until some snow clears, I’ll wait to shoot groups for pattern. Trudging thru knee deep icy, melting snow, isn’t conducive for serious target work.
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I have a Miroku 1886 45-70 that I've asked Turnbull to give me a price on. I wanted it to have a pre- Jap hammer or a Browning style hammer, delete the safety and give the metal finish the Turnbull finish. I think that I asked them to chamber it 45-90. It was more $'s than I could spare at the time. Still tempted to have them do their magic. My 1886 is a "1 or 500" but I don't think that means much. The metal finish looks to be sand blasted, and the rifle is heavy. The wood is nice, but the metal finish is not - a flat dull finish it is. The barrel is octagon. It looks like new, but not impressive. Maybe having it bored and chambered to 50-110 the weight would be less and maybe I'd appreciate the weight more with it 50-110.
Last edited by Bugger; 02/12/23.
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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Turnbull built my 50-110. It is very accurate and has proven to be a hammer on the 2 cape buffalo bulls that I've shot with it. The performance is almost identical to my 50 AK which is also a hammer.
Good luck with your project!
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