It was was the M-16 of it's day. Loading cowboy action 45-70 loads for it. Issue sights are about 10" high at 100 yards. Factory sights zeroed at 250 yards with the original loads.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskq6KWh1
It was was the M-16 of it's day. Loading cowboy action 45-70 loads for it. Issue sights are about 10" high at 100 yards. Factory sights zeroed at 250 yards with the original loads.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskq6KWh1
That's extremely awesome. I really love that kind of stuff.
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Those are cool old guns. My dad bought two as surplus when he was in high school about 1926 - he paid $1.25 each. Mine has an original bayonet, but the firing pin is broken.
Also have a vintage full box of .45-70 ammo - probably from the 1880s or '90s..
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition
-Rudyard Kipling
firing pin is easy to replace and not expensive. There us a pretty you tube video on gunsmithing the Trapdoor Spring. No major disassembly required.