And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes indeedy, some of the 45-70 loads they have for the modern alloy lever guns are close to elephant stoppers in the energy department. Lead freight trains.
Mounted a Trijicon pistol red dot on my Rossi .44 Trapper, low as possible, so could have a decent cheek weld, its a snap shooter-nail driver under 100 yards. A gun smith made a receiver mount over the rear section of the bolt. Small tough and the sight picture is instantly there, no hunting around for the old style buckhorn iron sights. Anything larger would spoil the best features of the light handling 1892 style Trapper.
Find it very interesting this resurgence of lever guns, appears the latest S&W looks like an excellent built carbine, like how they build the Model 29's.
If you've doped your gun and ammo, that rig is good from zero to 300 yards, so, yeah, a scope is a good thing! I'm so old, I need a scope for "WTF is that?!" That scope is prolly a 4 or 6 power.
Looks like just the carry for meeting grizzles. Is that 4 5 Long Colt?
ReplyDeleteI think those are .45/70 Govt. rounds. Potent little guy. If it were mine, I think I'd leave off the scope and stick to irons supplied.
ReplyDeleteYes indeedy, some of the 45-70 loads they have for the modern alloy lever guns are close to elephant stoppers in the energy department. Lead freight trains.
Delete45/70 has killed at least one each of the big five.
DeleteScoped ShilohSharps 525 gr BP 805 yrds Quigley Shoot’24
DeleteMounted a Trijicon pistol red dot on my Rossi .44 Trapper, low as possible, so could have a decent cheek weld, its a snap shooter-nail driver under 100 yards. A gun smith made a receiver mount over the rear section of the bolt. Small tough and the sight picture is instantly there, no hunting around for the old style buckhorn iron sights. Anything larger would spoil the best features of the light handling 1892 style Trapper.
ReplyDeleteFind it very interesting this resurgence of lever guns, appears the latest S&W looks like an excellent built carbine, like how they build the Model 29's.
ReplyDelete45-70, God's own cartridge.
ReplyDeleteIf you've doped your gun and ammo, that rig is good from zero to 300 yards, so, yeah, a scope is a good thing! I'm so old, I need a scope for "WTF is that?!" That scope is prolly a 4 or 6 power.
ReplyDeleteIt has the all-important Lucas McCain lever! I would want one on mine.
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