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.
So...this might be a naive question, but if those were loaded in the magazine tube, how does the pointy tips of those rounds keep from setting off the primers of the rounds in front of it? One might think that a sudden jolt, or dropping the rifle on the butt, or ever recoil might cause the tip of one round in the tube to set off the primer of the round just in front of it.
Good eye; these have Hornady FTX polymer tipped bullets. They’re fairly soft and flex enough not to set off the round ahead of them in the magazine. The pointy shape dramatically improved the ballistics, too.
Nice rifle. I got over the 45-70, decades ago. In these days of my simplification, I'll stick with either my compact 308 Ruger American or the Savage 99 in 308.
think I'd prefer firing that beast from the hip
ReplyDeleteYou don’t actually load the rounds on the stock sleeve. You keep them there for extra mass to lessen the recoil.
ReplyDeleteDrew458
45-70 - God's Own Caliber
ReplyDeleteThats a fitting monicker.
DeleteSo...this might be a naive question, but if those were loaded in the magazine tube, how does the pointy tips of those rounds keep from setting off the primers of the rounds in front of it? One might think that a sudden jolt, or dropping the rifle on the butt, or ever recoil might cause the tip of one round in the tube to set off the primer of the round just in front of it.
ReplyDeleteGood eye; these have Hornady FTX polymer tipped bullets. They’re fairly soft and flex enough not to set off the round ahead of them in the magazine. The pointy shape dramatically improved the ballistics, too.
DeleteGreat question. This is why tube-fed rifles use blunt-tipped bullets, unless they're modern polymer wonderbullets.
DeleteHenry made that, if the magazine loading port is any indication. Stainless steel and synthetic stock indicates bad weather resistance is anticipated.
ReplyDeleteNice rifle. I got over the 45-70, decades ago. In these days of my simplification, I'll stick with either my compact 308 Ruger American or the Savage 99 in 308.
ReplyDeleteMake my Rossi .44 92 seem like a pea shooter, far lighter carbine though, got a trapper, tapered bbl, its under 6lbs with shells.
ReplyDeleteNo comment on the pistol?
ReplyDeleteSorta Glock-ish, don't you think? If the rifle suggests bear country, maybe the pistol is in 10mm?
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