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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: kilopaparomeo on October 06, 2010, 07:08:08 AM
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Check goes out on Friday and hopefully will pick it up from the FFL next week. Hogs and zombies? Is there a difference?
Unfired, NIB 1895GBL in .45-70. I liked the SBL version but 1) they are scarce, 2) they are expensive and 3) this one is prettier (to me). Former owner added the winged XS rear sight which I like a lot. Wadda ya think...add a XS scout rail for a low powered scope?
Plus I needed a .45 caliber weapon this year for my 45th birthday.
(http://i53.tinypic.com/hu24qq.jpg)
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Very nice. Makes me want one.
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Excellent purchase! .45-70 supplies a whole lotta
love lead. Heavy and slow, kinda like getting hit by a garbage truck rather than a crotch rocket. Zombies / hogs beware!!!
Swoop
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I have one of the 45/70 guide guns with xs ghost ring sights and I really like it, good choice. I have thought about adding a Leupold scout scope from time to time, but enjoy your new toy.
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I would not mount a scope, but I would snag the rifle in a heartbeat ;D
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Nice rifle, KPR! I am thinking of putting a scout scope on my lever gun but my eyes stink. If you can see I would say leave the scope off.
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I am drooling! That there is a sweet rig. As far as the scope goes? If you go that route, I'd forgo glass and get an eo-tech. Its a short range gun and quick acquistion and a visible sight woud seem to trump precision here. But that's just me. Heck, I might just leave on the irons, though if money wasn't an issue I'd like something in a ghost ring with tru-glow or the like just because my eyes aren't what they used to be.
FQ13
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That's a beauty!
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I'll give you what you paid for it and a little more so you can find a SBL since you seem to want one and I seem to want the one you have and don't want/need to look for myself. LOL
Richard
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Nice boomer, KPR.
I don't know your hunting area set-up (distance wise and kill-zone) but IMHO, for quick hog work at short ranges (75 yds and less) no glass needed. If your ranges are farther out, then a fixed power around the 3x to 4x range with a larger (30mm) tube would do well for that gun.
Congrats on the rifle.
Peg
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A follow up and query. I reccomended an eotech for your new toy vs glass. I am stupidly in love with the one on my AR. (In fact I love the optic more than the rifle, which is sad, but the thing just works :-\). Anyhoo, will an optic like an eo-tech or a triicon etc. work with a big boomer like a 45-70, particularly with a lever set up, but also with the additional movement? Just curious if they're set up for the recoil.
FQ13
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I agree that I love the EoTech concept and have one myself...something wrong with the aesthetic though to me of the shape of the scope. An Aimpoint T1 seems link it blends in with the lines.
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Nice catch, +1 for the Aimpoint, but big bucks, I have a comp m2 and a c3 aimpoint, both are 10k hr battery life, Me like a lot. Easier to find the military models used at decent prices, 350 to 500 bucks.
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A follow up and query. I reccomended an eotech for your new toy vs glass. I am stupidly in love with the one on my AR. (In fact I love the optic more than the rifle, which is sad, but the thing just works :-\). Anyhoo, will an optic like an eo-tech or a triicon etc. work with a big boomer like a 45-70, particularly with a lever set up, but also with the additional movement? Just curious if they're set up for the recoil.
FQ13
They've got a Freedom Arms .50 cal revolver, and a dozen other heavy hitters they mount the sights on and beat the poop out of them for testing purposes. When I asked how they held up they told me eventually the sights fail, but every optic eventually will. It's just a matter of time. I forget how many firings the Eotech's took, but it was comparable to some of the most expensive competitors they had tried.
They also have a machine that simulates recoil and just beats the crap out of test sights all day. The "thumper" as they call it. ;)