Targa
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Glad to see they are starting to come into their own a bit with Ruger.
https://www.marlinfirearms.com/s/model_1895guide/
https://www.marlinfirearms.com/s/model_1895guide/
Hope they come out with a new production in 444 Marlin caliber.
Very nice.. Although I’d rather their 1895 SBL. Full length sight radius with Ghost ring/Tritium combo & a Picatinny rail for optional scope. Very nice.
I’ve actually, for decades, contemplated adding a 45-70 Lever. Itch I’ve never scratched, as I have absolutely no use for it. Still though, I fell in love with the idea of having the caliber after seeing “Quigley Down Under” in the early 90’s. (Yes, yes… I know he was using a 45-110, which he mistakenly quoted as “It’s converted to use a special .45 Caliber, 110-Grain Metal cartridge… with a 540-Grain paper patch bullet.”) Oh I remember being a kid a just being blown away by that! LOL! Oh Holly-WEIRD!
https://www.marlinfirearms.com/s/model_1895sbl/
Hmm… I don’t know about “cloverleafs” at a 100yds, but they certainly can be accurate. Here is a real world testing under ideal conditions. Very accurate indeed! However, not quite cloverleaf.
Hmm… I don’t know about “cloverleafs” at a 100yds, but they certainly can be accurate. Here is a real world testing under ideal conditions. Very accurate indeed! However, not quite cloverleaf.
How are those conditions ideal, what makes them ideal? That guy has a huge can on the rifle and he is not allowing cool down, these are not machine guns. And he is shooting commercial, non optimal ammo IMO and still getting close to MOA. I have best results with my own loads in 405 grain lead at around 1200 to 1500 fps. And I allow a cool down between three rounds, it is a hunting rifle. If something is not dead after three rounds of .45-70 then it was not meant to be. So I will stay with what I said. Three shots MOA or better are well within capability of both of my rifles and the occasional cloverleaf is entirely possible. The ammo he is shooting is not what I would use for best accuracy. It is a good hunting ammo if you want jacketed bullets. I miss the old Remington 405 grain soft point jacketed. But I have run out of those and prefer lead 405 grain.
I'd like to think that would be a seller. Good call.
look at the space telescope he has on that rifle. is he hunting gnats. that is horrible.
Ruger is out of control with their prices
a 45/70 is made for large game not prairie dogs. I have a peep site on mine and can hit a pie plate at 120 yds. most guys use that rifle in bear country and if there is an emergency would not want to try to find it in a scope at 15 yds. it is your rifle and you can do what you want with it. it just dont look rightIts a Vortex Viper PST 2.5-10x44 with a sunshade. Space telescope? You don’t have experience with Optics, do you?