Leatherwood scope on Marlin 1895 Cowboy

[Franco]

I recently purchased an 1895 Cowboy in 45-70 (what a hoot to shoot) and have been considering a scope. However, I want to maintain the traditional look and thought Leatherwood 17" and 18" (3x or 6x) Malcome scope would look good but I have a few questions for the group.

1. Is Leatherwood a good manufacturer and will it hold up to the deadly recoil of the 45-70? All of the descriptions I read are about black powder gun usage which would have much less kick.

2. Best of all worlds, I would like to mount a more traditional scope (Leatherwood or other) in a see-through mount so that I can maintain the existing sites. The Leatherwood mount doesn't appear to allow that as it seems to use the dovetails that are currently occupied by the sites. Any thoughts on this would be helpful.

Thanks.

 

[GunTech]

There's a high recoil mount for the malcolm, but I don;t think you'll need it with 45-70 unless you are loading hot. Forget about see throughs given the mounting system of the Malcolm

I haven't played with the Malcolm, but I have several Leatherwood ARTs and they are a decent mid range scope. The aiming system deserved better than it got. My wife has a 2-7 EER Leatherwood on here 1895 Guide gun and it's given years of service, even with Garrett ammo.

Buffalo arms sell the Malcolm and some upgrades for same like a better rear micrometer mount.

 

[GunTech]

 

[Franco]

Thanks. Good advice. Shooting the new Hornady LeveRevolution 325gr bullets has the meanest kick of any rifle I own so I might consider stronger mounts. I have an e-mail in to the Leatherwood tech folks to see if they have any data or test results. I'll be sure to share anything I get with the group.