New to Reloading....have questions...45/70

[Ridgerunner665]

There are 500+ grain bullets that will feed through a Marlin 1895...2 kinds are made just for the 1895 (525 Piledriver and 550 Crater)

 

[Mullins81]

Moosie, I was wondering about the priming unit on the Partner Press. I didnt know if it came with any kind of priming mechanism or not so I ordered a LEE Ram prime....i dont really know how it works yet but it ha good reviews....Also....I WANTED TO USE 420 GRAIN BULLETS!!! WWWANNNHHH!!!!

 

[Mullins81]

Ridgerunner you looked at those gas checked 420 grains i planned on getting....i hope they will still work in the 1895....

 

[Ridgerunner665]

They look like they will...but no way to know for sure until you load one.

 

[cheygriz]

For cowboy action, you want light recoil. I'd stick with a 300 grain bullet.

 

[Mullins81]

the cowboy action is the same as any other marlin isnt it?

 

[Mullins81]

I'm not a cowboy action shooter if thats what you mean my rifle will be used for general range shooting and deer hunting maybe some bear hunting

 

[flashhole]

I think the question is - the action, the lever loading mechanism, is the same for the Cowboy model as it is for other models like the Guide Gun.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

Yes...it is the same.

 

[Offfhand]

Ridgerunner, I'm really impressed! Your 100 yard 5-shot group is great. But even more impressive is that you could even see the little target with the Skinner peep sights. I'd have to use a scope to see it at all. You must have marvelous eyesight to be able to aim at that tiny square.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

LOL...nobody gets it.


I cant see the tiny square...but I can see the sheet of paper. And I can tell where the middle of it is...SIGHT PICTURE, that is the critical thing...regardless of what you can or cannot see

100 yards...thats only 300 feet people.


And...that is only a 4 shot group.

 

[Ridgerunner665]

I should have posted the 50 yard target (where I can see the lil black square)...1 ragged hole.

 

[cheygriz]

I've had an 1895 Marlin since the new ones came out in the eighties.

For general hunting in North America, the 350 grain Hornady loaded to about 1750 with 4895 or 4064 is hard to beat.

I've also taken mule deer with 385 gr cast bullets and 3031 powder at about 1600 FPS.

 

[Offfhand]

Thanks for explaination Ridgerunner. I thought you must be superman with X-ray vision. But still admire your imagination, are you a gun writer by chance?

 

[Sam1911]

But even more impressive is that you could even see the little target with the Skinner peep sights. I'd have to use a scope to see it at all. You must have marvelous eyesight to be able to aim at that tiny square.

Offfhand, maybe I'm misunderstanding your point but are you familiar with iron-sight shooting at long range (or in this case, short range as it's only 100 yds)? You seem to be implying that tight groups at 100 yds. are impossible with aperture sights.

Obviously you can't SEE a 1/2" square target dot at 100 yds, but you can HIT it, (and certainly can print a nice tight group NEAR it like Ridgerunner did) if you set up the right sight picture of the target and your load, rifle, trajectory data, and technique are correct.

Why am I reading condescending disbelief in your comments?