45-70 govt

  1. KansasTrapper77

    Sight Pusher Suggestions.

    I understand there are about a hundred sight pushers available from cheap Chinese to $300+ American made versions and they are all geared towards pistols. But I am in particular looking for something with enough adjustable height to drift the front globe sight on a Uberti 1885 Highwall. It...
  2. KansasTrapper77

    Marlin Guide Gun, I sacrificed form for function.

    I have sinned and mounted a modern sight on the lever gun in pursuit of my perfect brush gun. I always thought scopes just looked wrong on lever guns and vowed never to do it but now I’m flirting with my vow and have a Holographic on my gun. I originally intended to put a Skinner peep on my gun...
  3. O

    Sharps 45-70 BP loading

    Hi, I am a bit reluctant to open a new thread but I was not able to find the right answer during my search on the forum .(or did not do the right search) I own a Marlin 1895 in 45-70 and do reload .But I have never reloaded a BP cartridge. However I do shoot BP out of muzzleloader rifle and...
  4. MCMXI

    Ordered a SilencerCo Hybrid 46 today.

    I have an AR-15 chambered in .450 Bushmaster, a Marlin 1895 SBL in .45-70 Govt, a Marlin 1894 in .45 Colt and hope to pick up a .45 cal submachine gun soon so figured it was time to order a SilencerCo Hybrid 46. Hopefully @MachIVshooter will have time to thread some Marlin barrels for me in the...
  5. K

    I find it interesting that the 45-70 was designed for infantry because it is such a large cartridge

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.45-70 From the wikipedia article I can see it was used for infantry volleys out to 1000 yards and beyond, so I can see that the heavy 405 or 500 grain bullets would be lethal out to further ranges due to their size. However, for an antipersonnel gun it seems like...
  6. K

    45-70 405 grain jsp. (Remington core lokt clone)

    I'm looking to develop an accurate hunting load for bulk remington core lokt 405 grain jsp. I read that the lyman 49th has some excellent information so I bougt one on ebay. I have a batch of once fired lever evolution brass Which is short , 2.042 " So I'll prolly get some new brass. I'm...
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