Great hunting rifle. Terrible rifle for shooting enjoyment.
I'm assuming that has more to do with yours being a 300 Win Mag. Not bad as in 30-06. JMO.
JW
Great hunting rifle. Terrible rifle for shooting enjoyment.
I'm assuming that has more to do with yours being a 300 Win Mag. Not bad as in 30-06. JMO.
JW
Can you say more about this rifle? As it happens, my favorite LGS has the exact same gun—along with six Ruger #1s...
That browning is gorgeous; amazing wood, fit and finish, along with the tapered octagon barrel... it’s just hot looking. Total throwback to a bygone era of craftsmanship.
Plus, .243, plus, lighter than the Rugers, by a fair amount, in the hand.
I’m very curious...
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It would be fun to have enough No. 1 rifles, in .45-70, to be comfortable chopping one to a 16.1”-barreled street-fighter; kind of a glorified howdah pistol.
On a more serious note, re-barreling a No. 1 is not all that difficult for a talented ‘smith, so I have considered having a .45-70 No. 1 re-barreled with a long enough to be appropriate for a 19th-century effect. Some .45-70 No. 1 rifles were made with quite long barrels, but were also fancier than I like, and are collectible enough to be expensive.
Retar’d LE. Kinesthetic dufus.
Don’t tread on volcanos!
so, 30-40 enthusiasts...
I'll just leave this right here
1976 No 3 rifle in 30-40 Krag, currently $899
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/844173442
If this gets anyone in trouble with their spouse, I apologize.
Last edited by Lex Luthier; 11-19-2019 at 08:14 PM.
"If I ever needed to hunt in a tuxedo, then this would be the rifle I'd take." - okie john
"Not being able to govern events, I govern myself." - Michel De Montaigne
Buddy finally picked up the roughly shortened No. 1 in 45-70. He says it works great and the scope was already zeroed with the ammo he picked up. I got to fiddle with it a bit in the driveway and sucker is plum handy. He's considering trimming a couple more inches off the muzzle to get around 18" and be that much lighter/handier. I'm not sure I'd want to dump many full power loads through something as light as that would be. But am sure I want him to do it. Bet some 350 grain or so cast flat point slugs over a charge of Trail Boss should be awesome in this brush gun project.
Last edited by Hi-Point Aficionado; 12-03-2019 at 11:30 AM.