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Offline whitetailmaniac

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Got lucky
« on: October 05, 2009, 05:04:23 PM »
I bought a 45-70 barrel off here a while back. The barrel would not lock up tight. I shimed it with help from the faq's. I got it to lock up but the latch came all the way up and had no wiggle. I did not want to shim the latch shelf so I just put it away. :'( Well today I got to thinking if I change the latch maybe I would get lucky. Well I did it locks up tighter than a bank vault now. ;D Maybe I will get lucky again and it will shoot good. I leave for Colorado on the 14th and would really like to take this gun with me.

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Re: Got lucky
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2009, 08:24:45 AM »
Got to the range today and the result was 5 shots in one ragged hole at 100 yards. I was shooting 325gr LE's. Man I love this 45-70!!

     Chris

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Re: Got lucky
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2009, 08:40:18 AM »
Can't complain about that at all, good shootin!!  ;D

Tim
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