Author Topic: Stainless #1 (scope installed & shots fired) (Read 1583 times)

Swampman · « **on:** April 19, 2012, 03:27:27 PM »

Here's my new .45-70.

tacklebury · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2012, 03:50:06 PM »

Aww dude, really nice.

You know how to find 'em.

mechanic · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:27:56 PM »

Dang it Swampi, you've got me envious....and I think I read that is a sin.....

Beautiful rifle.

Ben

streak · « **Reply #3 on:** April 19, 2012, 05:36:53 PM »

Alright Swampy!
Fess up! Here recently i noticed a few purchases made by you on some neat "artillery"! So you must have stumbled into a " mother lode" somewhere, right?
You are probably 45-70 " poor" with that Ruger#1.
How many 45-70`s do you have now?

streak · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2012, 05:39:34 PM »

And also as usual, neat photographs! Those old "Western" ammo boxes really add to the picture.

Swampman · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2012, 11:43:10 PM »

I only have 4 .45-70s right now. It's my favorite cartridge.

drdougrx · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2012, 02:27:26 AM »

Very nice purchase!!!!! Well done!

Dalgo · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2012, 04:02:05 AM »

Swampy, that's just way cool lookin! Congrats!! Great pictures. Enjoy.

Pierre

Swampman · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2012, 08:15:01 AM »

Here's what I've got going on right now.

PowPow · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2012, 03:09:45 PM »

Are those the Ruger low rings? Looks good.

Swampman · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2012, 03:20:14 PM »

I believe so. That's what the package says but they were second hand and free.

flinthead · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2012, 04:35:50 PM »

Very sweet Swampy... but will it out shoot your Handi's???

Swampman · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2012, 11:46:04 PM »

Probably not but it's different and sexy. The .45-70 Handis are remarkably accurate.

muznut 54 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 26, 2012, 03:39:15 AM »

Sweeeeet If it shoots like my H&R Ultra Hunter 450 Marlin you will have something special.

Swampman · « **Reply #14 on:** June 04, 2012, 02:49:23 AM »

I shot the .45-70 #1 a little this morning. It seems to be grouping nicely with the 340 grain Lee bullets and the Lyman 457124 bullets. The 340 grain Lee that I recovered showed no expansion in a red clay bank. I was shooting off some shooting sticks that I cobbled together yesterday. Mostly just tweaking the scope and watching it track. Need a softer bullet for deer. I'm going to cast some 330 grain Gould Hollow Points out of soft lead.

spooked · « **Reply #15 on:** June 04, 2012, 01:28:56 PM »

I have seen wood that color before , came outa bottom of a large mill pond after being buried over a hunnert years!

pastorp · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2012, 03:36:58 AM »

I'm glad everyone likes Swampy's new rifle, But to my eye those Ruger laminated stocks sure are ugly....

Sorry but I just don't like them.

I'm glad for you though, since you do like them. But for me give me a nice piece of fancy walnut and I'm happy..

Regards,

Swampman · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2012, 10:55:08 AM »

I didn't like it much until I traded for it. The extra weight and the lack of checkering makes it very comfortable. Since they don't make stainless anymore the prices are climbing. I wouldn't part with it.

Brithunter · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2012, 11:22:44 AM »

I have to say I do not like laminated stocks for looks .................................................... but some how that colour stock with the Stainless seems to some how fit. If offered it I would not refuse let's put it that way

Now Swampman please if possible show a photo or two of a recovered Could HP. It's an interesting design and one that Paul Mathews seemed to like.

We may not see eye to eye on a lot of things but those are GOOD photos.

briarpatch · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2012, 02:01:23 PM »

I have one just like it swamp but have never shot it

Maybe sometime this year.

Swampman · « **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2012, 01:03:42 PM »

Lyman 457124 over 30 grains of IMR-4198 shot pretty good I think. The Lyman 457122 over 33 grains of IMR-4198 shot better, but I ran out of ammo before I got a good zero on the scope. This group was shot without readjusting the scope. This is the zero for the Lyman 457122 so I could probabaly use either load to hunt with without adjusting the scope. Range is 100 yards. We liked the new range at Defuniak Springs, FL.

Swampman · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2012, 01:05:08 PM »

Lyman 457124 over 30 grains of IMR-4198 shot pretty good I think. The Lyman 457122 over 33 grains of IMR-4198 shot better, but I ran out of ammo before I got a good zero on the scope. This group was shot without readjusting the scope. This is the zero for the Lyman 457122 so I could probabaly use either load to hunt with without adjusting the scope. Range is 100 yards. We liked the new range at Defuniak Springs, FL.