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Offline upnorthbacon

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New 45/70 Buffalo Classic is a shooter!
« on: November 13, 2010, 04:12:32 AM »
Three rounds touching, with two making an oval hole at 100yds!  I've shot a ton of irons with AR15's and .22's but never with the globe front.  I was surprised how accurate it was!  I started out with some old speer 300gr I had and was surpised how light it kicked.  Then I threw in some leverevolutions and couldn't believe how much more recoil there was.  I ran them both through the chrono and the speer were 1900 and the leverevolutions were 2186fps!  I did put a washer under the forend to freefloat it, and I was shooting off the middle of the forend.  Now it's off to the woods this next week to see what it will do to a whitetail!  I'm super happy, I was hoping it would like the leverevolutions and it shoots as good as any rifle I own with them.
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Re: New 45/70 Buffalo Classic is a shooter!
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 11:43:10 AM »
You just can't beat the .45-70.  The last deer I took was with a Handi .45-70.  Dead right there.....with a Hornady LE.  Enjoy...

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Re: New 45/70 Buffalo Classic is a shooter!
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2010, 08:01:11 PM »
My BC liked the LEs just fine. my shoulder didnt! I made two three shot groups of about 1 1/4". the other 14 rounds are still in the box! 405 gr lee bullits over 26gr of H4198 is much easier on the body, and just as accurite. Im still fine tuning the seating depth. but so far it shoots! DR