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Hello everyone,

After a long year I had to abandon looking for a Henry H010B, my gunsmith was not able to get it.


After a moment hesitating, (I was quite fascinated by the 1886 deluxe winchester, but expensive and not easy for optic mount), I found available a Marlin 1895 SBL immediately !
She had deducted me at first, but seemed rather difficult to obtain in France.

Some pictures of "the beast":

My father who was a sailor brought me a US flag from one of his trips
I like the look of wood and steel:

I do not want to take the risk of damaging it and I could not buy it for a second, I also bought a ba13 take down bergara, one shot, to test the powerful reloading.
Bergara is a gun makers that provides many well-known brands.
So, I could do the tests with, and then use them in the marlin ...
And as I had been waiting for a year, I was able to save money and I fell for a red dot + magnifier (vortex strikefire 2 & vmxt3)
I hope that it will hold "the shock" and that it will be appropriate with the marlin.
if someone among you to feedback on this material with 45-70, I am very interested !

As the range is closed for the summer, I had time to have fun surrounding the back lever with 550 paracord :
may be someday i will end up getting a henry, the long ranger is easy enough to find here and not too expensive ...

See you soon !

BruniX

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Sorry to read you had to abandon the quest for a H010B Looks like you got a good setup there with the Marlin though

BruniX wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:40 pm

After a long year I had to abandon looking for a Henry H010B, my gunsmith was not able to get it.

good to hear from you again .... do hope your new rig will serve you well ... I've never seen an optic setup like the one in your picture ... would be interested to know more about it ... looking forward to your coming range and use reports

Glad to "see you back" again, BruinX. It's been a little while.

Sorry for the long wait on the SS, and that the search/wait fell apart. I must admit, as you wrote about your prep stuff with reloading as you were awaiting to locate the Henry, I more than once admired your persistence and patience. Well, I think you did just fine with that Marlin 1895....very sharp-looking rifle. As you said, someday there will be a Henry to be had.

Liked your post.
PT7

That is a great looking rifle. How is the recoil on a 45-70? What other caliber could be used to compare the recoil too?

Nice looking Marlin. Dont know about the red dot and magnifier on a 45-70. That set up is more common on AR-15's over here.

jimbo510 wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:51 pm

That is a great looking rifle. How is the recoil on a 45-70? What other caliber could be used to compare the recoil too?

hello , i can't tell you how is the recoil, because it's depend from the reloading and the bullet...

i will try a lot of combination in september, according to this chart :
Also i will try :
i wil tell you what i feel, and will compare recoil to a browning Maral 30-06, from a friend

see you soon,
BruniX

Please keep us posted with range reports. Happy Shooting