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Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:31 pm
by Smoke4320
Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
it will compete with a Marlin 1895 SBL SS and a 1895 Guide Gun for dominance
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:17 pm
by Deadwood Dutch
Congratulations, enjoy it!
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:41 pm
by Les
Congratulations, Smoke - I'm sure you're going to love it. ( just don't forget the pics!
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Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:57 pm
by RanchRoper
Congrats, and enjoy!
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:09 pm
by Steve51
Good for you! ENJOY!
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:46 pm
by JEBar
congratulations .... looking forward to pictures and range reports
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:28 pm
by BigAl52
They are really nice looking. Congrats and enjoy. Al
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:32 am
by jstanfield103
Man that will be sweet, Congratulations and yes please post pictures. I am also jealous of the Marlin.
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 6:52 am
by Smoke4320
Thanks for the comments.
Really hoping it will have some nicely figured wood since there's over $200.00 difference in price for the std model
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:50 pm
by Squatch
I really wanted one of these. But when I found my non special edition brass one at a show for a super price I couldn't pass it up.
I think you will find the wood grain straight and true but not fancy. This is a powerful rifle. I think they go out of their way to use a clean straight grain on the 45/70's. That's what I've seen. I think you are likely to find more interesting grain patterns on smaller rifles and especially the 22lr Golden Boy's. This is just based on my observations of a few rifles and pics.
On my own rifles the 22 GB has grain that is artwork!
The 44 mag Big Boy's is nice but less interesting.
The 45/70 has grain that looks like it was hand picked for something structural. Grain as straight as an arrow.
Can't wait to see your pics.
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 7:50 pm
by ditto1958
Well... it sounds nice, but we will require pics and a range report!
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:38 pm
by Smoke4320
Well rifle got here Friday .. Wood is nice... the rear stock looks kind of tiger striped... Foregrip is more straight grained
Fit is very good ..
only had time to clean bore (to check for obstructions and chips) and fire 2 different loads 2 rd each rds
it printed about 5" left and 8" low ..Nice tight grouping
Front sight is to tight I could not get it to move with a brass punch and a rubber mallet
Rear was easy after loosing the center hold down screw .. Hope to try again tomorrow afternoon before the super bowl
will try to get some pics up next week
Re: Well a Brass wildlife 45-70 is on its way to me
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 5:48 pm
by DaveShooter
Congrats and shoot on...