45/70 BC out back 50 yard cloverleaf

[burntmuch]

Havnt shot my 45/70 with the new BC stock set yet. So I took it out back this morning. I had some 300 grain remingtons. loaded up with 42grains Reloader7 . Im sticking with the factory sights for now. I shot a total of 15 rounds. I dont have a bench at 50 yards so I just used the hood of my truck. Every thing was going good for me wich was a welcomed change. The hole ws getting pretty ragged around the the bullseye so for my last 3 I hung a new target. Shot a cloverleaf Which is pretty amazing for me & iron sights. I know its only 50 yards but I was real happy. Had to stopped shooting ,,momma was calling for me. When I told her ,she wasnt really all that impressed . This is the first time Ive shot my big girl in a while. Got some cast 405s coming, cant wait

[quickdtoo]

Can't complain about that, good shootin! 

Tim

[teddy12b]

Sounds good.

[petemi]

I envy you being able to do that with iron sights.  Those days are over for me.  I showed Patty the .44 target from yesterday, and she gave me a "That's nice."  The reason is, she can put 3 .270s in one .44 bullet hole........she's totally not overimpressed.  You've got to remember though, she's a heck of a lot younger than I, six months and aged 68 in October

Pete

[burntmuch]

Pete thats mostly luck on my part. I cant do it at 100. The best I could do with iron sights is 75 yards or so. & the groups are gonna open up quite a bit.

[brad925]

Had my B.C out last weekend and it shoots those cloverleafs at 50 yds with 300 gr. remingtons to. But at 100 i can hit those 10 inch gongs all day long and they get to those 100 yd. targets in a hurry to. Can remember what powder i used just can't remember how much of it i put in ....lolol.  Will have to pull one and weigh it. Had a few loads i was testing when i settled with this one.

[The Hermit]

Nothing wrong with your shooting. Of all my rifles, I like my H&R 45-70 the best. With Hornady LE 325 grain bullets, I can cover a 3 shot group with my coffee cup at 100 yards. I have to use a scope. I know that's not match grade shooting for sure, but it drops the game in its tracks. I love them big holes!!
   
        The Hermit

[petemi]

+1 on the .45-70 Hermit.  That was my first Handi about 3 years ago, and I just love it.  When I can't cloverleaf the LE's at 100 yards, it ain't the rifle or the ammo.....it's me.  I have no problem taking 300 yard shots with it, and I want to stretch that out to 500 or 1000.  I can shoot, I estimate, 8 or 900 yards south of my bench.  The bullets would pass high above a gravel road, so I won't do it.  So, for now, it remains a fantasy.

I thought sure the .45-70 was going bear hunting this year, but I failed to get a tag.  I live in the Newberry Management District, which is probably Michigan's best bear area.  There are lots of applicants for this area in the first season.  Now I have 6 preference points....perhaps next Fall.  Meanwhile, the .45-70 will sit out this deer season.  I only have two rifle tags.  One buck and one doe.  The .445 and the Max will go this year for one of them, and the Huntsman will take the other.  We, a neighbor and myself, always got doe management tags based on crop depredation on his property and mine.  Well, dummy up the road put in feed plots, and rightfully, DNR told him no management tags with feed plots.

Pete

[burntmuch]

If I was gonna shoot any kinda distance with this, Id have to change the sights, especially the front sight. Its just to fat. I may look into a fiber optic sight. Its not the BC barrel ,Its the 22 inch. But it looks great on the BC stocks & reciever. & carries great. I thought It was gonna sit out this year. But If I get the 405s shooting good, it may just see the woods this year As it sits I woundnt hesitate shhoting at deer out to 80 yards or so. The 45/70 it is addicting