My deer rifles(big deer mind you): Two 1887 vintage .45-90 Winchesters, an 1886 lever gun and an 1885 high wall single shot. I tried to 'fit in' better this year and bought a mint early 80's Win mod 70 xtr in .30-06 and mounted a 3-9x Leupold on it. When it refused to shoot in much better better than 10" at 100 yds after an expenditure of about $150 in bullets, powder, dies, etc, I got the High wall out... with some careful reloading and a 410gr bullet it printed in 1.3" at 100yds and 3.1" at 200 yds.... guess which gun went on the moose hunt and which may be a permanent wall hanger... Now I just need to calibrate the tang sight on the single shot out to at least 300yds. The old guns will get the job done. I put two shots into a caribous heart at 250 paced off yds with the '86 once; the holes were within 1.5" of each other.
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