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    First shoot with the .45-70 Springfield 1884

    Been some time and looking at the dates since I bought the rifle I don't know were the time has gone but its been nearly a year......

    Took a break from some major DIY this morning and went to my local club, had searched for a load using Unique and found a good source (think its in the Lyman book) so along with the Springfield I took the MAS 36 also with ammo downloaded with Unique.

    Load worked well but will reduce it to 10 grains for the Springfield, MAS was OK but needs sights adjusting, but all in all a good day, more than happy with the Springfield again needs sights setting up for the reduced loads but I was printing the paper at 50 Mtrs, load was 12 grains of Unique and 340 cast bullet, Grin factor was priceless as normal when shooting old Milsurps.

    Din't get any pics but link below has a few.

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    Just an update , think the vid says it all, the first shooter is a bit of a strange bloke... big Enfield fan the last shooter shoots for GB, so found the trigger heavy.....


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