Finished cleaning the chamber, the cases pop right out and are nice and smooth, no marks from the chamber.

It is shooting about 10 inches high at 50 yards with a 300 gr bullet and 15 grains of Trail Boss, I just loaded some 405 gr bullets behind 28 grains of 5744 and am expecting about 1300 fps vs. the 900 fps from the TB

If it still shoots high I will monkey with the front sight. Our club only has a 50 yard range and want to use it in the military shoots, I do have access to a 100 yard range but don't get there much.

One thing I noticed that while the barrel has the one piece sight (I picked up the Collectors Guide to the 45-70 at the gun show) this gun is a real mix of parts. With so many different parts I don't think it has any real collector value so I was thinking a building up the front sight with some JB weld once I find the load it likes the best.