1889 Sporter

[toolness1]

Sorry for posting a thread about a Sporter. I feel the same way as most of you, and get a bit sad when I see them.

BUT, when I saw this one on Gunbroker with no bids, I just had to attempt to give it a good home.

I ended up getting this rifle for 145 bucks plus shipping.

Whoever did the job, did pretty good work. The stock is well done, the barrel was chopped and re-crowned perfectly, and the front sight was put back on perfectly. The worst thing they did was chop down the wings on the rear sight, not too fond of how they did that.

So, I wasn't sure what to expect when I took this thing to the range. I have a all-original 1889 and I reload for it with cast, powder coated bullets and 2400 powder.

I had a great time shooting it, and it is a good shooter!

Very happy with my purchase. While it is sad that someone chopped down a piece of history, I am happy to give this a good home and enjoy it.

Bubba filed down the notch in the rear sight, and it is a bit difficult lining up for windage, but it is very consistent.

Target is 50 yards, 11 rounds. The first two flyers were me getting used to where to hold the front sight.

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[browningautorifle]

But what caliber is it? I've seen them done in .303 and 30-30...it's original?

[Aragorn243]

It looks nice. Good grain in that stock.

[toolness1]

It is the original caliber, sorry I forgot to mention that.

I use the exact same cast reloads that I use in my 1911, K1911, and 96/11. Brass doesn't need trimmed shorter for either of my 1889's.
I use a 180gr Lee .309 sized cast/powder coated bullet, PPU or GP-11 brass (Tula Berdan primers), and about 19gr 2400. Works great!

The stock does have a sweet grain to it. It is too bad it was cut down, but I still enjoy it!

[gunsaholic]

Nice looking rifle. I have one just like it that was converted to 30-30 by a firm in the 50's.

[stevegun 1]

It looks nice. Good grain in that stock.

Ditto, elevation looked good was the rear v notch cut off center?