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And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 10:03 pm
by Wambli Ska
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 10:05 pm
by Wambli Ska
Midway also delivered a few bags of 44-40 brass, appropriate bullets for that chambering and dies. I’m taking the box to the new address which has a HUGE amount of room so I can FINALLY unbox ALL my reloading stuff in my new garage and Bob’s your uncle!!!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 10:06 pm
by sakodude
Nice! Don't think I've ever seen a Browning tang sight before.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 10:08 pm
by Wambli Ska
I do not believe they are still available. eBay has a few sets for a bunch of cash, I lucked out with this one basically new at a reasonable price. It’s specifically made for the 1885.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:04 pm
by Elk Creek
Those are cool they were originally made for a BPCR edition of the browning 1885, with tang of course. Very nice sights. Great score
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:16 pm
by Zee
That should work.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:21 am
by Wambli Ska
Elk Creek wrote: ↑Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:04 pm
Those are cool they were originally made for a BPCR edition of the browning 1885, with tang of course. Very nice sights. Great score
And thanks for facilitating me finding the right screws!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:23 am
by Wambli Ska
Zee wrote: ↑Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:16 pmThat should work.
I think so! I’m looking forward to trying more than 300 yards with this setup.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:29 am
by Elk Creek
Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:21 am
Elk Creek wrote: ↑Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:04 pm
Those are cool they were originally made for a BPCR edition of the browning 1885, with tang of course. Very nice sights. Great score
And thanks for facilitating me finding the right screws!
Oh you bet! Love enabling!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:30 am
by Elk Creek
Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:23 am
Zee wrote: ↑Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:16 pmThat should work.
I think so! I’m looking forward to trying more than 300 yards with this setup.
You got half the state of Nevada….
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 2:20 am
by sakodude
Range where my dad live in Carlsbad NM had a life size steel buffalo at 500 yards. Nothing more satisfying than a 45-70 with a time of flight long enough to have a snack before the wack
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 2:51 am
by Wambli Ska
sakodude wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 2:20 am
Range where my dad live in Carlsbad NM had a life size steel buffalo at 500 yards. Nothing more satisfying than a 45-70 with a time of flight long enough to have a snack before the wack
I'm getting a lot of that lately firing things like the yellow boy and the '73 with cowboy loads... I've been extending the range of my off hand shooting with these toys as I get more comfortable with the guns and nowadays it's like,
Bang............................... thud.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:18 pm
by Bigslug
NICE!
I'm guessing Browning had that sight outsourced from one of the BPCR specialty outfits. Aside from the logo, it's a very near clone of what my Dad has on a rolling block.
We recently shot that on an old military range with 6 to 10 foot tall berms at the various distances on which we set our targets. You really need to plan to have a workable spotting system in place. The trajectory was so sharp that at 300 yards, the splash on dirt behind the target was totally concealed by the berm it passed over.
When Herbert McBride was writing about his machine gun work in WW1, he said that the .303 British offered a certain advantage over the German's faster, flatter 8x57 in that it negated some of protection of cover against direct-line, horizontal fire. After that .45-70 experience, I'm prepared to believe it.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 2:31 pm
by Big Al1
I have some sort of tang sight on most pf my old rifles, you will love it. Now replace the front sight with a beech front sight, you will thank me later.
https://montanavintagearms.com/product/ ... ont-sight/
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 4:53 pm
by Wambli Ska
Bigslug wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 1:18 pm
NICE!
I'm guessing Browning had that sight outsourced from one of the BPCR specialty outfits. Aside from the logo, it's a very near clone of what my Dad has on a rolling block.
We recently shot that on an old military range with 6 to 10 foot tall berms at the various distances on which we set our targets. You really need to plan to have a workable spotting system in place. The trajectory was so sharp that at 300 yards, the splash on dirt behind the target was totally concealed by the berm it passed over.
When Herbert McBride was writing about his machine gun work in WW1, he said that the .303 British offered a certain advantage over the German's faster, flatter 8x57 in that it negated some of protection of cover against direct-line, horizontal fire. After that .45-70 experience, I'm prepared to believe it.
Yep, been finding that out with 44-40 and .45 Colt shot from rifles at distant targets. Basically launching little mortars. I guess that’s why helmets looked like salad bowls back then
On the positive side of shooting in the open desert, ranging a target with actual shots like Gus did on Lonesome Dove is REALLY easy!!! Tough to miss the sand puffs
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 4:56 pm
by Wambli Ska
Damn that’s NICE!!!!! I’ll order one to try out. In general I hate (might be too strong a word but not too far from fact) target front globe sights. Finding a target is painful and slow and to my eyes they are useless in anything but bright mid day sun shooting at perfectly round paper bullseye targets. This might be the best compromise I’ve ever seen. Thank!!!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 1:09 am
by Gene L
That's a good looking rifle!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 1:57 am
by LMLarsen
Perfect!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 2:22 am
by Wambli Ska
Gene L wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 1:09 am
That's a good looking rifle!
Thank you sir!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 2:22 am
by Wambli Ska
LMLarsen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 1:57 amPerfect!
Yeah, I think so
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:04 am
by Japhy
Wambli
We wanna see the whole rifle! Least I do.
Another cool tidbit about using a peep tang is that looking through a small aperture corrects a lot of vision problems. Its the same as stopping down a camera lens to increase the depth of field.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:06 am
by Elk Creek
More pictures!!!
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:12 am
by Elk Creek
Japhy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:04 am
Wambli
We wanna see the whole rifle! Least I do.
Another cool tidbit about using a peep tang is that looking through a small aperture corrects a lot of vision problems. Its the same as stopping down a camera lens to increase the depth of field.
I’ll offer a surrogate…..sorry Enzo….
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:32 am
by Wambli Ska
Japhy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:04 am
Wambli
We wanna see the whole rifle! Least I do.
Another cool tidbit about using a peep tang is that looking through a small aperture corrects a lot of vision problems. Its the same as stopping down a camera lens to increase the depth of field.
I’m going shooting Friday with my SIL. I’ll get some pictures. I can’t wait to try the new sight out.
Re: And now the 45-70 1885 is finished…
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:33 am
by Wambli Ska
Elk Creek wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:12 am
Japhy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:04 am
Wambli
We wanna see the whole rifle! Least I do.
Another cool tidbit about using a peep tang is that looking through a small aperture corrects a lot of vision problems. Its the same as stopping down a camera lens to increase the depth of field.
I’ll offer a surrogate…..sorry Enzo….
Pretty rifle
. Based on what the rifle will do with regular sights I don’t think this will be a problem.
. Based on what the rifle will do with regular sights I don’t think this will be a problem.
