Gettin there....

[noharleyyet]

Been juggling a few variables with setting up the 45-70 for optics...ruminated on ring selection and narrowed to Seekins Precision 30mm Medium Highs for pull back and Triji Accupoint's ocular housing tolerances. Cheek weld and relief good...did have to remove the XS peep.

https://flic.kr/p/2jkbGnp

https://flic.kr/p/2jkbGnz

 

[JohnCushman]

Lever guns shouldn't have scopes!!! Ask John Wayne

 

[mdeerjunkie]

Looking good!

 

[VikingsGuy]

Lever guns shouldn't have scopes!!! Ask John Wayne

Leverguns loaded with Hollywood blanks definitely don’t need scopes! But those of us who have moved into the era of reading glasses need them for all firearms when possible

 

[brockel]

That’s going to be a pig thumper for sure

 

[JohnCushman]

Leverguns loaded with Hollywood blanks definitely don’t need scopes! But those of us who have moved into the era of reading glasses need them for all firearms when possible

I bring my 30-30 open sights on elk and deer hunts for in case it's rainy or foggy and renders scopes useless

 

[fachries]

Looking good

 

[Deleted member 38069]

Look out dinosaurs and bad guys on Wind River (The Movie)! It's looking sharp!

 

[Nick87]

Look out dinosaurs and bad guys on Wind River (The Movie)! It's looking sharp!

It does look like the rifle from that movie!

 

[Deleted member 38069]

It does look like the rifle from that movie!

It is, because I have the same one. While watching, I got the idea. I soon talked myself into it. Then Scheels had it on sale plus a trade in! Done and done!

 

[CUElk]

Been juggling a few variables with setting up the 45-70 for optics...ruminated on ring selection and narrowed to Seekins Precision 30mm Medium Highs for pull back and Triji Accupoint's ocular housing tolerances. Cheek weld and relief good...did have to remove the XS peep.

https://flic.kr/p/2jkbGnp

https://flic.kr/p/2jkbGnz

Sweet. Is that a restored antique machinist tool box on your table? Got one on at a yard sale i am in the middle of restoring.

 

[noharleyyet]

Reticle leveled, screws torqued....waiting for ammo to deliver. This was a total impulse project when I ran across a good buy on the scope, John Wayne notwithstanding. The Trijicon is amazingly clear and the fine adjustable green dot is very eye friendly.

https://flic.kr/p/2jkhWMH

 

[noharleyyet]

Sweet. Is that a restored antique machinist tool box on your table? Got one on at a yard sale i am in the middle of restoring.

Not an antique in the strict sense CU9.....a gift from my son that spent about 5 years in a deer blind before residing on the bench.

 

[rtraverdavis]

As per usual, nice gun NHY. You going to roll your own or shoot factory with it?

 

[noharleyyet]

As per usual, nice gun NHY. You going to roll your own or shoot factory with it?

Factory, for now anyway.

 

[noharleyyet]

Looks like the POA is reconciled for pig & velociraptor POI.

12" target @100. 3 each Hornady LeverEvo 325 Flex Tips X. The target repairs aren't from this rifle.

Trigger feels a little heavier than a new Ruger #1 & hammer strike is very smooth. Gonna need to raise the comb with some type of canted (monte carlo) appliance. Recoil is negligible compared to it's stable mates.

https://flic.kr/p/2jkAqHe

 

[noharleyyet]

The Leatherman cheekpiece works very well for weld and field of view alignment, albeit unaesthetic as hell. Really should use the two sided tape to keep it in place during recoil but don't want to. The lever wrap is knuckle friendly.

https://flic.kr/p/2jqHoSC

 

[Ben Lamb]

I've been lusting after a Marlin in 45 Gov't. Looking good, Harley!

 

[noharleyyet]

I've been lusting after a Marlin in 45 Gov't. Looking good, Harley!

At 37" it shouldn't spill my coffee on the deer blind carpet.

 

[Ben Lamb]

At 37" it shouldn't spill my coffee on the deer blind carpet.

Careful with the muzzle though. Inside the blind, it'll cause quite the percussive dance of the flavored bean.