1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
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1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
I replaced the front white dot sight on my Winchester 1886 TD with a Beach flip sight.
Took the rifle to the range and had at it.
April 1, 2012...Two bottom shots are sighting in with new Beach front sight. Eleven shots into 4" at 100yds from cross sticks. 425G Ranch Dog cast from Lyman #2, Lee ALOX tumble lube, RL7 Powder
Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
Very impressive, i was just thinking about trying the same thing with my Marlin Cowboy 45-70
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
My Custom Marlin 1895 is also a shooter with the exact same load............I love when that happens!
I'm going to put a tang sight and a Beach front sight on it also.
It now wears a customized ladder sight that works well. But no where near as well as a well tuned tang sight.
The Marlin is a much lighter and more handy gun for deer woods. The Winchester will come in handy when there are buffalo on my front lawn......
I'm going to put a tang sight and a Beach front sight on it also.
It now wears a customized ladder sight that works well. But no where near as well as a well tuned tang sight.
The Marlin is a much lighter and more handy gun for deer woods. The Winchester will come in handy when there are buffalo on my front lawn......
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Very nice and i like that ladder sight.
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
Clearly, it works for you. How did the Beech front post compare to the one you took off. Clearer sight picture? I've found my front brass bead front sights tend to get blurry on target backgrounds. My eyes aren't what they used to be. I'm thinking about getting a globe w/changeable inserts and trying it in one of my rifles. I have a post and globe for my Shiloh, but I'd like to see what different inserts would do for sighting.
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
My 60 YO eyes are working fine with the Beach sight. With the post and dot (lollipop) being inside the loop, it shows up great agaist a target. And when you flip it down to a simple post, it makes a great hunting sight.
I'm very impressed and I see why it has survived nearly 150 years!
I'm very impressed and I see why it has survived nearly 150 years!
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I have to ask....Where do you find that sight? I saw the picture and fell in love with it´s looks, but I cant seem to find it when I google it!?
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
I don't know if these are the ones he used, but these are available.
http://www.buffaloarms.com/red_river_fr ... -4074.aspx
http://www.buffaloarms.com/red_river_fr ... -4074.aspx
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
Some folks dog the TDs as being inaccurate, but we know better. Check out how my vintage 1905 .38-56 did at 50.
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
The Beach sight is available from Buffalo. Midway or Brownells. But you need to search around as some don't call it a Beach (Beech)
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Beautiful rifle. Love the beach sight. My experience with takedowns have been very positive. Nice shooting
Mike D. Very nice rifle and results. Hope my 1913 semi delux 30-30 shoots as well. Do u have a tang sight on that one?
Mike D. Very nice rifle and results. Hope my 1913 semi delux 30-30 shoots as well. Do u have a tang sight on that one?
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Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
the ladder sight is very nice...would like to try one... :)Pitchy wrote:Very nice and i like that ladder sight. 8)
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Thank's guys, I spelled it wrong in my search, but now I know what to look for.
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Hope this is not a first april joke. Absolut great shooting.
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What beauts those two rifles are! And some great shooting too.
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I hope and pray someday the world will learn
That fires we don't put out will bigger burn
Johnny Wright
Re: 1886 Winchester Take Down at the range today!
How much RL7 Powder?rbertalotto wrote:
I replaced the front white dot sight on my Winchester 1886 TD with a Beach flip sight.
Took the rifle to the range and had at it.
April 1, 2012...Two bottom shots are sighting in with new Beach front sight. Eleven shots into 4" at 100yds from cross sticks. 425G Ranch Dog cast from Lyman #2, Lee ALOX tumble lube, RL7 Powder
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That is a handsome setup...all of them are actually