Looking for info and a pic of a 45-70

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11 January 2008, 07:30

T/C Nut

Looking for info and a pic of a 45-70

What I'm looking for is info and a pic of an older Marlin 45-70 straight grip pre safety model.

Thanks

11 January 2008, 08:04

loud-n-boomer

What do you want to know about them? I used to have one that I mounted a 2-1/2X scope on. It was a great woods gun for whitetail deer and would shoot the 300-grain Federal factory ammo into 1-1/2 inch for five shots at 100 yards, but it hurt to shoot off of a bench. I would buy another if I could find one in good shape at a fair price. The down side of mine is that it needed the inside of the action polished to feed reliably, but after that was done, it was great. As I recall it weighed about 7 pounds without the scope. It did have a decent finish.

Anything specific that you want to know that I did not cover?

Dave

11 January 2008, 08:39

Allan DeGroot

OI have a 1972 (first year) Marlin 1895 45-70.

The only non original thing is it's pachymar decellerator recoil pad.

Strait grip and 22" barrel.

I can probably take a few pictures of it for you.

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21 January 2008, 09:48

Warhawk

The one on the right is a 1975 vintage Marlin 1895, with a Weaver K2.5 scope.

21 January 2008, 19:03

nordrseta

quote:
Originally posted by Warhawk:
The one on the right is a 1975 vintage Marlin 1895, with a Weaver K2.5 scope.

Please tell us more about the other two...