First range day with 45-70

[BigAl52]

I second Forty's idea with the Hornady ammo it shoots great out of my AW 45-70

[KTK]

Anyone know if the Skinner Express will fit on this rifle?

[ESquared]

looking forward to hearing how well the Skinner front sight works out ... what was your impression of the rifle's recoil

I don't see the Single Shots listed on Skinner's website, but that doesn't mean they don't make them. A quick call to Rob would clear that up, and I'm sure many would like to know as well.

[BigAl52]

I looked for the thread a little but couldnt find it right off but someone here just put a Skinner on there single shot using the rear sight dovetail or a barrel mount sight with the Lo Pro in it. Like Evan says give them a call. Just found this on there site
http://www.skinnersights.com/page_16.html

[Mistered]

Turns out my front bead is the shortest one Henry makes. Only thing to do is send gun in.

Henry does not 'make' sights - they use Marbles sights but regardless what did they expect to accomplish by having you send the gun in if they did not have a shorter front sight to install ?

Good to hear Skinner is helping you out however.

[tractortad]

Skinner Low-Pro rear/Lyman Globe 17A front on a Henry 44Mag Single Shot

Henry Single 44Mag Sight-in @ 25 yds.JPG (242.21 KiB) Viewed 1967 times

[Yornoc3]

With the front sight dovetailed into the barrel, it shouldn't be hard to change it out. My 45-70 shot OK with factory 300 grain rounds at 50 yards, but I never did "dial it in" since I intended to add a scope. For hunting I like the Hornady 250 grain Monoflex (copper) ammo, for its lower recoil and slightly flatter trajectory, but cheap it's not. It works, though . And it shoots to about the same point of aim at 50 yards as the 300 grain loads.

On another point, I had the same sight adjustment issue with my early model ghost ring peep H009 (30-30); Henry sent me a replacement XS rear sight, since that version's front sight is nonadjustable in the barrel band, which fixed it. I still might send that assembly to Skinner, to convert it to a dovetail, though, since I think I'd like a bead better than the post. But I'll give it a try, first.

[Rifletom]

tractortad, nice, simple set-up. Likin' that. How are you coping with all that heat this past weekend? Whew!

[BigAl52]

That tad he has all the cool stuff and he is the Single Shot King here I think he has about 3 or 4 of them.

[tractortad]

tractortad, nice, simple set-up. Likin' that. How are you coping with all that heat this past weekend? Whew!

Yea - it's been hot lately - mostly staying inside in the A/C and drinking lots of fluids when we work outside for a only a couple of hours at a time....