First range day with 45-70

Post by **BigAl52** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:49 pm

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

KTK · Post by **KTK** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:51 am

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

Post by **ESquared** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:23 am

JEBar wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 17, 2019 6:07 pm
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.

Post by **BigAl52** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:03 am

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 · Post by **Mistered** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:10 am

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 · Post by **tractortad** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:29 pm

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 2524 times

Post by **Yornoc3** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:14 pm

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.

Post by **Rifletom** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:45 pm

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

Post by **BigAl52** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:43 pm

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 · Post by **tractortad** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:45 pm

Rifletom wrote: ↑
Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:45 pm
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....

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