Guide Gun 45-70 @ 200yds

[Elkman]

When I shoot mine , my nose hurts. Kind of takes the grin away. After fine tuning my two new turrets on other rifles, I will seriously work on the 70. My wife says its cute! I will look tomorrow but I may have some extra 405's to trade.

I looked at the bullet stash, did not find any extra 405's apparently I shot mor of them than i thought.

 

[SJB358]

When I shoot mine , my nose hurts. Kind of takes the grin away. After fine tuning my two new turrets on other rifles, I will seriously work on the 70. My wife says its cute! I will look tomorrow but I may have some extra 405's to trade.

I think you'll get it done Bill. I have lightened up on my charges as well. I don't feel like taking the punishment that rifle will dole out with ultra heavy loads. 350-405's at 16-1800 are pretty comfortable to shoot.. Plus, I can't see much stopping them..

I think we might have to try a coastal elk hunt to really test out the 45's!

 

[Elkman]

SB

I have been building points in Wa for 5 years now, maybe to or three more and I will be competative. I will look at Oregon stats, they do have some decent general hunts. But as always lots of competation. It just that way everywhere.

 

[SJB358]

Man, I didn't know the Coastal Elk hunts were so hard to get. Either way, I am good with hunting the Rocky Mtn variety till that happens.. I will just use the 45-70 there!

 

[JD338]

Scotty and Bill,

I think a 45-70 loaded up with a 300 gr PT at 2200 fps would be quite the elk stopper. Even one of those 1000 lb coastal bulls doesn't stand a chance.

Bill,

I thought Rosevelt elk tags were OTC.

JD338

 

[BK]

Oregon most units are... of course, the one where the best bulls are located are draw only (eg Saddle Mountain).

 

[BK]

as an aside, there were a couple of years when I still hunted the coast that I seriously considered giving up hunting. You guys can keep your Roosevelt hunting. I have better things to do with my vacation time than to be soaked, fighting nasty brush, God-awful steep hills, and every idiot road-troller from the Willamette Valley.

Come to think of it, it kinda sounds like my work now, outside of the rain, and Kalifornians replacing Valley people.

 

[JD338]

Thanks Kurt.
That sounds like 45-70 kind of country. :grin:

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Scotty and Bill,

I think a 45-70 loaded up with a 300 gr PT at 2200 fps would be quite the elk stopper. Even one of those 1000 lb coastal bulls doesn't stand a chance.

I agree Jim. Would be a fearsome load..

 

[orchemo]

My guide gun with 350 Hornady is on at 100 & 14 inches low at 200yds.

Set up with a Leupold scout scope in quick release Warne rings and XS ghost sights.

Fun to shoot and amazingly accurate. I sold my 1895 22 inch barrel, because of the accuracy of the guide gun in the ranges I would use it. Great fall black bear medicine

 

[SJB358]

That sounds like a great set up. I am thinking of going with the Minox 1.5x8 on mine when I return. Figure if that scope doesn't suit the rifle, it can easily be migrated to another rifle. I like the XS sights alot on mine. Still need to order one of their front sights, but even with the stock front, it isn't too hard to shoot well.

 

[orchemo]

I always thought a Leupold Delta Point would great on one of these rifles. Mount it in the rear dovetail. You could still mount a rail on the reciever for a scope with quick release rings if you wanted

Wish leupold would make a quick release mount for the Delta Point. Hint, hint.