Mr.RevolverGuy
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What a smooth rifle and I still feel as if I am day dreaming about it. I have seen these lever actions in magazines, online for a very long time over for over a decade. Three different versions have been imported by Taylors Co. The early Alaskans had either no optic rail or a Weaver style rail. The current rifles come with a picatinny rail with an integrated Skinner rear aperture sight The lever loop was changed a bit, from a large loop to a D-shaped loop. With the new D-shaped loop profile even large hands with gloves can operate the lever.
The 1892 takedown I shot today was a 44Magnum with four different loads of ammunition. One thing that has seemed to be a constant with lever actions at least the ones I have tried in 38spl/357Magnum and 44spl/44Magnum have all been a little finicky in feeding the specials. The Chiappa Takedown was flawless in feeding specials.
I fired Hornady 44Magnum FTX225gr, Winchester 44 Special, Winchester 44Magnum and some of my own loads. With all of these loads it was a very soft shooter mainly because of the soft rubber butt pad. The 44 Specials felt like 38 Special out of a lever realistically. The one thing I noticed with all loads they shot low at 10 and 20 yards. In the future I will test from 50 and possibly even 100 yards to see where the point of aim may be.
More to come
https://youtu.be/SWcCwLMHT3Y
The 1892 takedown I shot today was a 44Magnum with four different loads of ammunition. One thing that has seemed to be a constant with lever actions at least the ones I have tried in 38spl/357Magnum and 44spl/44Magnum have all been a little finicky in feeding the specials. The Chiappa Takedown was flawless in feeding specials.
I fired Hornady 44Magnum FTX225gr, Winchester 44 Special, Winchester 44Magnum and some of my own loads. With all of these loads it was a very soft shooter mainly because of the soft rubber butt pad. The 44 Specials felt like 38 Special out of a lever realistically. The one thing I noticed with all loads they shot low at 10 and 20 yards. In the future I will test from 50 and possibly even 100 yards to see where the point of aim may be.
More to come
https://youtu.be/SWcCwLMHT3Y
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