A friend needed help installing and zeroing a H&R .243 he bought for his son to go hunting with. So I agreed to help him out and dragged my H&R 1871Buffalo Hunter Classic along with some Black Hills 405 grain factory loads. This would be my first time to fire it.
I had taken the Williams peep sight off the rear and installed a Smith Enterprises Harrington & Richardson ladder style sight on the rear so I could use it for some CAS side matches one day.
The sights were perfect with the factory sight and a post sight insert that came with the lyman front sight from the factory. The windage was a tad to the left so I am going to run the target and the gun to the local gunsmith who has a knack for hitting the right amount of tap when adjusting dovetailed sights.
I must say shooting that thing in 45-70 was almost a spirtual experience. The big boom and then the thump and dustcloud from the berm. Then opening the breech and having that big shell eject out along with some smoke. I even thought of going hunting with that rifle and some black powder cartridges. I have shot some high tech firearms but for some reason this lo tech firearm plucked a resounding chord in me.
I had taken the Williams peep sight off the rear and installed a Smith Enterprises Harrington & Richardson ladder style sight on the rear so I could use it for some CAS side matches one day.
The sights were perfect with the factory sight and a post sight insert that came with the lyman front sight from the factory. The windage was a tad to the left so I am going to run the target and the gun to the local gunsmith who has a knack for hitting the right amount of tap when adjusting dovetailed sights.
I must say shooting that thing in 45-70 was almost a spirtual experience. The big boom and then the thump and dustcloud from the berm. Then opening the breech and having that big shell eject out along with some smoke. I even thought of going hunting with that rifle and some black powder cartridges. I have shot some high tech firearms but for some reason this lo tech firearm plucked a resounding chord in me.