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There is a good youtube on how to tighten the fore end , there's a set screw that adjusts with a small metric Allen key.

The last one I bought is a Remington 600 Mohawk in .308 Winchester, the 165 grain bullets I loaded shot well under an inch first time out to the range.
I picked it up from the original owner who...

The powders I use are , IMR 3031 and IMR 4198

IMR 3031, I usually use IMR 4198, but the dirty 31 seems to work very well in the 45-70.

I loaded up some 540 grain RN plain base bullets and sent them over the chronograph..... 1520 fps., not bad for a big chunk of lead.:Fire:
It shoots very accurately with both the 540 plain base and...

My new Takedown CVA 45-70 likes heavy cast slugs, the 540 RN grain plain base bullets shot just under 1400 fps over the chrony today, the gc 440 grainers shot 1627 fps.
The first shot with the...

I too prefer the 7x57 Mauser over a 270, I bought a Remington 700 Classic in 7x57 a couple decades back, I took many a Blacktail with that rifle.
I gave it to my son when he was old enough to hunt...

My favorite load for the 45-70 is 40 grains of IMR 4198 under an RCBS mould 440 grain gc cast, this gets 1823 fps over the chronograph.:Fire:
45 caliber hole in, way bigger upon exit.
Never...

Try a wrap of Teflon tape on those bullets, probably stop them from tumbling.

I just shot some 440 grain cast out of my CVA 45-70, wow is all I have to say.
Very accurate at the 150 yard target I was shooting at (big rocks) before, little rocks after.
I asked my casting...

I was hoping for irons as well, the CVA would look nice with a Ruger style wrap around front sight with a rear peep sight similar to the Skinner sight.

42 grains of IMR 4198 under a 420 cast gets me 1835 fps over the chrony, that is 300 fps faster than the IMR 3031 loads.
Either load will take any game I aim at without worry of losing the game.
I...

Shooting a deer with that bullet will go end to end and exit every time, how can that be unsuitable???

If anyone has second thoughts about buying one of these rifles, don't think twice.... buy one.
I reloaded some 420 gc cast with Marlin level loads, with only one scope correction after bore...

When I hunt black bear here in BC, I try to get a broadside shot and take out both shoulders, my favorite shot is to aim where the neck and shoulder join.
No bears go very far with both shoulders...

I used a 117 grain Hornady RN out of a Remington 700 in 25-06 to take my second record black bear here on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
I had never shot the 120's out of the 7 mag, I had to...

I agree with the light bullet thing, I have never used them in the 7 mag before, that's enough reason to try them out on the European rabbits where I live.
The European rabbit is an introduced...

I read an article on Ballistic Studies .com that stated the 139 grain Hornady BTSP was made for especially for 7 Rem mag velocities, that will likely be my go to bullet to start for bears.
The 162...

I thought the 120's in the 7 mag should work quite spectacular on bears, I shot a BC record black bear with a 117 grain RN out of the 25-06 back in 2018 and it went only about a foot, straight...

I reloaded some 120 grain Hornady Soft Point bullets in my new to me 7mag, I had never used any bullets that light in the 7mm before.
After I put a couple through it to make sure it was on target,...

If you find a suitable leftie donor rifle or action, the swap should be easy for a competent gunsmith.

The 98 Mauser 458 was a custom build with the single rear lug, the Model 70 458 was the rifle with the factory forward recoil lug.

Yes, it does have the forward recoil lug on the barrel.
I took it apart (carefully) to check it out when I bought it, it's very stoutly built for the purpose in which it was made.

I launched a few of the 540 grain cast out of my Model 70 458, 1720 fps over the chronograph and it was "pleasant" to shoot.:bigsmyl2:
At 80 yds, it shoots about 1.5 inches to the right of dead...

I picked a few of these up and I am going to try them on spring bear here in BC, 54 grains of IMR 3031 should put the lights out fast on the big fuzzies around here.