1886 Winchester/Miroku Extra-Light -- the 1st Dozen

[mehavey]

I happened to run across one of the new-production 22" 1886 Extra Lights the other day and commented that I needed another 45-70 like a hole-in-the-head.

After three days of looking/reading/sporadic handling... I again came to the conclusion that I needed another 45-70 like a hole-in-the-head.

Then I read all about the infamous stick-to-SAAMI 2.55" cartridge-length limitations, Garand-like over complexity, short/non-existent throats, ...ogive interference.... etc, etc, etc.... and absolutely cemented the fact that I needed another 45-70 like a hole-in-the-head.
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So these are shots 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 out of that rifle, using nothing more than my standard Marlin`95, (and my Sharps, ......and my Ruger#1) BP-Level standard cast load.



Yeah, I needed another 45-70.....












(unfortunately, it took a Merit Aperture to get these eyes to focus on anything like the stock buckhorn sight/notch/front beads anymore -- so later this week a Williams FP-71 arrives....)

[Nueces]

Very productive self conversation you had there...

[Slim Chance]

It isn't about need. Nice shooting.

[bedbugbilly]

Sometimes it's not about YOU needing the rifle . . . it's about the RIFLE needing you! Great shooting and I bet you have no regrets!

[2ndAmendmentNut]

Those Miroku folks know how to make rifles. It’s just a shame that the current owners of Winchester make them put tang safeties and rebounding hammers. I’ve got two Browning (Miroku) rifles that are wonderful shooters with my paper patch loads.
From a rest and measured center of hole to center of hole they will shoot 1.5” at 100 yards with buckhorn sights! (Ignore the shots to the left, that was before I was done adjusting the sights)


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