H&R buffalo classic in 45/70

[crazy mark]

Are these any good with the 32" barrel and williams peep/globe front sight. I have a chance to get one that is like new for $275.
Thanks, Mark

[tbierley]

You need to get it that is a good price.

[johnson1942]

take it, it will shoot a wide varity of ways to load the 45/70. i use 37grains of reloader 7 in mine and a 500 grain paper patched bullet that was .451 diam and wrapped with 2 wraps of number 9 paper. i throated it for 3/8th of a inch in the back of the barrel ( throating is takeing out the lands with a special reamer) that way i can place the bullet some what up in to the barrel when i chamber the round. mine is very very accurate. you can load the 45/70 many diff. ways as is posted all over this site. they are all right if they shoot well. i would never sell mine and may look for another one. that is a good price, if it is tight and the bore is good.

[mdevlin53]

There are only two things i did to mine. I added a lace on pad and replaced the WG sight with a foolproof. I love it shoots as good as i can and a pleasure to carry.
Go for it it is a good price.

[tacklebury]

Very good price. ;) I love mine.

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[Jal5]

I'd agree get it before someone else does :)

[crazy mark]

I picked it up. Now to find different front sight inserts. I also think a lace-up butt pad is in order. Pictures later. That curved steel butt plate looks wicked.

[Shooter]

The curved butt goes out on the ball of your shoulder, pull it in tight, it hurts.

[Nobade]

Check out Lee Shaver's set of sight inserts. They are much nicer then the Lyman ones. Good buy BTW.

[tacklebury]

Replacement set of inserts for the 17a sight on that gun. 8)

http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/sights/17a-inserts.php

[tbierley]

I think I have a set of inserts I will sell you for 10.00 and you pick up shipping. I have a 1901 Krag rear sight on my rifle.At a 100yds it is deadly. With Lee 500gr pointed bullet and 70grs of black powder. My rifle loves 405 Lee HB bullets.

[crazy mark]

Give me an address to send funds to and what style of payment. Cash, check, MO etc...

I also added a picture of my 1873 sporter I picked up recently for $350.

[tbierley]

Money order will be fine. I will pick up the shipping. PM coming.

[fatelk]

Nice looking rifle! I like that trapdoor too, sounds like that was a pretty good buy...

BTW Mark, I accepted that job up north. They made me an offer I couldn't turn down, so we're in the middle of packing, looking for a house there, looking for someone to rent our house to here, etc. I hope to get a little time to go out and shoot between all the work, but we'll be loading the truck in less than two weeks and we have almost a decade worth of stuff to pack. Are you interested in getting out to shoot a little if I can escape from here for a couple hours?

[crazy mark]

[QUOTE=fatelk;1995112]Nice looking rifle! I like that trapdoor too, sounds like that was a pretty good buy...

BTW Mark, I accepted that job up north. They made me an offer I couldn't turn down, so we're in the middle of packing, looking for a house there, looking for someone to rent our house to here, etc. I hope to get a little time to go out and shoot between all the work, but we'll be loading the truck in less than two weeks and we have almost a decade worth of stuff to pack. Are you interested in getting out to shoot a little if I can escape from here for a couple hours?

Hopefully the weather will cooperate. Unfortunately we have to go where the money and health insurance is.