huntinlever
02-04-2023, 02:25 PM
Hi all, I've touched on it in other threads but wanted to bump it up in case someone has dealt with this and resolved, and/or others might have or possibly will have the issue in the future with a lever action, 45-70.
Mounted the Magneto sport on my Marlin 45-70 gg just fine. With the short magazine tube, I could mount it directly, as per "normal."
Basically, I was getting wild velocity swings that made no sense. It might be 1410 with one charge, then on an incremental step up of 0.5 gr 5744, the velocity would report at 1300 fps. I tried altering the sensitivity but got similarly erratic results.
Anyone know what might have been the problem? Not sure I'll actually need a chrony in the future, but if I do go that way again, I'd love for the bayonet type to work. I think I've read many here have no problems on the gg's (or perhaps lever actions even with the extended magazine tubes - mounted at 90 deg. from "normal"), so not sure what's up.
Mounted the Magneto sport on my Marlin 45-70 gg just fine. With the short magazine tube, I could mount it directly, as per "normal."
Basically, I was getting wild velocity swings that made no sense. It might be 1410 with one charge, then on an incremental step up of 0.5 gr 5744, the velocity would report at 1300 fps. I tried altering the sensitivity but got similarly erratic results.
Anyone know what might have been the problem? Not sure I'll actually need a chrony in the future, but if I do go that way again, I'd love for the bayonet type to work. I think I've read many here have no problems on the gg's (or perhaps lever actions even with the extended magazine tubes - mounted at 90 deg. from "normal"), so not sure what's up.