A few years back I bought a model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor rifle. Didn't do much with it for a while but eventually thought it would be fun to hunt with the rifle responsible for nearly wiping out the American Buffalo. The original sites go from 200 yards to something like 1600 so I replaced the front site post with a taller one and zeroed it for 100 yards by shooting and filing the front site. Ammo is 405 grains in 45-70 caliber. The bullets are hard cast flat nose. At the range I was able to keep most shots in a 2.5 inch group.
I took my granddaughter deer hunting with the condition that if a big hog showed up I was going to take him with this 140 year old piece of history. Hard cast bullets are meant for penetration but I was a bit surprised that the exit wound was about the same size as the entry wound after going through this old boy's skull. He, of course, dropped on the spot.
I took my granddaughter deer hunting with the condition that if a big hog showed up I was going to take him with this 140 year old piece of history. Hard cast bullets are meant for penetration but I was a bit surprised that the exit wound was about the same size as the entry wound after going through this old boy's skull. He, of course, dropped on the spot.
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