Wow that's a beautiful 1876 Boone May . ,,,,DT
My 1876 "shooter," an 1887 vintage .45-75 with 28 inch octagon barrel and set trigger. Bore is about a 9 out of 10, set trigger even works! Some bruises and dings in the stock, but otherwise a pretty nice old rifle. It has a Beach combination front sight. I'm a fool for set triggers and special sights. I'm going to install a graduated peep tang sight on it.
My finger keeps slipping and hitting the buy button. Just picked up this 1892 vintage .40-60 rifle with 30 inch barrel and set trigger. I would say the bore is a 9 out of 10. I have owned three other .40-60 1876's and all of them had bores like a sewer pipe. This is the best one I have owned, bore condition wise. This rifle has a Lyman #4 hunting front sight and sporting rear sight. It appears it had a tang sight at some point in it's service life.I have some .40-60 brass made by Buffalo Arms. They trimmed and resized Winchester .45-70 cases. They chamber and eject nicely from this rifle. Going to order some .406" Diameter 210 Grain FN 20-1 bullets from Buffalo Arms. I don't have dies but I do have a vintage Winchester 1880 reloading tool. It should work dandy for the small number of rounds I need to load. I only have 50 cases.Now we just need some spring weather here in mountain west...