Vintage Hunting and the 1876

[yahoody]

Couple of nice ones there!

My hunting load is 60 gr of 3f

Took me a while to catch that Must be a 45-60 then! 

I rebarreled my short rifle in 45-75.  And took a lesson or two from Dusty to make it a button mag, 24", 45-60.   King got the short 45-75 barrel and mag tube.  Thank you Sir!  Life has gotten in the way since and have yet to shoot anything but paper with it.  But it is here, with 150rds of new brass, 10# of 3F, a couple boxes of 350gr lead bullets and 5K mag. rifle primers.  So I should be set for the next herd of buffalo coming through 

[King Medallion]

Anything?

[greyhawk]

Couple of nice ones there!

Took me a while to catch that Must be a 45-60 then! 

I rebarreled my short rifle in 45-75.  And took a lesson or two from Dusty to make it a button mag, 24", 45-60.   King got the short 45-75 barrel and mag tube.  Thank you Sir!  Life has gotten in the way since and have yet to shoot anything but paper with it.  But it is here, with 150rds of new brass, 10# of 3F, a couple boxes of 350gr lead bullets and 5K mag. rifle primers.  So I should be set for the next herd of buffalo coming through 

that there is purty wood

[King Medallion]

So I found out this year that the 45/60 is legal to hunt with here in Illinois. This is the 2nd year we have been allowed to use rifles in this miserable state. Single shot only, straight wall cartridge. Leverguns (or any rifle) can be used as long as it is rendered a single shot. I put a wooden dowel in the mag tube of my Chief Crazy Horse 94 in 38-55 last year but only saw a squirrel. Next year will be taking my Short Rifle 45/60 for sure!
I stopped by the check station last week, hoping the game warden was there to ask about the legality of the 45/60, because as usual, it wasn't listed on the list of legal calibers. He wasn't there, naturally. So after 15 minutes of the check guy's going through the website, (which I had done already several times) they actually called the game warden and I spoke to him personally. These people are not gun guy's at all! They were so fixated on the fact that my cartridge in hand said 45/70 headstamp that they couldn't grasp what I was telling them, that it is a 45/60, not 45/70. It's cut down! It finally clicked in the game wardens head after many minutes of explaining and he said good to go. So good to go next year!

[Montana Slim]

Success with Iowa Territory 1st season 2024 deer hunt. A smallish antlered buck. Uberti 1876 & black powder cartridges. Link to photo attempt here:

https://flic.kr/p/2qzJGkK

[King Medallion]

MS, looks like a trophy taken with the trophy rifle! Congratulations!

[King Medallion]

HELLOOOOOOO!!!! Anyone still here? It's almost hunting season, anyone planning on hunting with their 76? I am going to use my 45/60 this year to start with, now that Illinois can use single shot rifles. I put a wooden dowel in the mag tube to make it legal. Looking forward to taking a deer or to with the 76. Last year I took a nice doe and an 8 pointer with my Winchester 94 Chief Crazy Horse 38/55.
Good Luck with the hunt!

[Abilene]

I don't think hunters back in the day wore bright orange       Of course we don't have savages and ne'er-do-wells out there these days to hide from, just other blind hunters! 

Good luck, King, and show us what you bag!

[King Medallion]

How bout that!  There is life here. If I could wear the red and black plaid coats like back in the day I would. But I follow the law, so.... I definitely share what I bag.

[Cotton Eye Joe]

Life's a busy season right now between our 3rd kid coming in a month, and starting a masters degree finally (better late than never!). I knew this year wasn't going to be a hunting year since we got the due date.

The dream keeps me going, though! Maybe I'll hunt some steel rams in the mean time.

[King Medallion]

Well, Cotten, I'd say that's poor time planning!     Hope all goes well, Healthy, and Congratulations!

[Cotton Eye Joe]

No one's ever called me a good planner lol, but this might make sense to you guys more than my wife. Another kid means another 1876 I gotta buy to give to him one day. Now about that Cimarron Tom Horn model....

[Jeremiah Jones]

OP nailed it, except he misspelled .45 1892.    Vintage gear, R92 and a blaze orange vest sitting in a ground stand of collected downed wood is a fantastic day in the woods.