'76 on In-Range

[Coal Creek Griff]

CC Griff

[Abilene]

Nice.

[matt45]

I'm wondering when I can get a 1876 in 45-70?

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[Coal Creek Griff]

I'm wondering when I can get a 1876 in 45-70?

I was thinking the same thing, but he did correct himself.  They both made similar mistakes, but it sounded more like misspeaking rather than ignorance.

CC Griff

[King Medallion]

I'm wondering when I can get a 1876 in 45-70?

That will be a great big NEVER! 45/70 cartridge is too long for the 76 receiver.

[The Pathfinder]

AW, c'mon guys, it's easy. Just put 5 grains less powder in your 45-75.  Not sure how much compression you'd need for a 45-60 tho???

[greyhawk]

AW, c'mon guys, it's easy. Just put 5 grains less powder in your 45-75.  Not sure how much compression you'd need for a 45-60 tho???

  easy n fun too

[matt45]

I wish people who do that stuff had some kind of history/ military background.  All fun and games standing tall with nobody shooting back.

[greyhawk]

I wish people who do that stuff had some kind of history/ military background.  All fun and games standing tall with nobody shooting back.

I thought the whole point of it was if the guy shooting back had a single shot then the 76 woulda filled him full of holes while he was trying to reload?

[dusty texian]

What I got from it was that the Winchester 1876 was and still is an awesome piece of firepower , with a large magazine and long range accuracy . At the time of its introduction no other repeater could compare . ,,,,DT

[Slamfire]

I agree w/ DT , seen some of their videos before . They were making the steel ring ,, and they were working the lever hard ,, hard enough to make the cases fly " high ". Dressing period would make their video a little more ,,more ,, what's the word I'm look'n for ? Anyway it is cool seeing someone do a  video on the 76's & work'n um .


 smoke'm if ya' got'm ,, Hootmix.

[King Medallion]

More shooting, less talking would make it better. And with Black Powder!

[matt45]

Sorry guys, I can't get past all the B.S.  The Army evaluated different rifles besides the trapdoor throughout its lifespan.  Infantry played as big a role from 1865-1892 as the cavalry.  The Army was so underfunded that there was no way the Ordinance department would ever consider an expensive 1876 as equipment.  Yeah, repeaters are great, so why is the trapdoor better than the Spencer (putting aside the deteriorating ammo situation).  Troops who can't hit s*** because of chronic underfunding would waste ammo, and the situation at Poltava was not going to repeat itself in the frontier west.  Blah, blah; etc., etc.- too much