Recoil with 45/70

7.62mm said:
How did that Fastfire hold up? Was thinking about one of these myself, are the mounts strong enough to take some knocks from small branches etc.?

Thanks
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Yes, it handled everything fine. I was a little concerned about the mount in the beginning, as it is attached with only one nut. Be careful when you put it on and make sure it is tightened securely.

It is a great sight: beautiful sight picture with both eyes open. Definitely faster on target than using irons!
 
X-fan said:
Not very well in the rain.
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I didn't have any problem with moisture with mine.

I can though see that you have to carefully screw down the top half when putting in the battery. The possibility of a leak from a poor install is there. That's one of the compromises of going with such a compact optic. I can't see the same issue with an EOTECH, for example (I have one of those too). But the EOTECH is much larger and sits much higher from the bore.
 
Sharkson said:
I didn't have any problem with moisture with mine.

I can though see that you have to carefully screw down the top half when putting in the battery. The possibility of a leak from a poor install is there. That's one of the compromises of going with such a compact optic. I can't see the same issue with an EOTECH, for example (I have one of those too). But the EOTECH is much larger and sits much higher from the bore.
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No problems returning to zero after you had the top half off to replace battery?

I am also looking at the C-More STS sight....it is the same type and size of sight, but the battery compartment slides out.....so there is no issue with re-zeroing....but it is a couple hundred dollars more expensive...yikes!
 
USP said:
The factory pad is a hunk of s**t. I dont find the recoil to bad on mine, but when I used the factory pad it bothered my shoulder. Its a mushy pad that seems to make the recoil worse, I would rather use a metal butt plate. I switched to another pad and its fine.

Also for factory the loads very abit. I have tried Remington, Lever evolution and Federal. The levers seems to be the softest.

I like the gun and the round, its like a chunk of history.
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X2 on the pad. I must admit that factory loads started to put the hurts on me after a single box the first time I took out that rifle....switched to a Limbsaver the following week and shot over 2 boxes of factory ammo (testing 3 different brands) at a single session without affecting my shoulder.

Actually it was the muzzleblast that bothered me more despite the hearing protection.

Suggest get rid of the crappy factory irons and install something like a XS Ghost ring sight.
 
I had a guide gun and traded it for a GBL sighting both in with 420 grain at around 1900 fps was painful from the bench. Standing isn't too bad.
 
I have one of the first half-dozen or so original Guide Guns to come to Canada (blue/walnu/ported) and have somewhere in the area of 2500 rds thru it. It has been a stellar performer with everything from single round ball, thru "Garrison loads" (3 stacked .457 round balls over 26 gr of H335) all the way up to 500gr FNGC cast loads. My go-to load is either the Remington 405 SP over 52 gr of WCC844 or the RCBS 405FN cast gas-checked bullet over the same (it actually comes out at 415 gr after lube and gas-checking). I shoot far more of the cast load than the jacketed and really only use the Remington bullet because I wound up with 1000 of them and it's easier to get them out of the gun room a few at a time than by the 40# coffee can :D

Incidentally, for those worried about recoil, my boys have been shooting this thing since my youngest son was about 8 or 9 - he really has no idea what recoil is supposed to feel like. The first time he fired a .410 he thought that it had mis-fired.

Man up and pull the trigger...:cool:


blake
 
I loaded some 500 grain bullets to the max listed load for my Ruger #1, put a NECG rear peep sight on it, and went to the range to sight in my bear defense load. The benches where I shoot are concrete, and I was using a sand bag as a front rest.
The first shot drove the barrel skyward, and the orange hockey puck Ruger calls a recoil pad pinched me against the concrete bench. It felt like Brock Lessnar grabbed my boobie with a pair of vise grips, then twisted. I would up with a bruise about 4" round.

Then I packed everything up and went home. I one shot range trip.
 
Bowie said:
I loaded some 500 grain bullets to the max listed load for my Ruger #1, put a NECG rear peep sight on it, and went to the range to sight in my bear defense load. The benches where I shoot are concrete, and I was using a sand bag as a front rest.
The first shot drove the barrel skyward, and the orange hockey puck Ruger calls a recoil pad pinched me against the concrete bench. It felt like Brock Lessnar grabbed my boobie with a pair of vise grips, then twisted. I would up with a bruise about 4" round.

Then I packed everything up and went home. I one shot range trip.
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ROTFLMAO! Sorry Bowie not to laugh at you but the imagery was funny as hell!

That load is nothing to mess with and if you're not expecting the hand of God to smack you it would be a bad experience.
 
its a dream to shoot. I found recoil comparable to my 3006. But the Hornady Lever Evolution (325gr) rounds make life real nice and doesn't throw me around from field positions (6'2 260lb). My handloads with 450-500 grain bullets gives a nice bruise after half dozen rounds........
 
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