Quote Originally Posted by tim56 View Post
Many Thanks for the info tac. Thats exactly the problem I had with the H&R. Bang, what was that that just nicked my forehead.!! Scary.
Iv had several 45/70 rifles over the years and currently shoot a Pedersoli Sharpes long range in 45/90. Lovely rifle but weighs a ton and
not really suitable for 50 yard plinking which I like to do. I sold my 45/70 Ruger number 1 a while back and want something lighter than
the Sharpes but don't want another Ruger. A mate has a new Marlin in 45/70 which is nice to shoot but I prefer single shot rifles that I
can also use with B/P. I cast my own 405 grain bullets which are delight to shoot over 12 grains of Unique or 55 grains of B/P. Iv seen a
couple of Pedersoli carbine trapdoors but don't want anymore opening top problems.
As I wrote in my post, the problem was cost-cutting by Harrington and Richardson - Pedersoli's ejector is made in one piece, and does not have anything to come loose and allow the breech block to unlock.

You choose.

My sub-BP load makes a two-inch 50 shot hole at 50m.

tac