Originally Posted by
R. McAuley 3014V
Cannot say for the .45 Colt, but the .56-50 Spencer rifle will shoot one ragged hole at 50 yards.
I horse traded last year for a ten year old 56-50 Armi Sport that had never been fired. While I was looking into the quality of the gun, I saw posts online about trigger problems. That appears to be for newer guns than mine. My trigger is crisp and about 5 lbs. It was misfiring due to light firing pin strikes, but that was easily corrected by soldering a steel shim on the back of the block that holds the firing pin. The gun shoots VERY well with a standard Smith/Maynard bullet and about 30 grains of Goex 3f.
Scratch off another bucket list item.
Bob Anderson
Ordnance Sergeant
Company C, 1st Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Small Arms Committee
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
- John Wayne in "The Shootist", 1976
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