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Thanks for the link will put one of those on order.

Cant say as I have ever seen one of those. Are like the hoods on the Win 94's and Marlins? Where might I find one. I dont consider myself old at 40 but the small front post coupled with glare makes it harder every year to get a good sight picture.

Suprisingly this rifle has a nice in spec bore with a grove diameter of .458. I have shot 20:1 and pure lead out of the Lee mold both shoot better then me with no leading issues. This rifle shoots tight groups as long as I remember to bring the sight black to the range with me. If this wasnt an orig...

Did some paper punching at 100 with the Lee bullet. 20 rounds into a 7" circle with no sign of key holes. Tried a few at the 500 gong but I couldn't pull it off. For got my sight black and there was just to much glare off that military sight to get it lined up. Got in some of th Saeco 480's wil...

My recomendation would be to pick up some Cerosafe do a chamber cast get a dial caliper and share the dimensions. It will be the only sure fire way of figuring out what you have.

Thanks for the great info. Did some more reading after I posted this. Its not the weight its that the 500 gov bullet wasnt overly long at 1.3" compared to alot of the modern competition bullets that are 1.4 plus. I will have to order up some of the original 500's and do some tests of my own. I ...

Was wondering what you all have come up with for twist rates in your original guns. I get 1: 22 1/4" in my 45-70 NYSM. Checked it 3 times and thats what I get. Odd since I have been shooting 500gr bullets in it with no signs of tumbling on paper at100 or 200. I just loaded a 30 rounds for load ...

No info for you. Just wanted to say that is a beautiful rifle.

Rob here is a stock NYS gun
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/forums/ ... f=4&t=2689
This is what yours looked like when it left the factory.

Update on an old post. I bought a lee 458-500-3R mold for this rifle and it shoots well too 500 with the military sights. I have done no mods to the rifle. Using Win fire formed brass trimmed to 2.1 the bullet is seated to just touch the rifling resulting in a COAL of 3.018" makes me wonder if ...

Ok I have a NYS in 45-70. (yes it is spent a lot of research time to confirm). I have heard from several sources that the 500gr bullets wont make the bend into the chamber unless seated excessively deep in the cartridge. I finally got some brass and have been looking at some molds. I found a 450gr m...

Beautiful gun your Grandfather would be proud of what you did for the old girl.

Regardless of what it is it is a beauty and has been well taken care of. Do you know the caliber?

That looks great Vall. I always love pics of your single shots.

Pics would help also. The NYSM guns were left in the white.