Boy if I had just known the Browning/Miroku 45/70 model 1886 Take-down was going to be so hard to find I would have never never sold mine. It was a hard shooting rifle with lots of recoil unlike the 45/70 model 1885 using the same loads. Don’t know why. It was beautifully built gun. Here is a picture of one like I had. You don’t see many up for sale these days like you do the 1885’s. Wonder how many they made?
djh - Hello, I am new to the Browning forum, and after looking at some recent posts I think you may be the one to help me out. I recently acquired a B78 highwall. (pic attached) I love this piece but I am totally unfamiliar with them. Please note in the pic the extended rise, of the rear base/ring compared to the front. The scope gets a serious cant to the front end. Would this be the norm in your opinion or have they used the wrong set. Your opinion would be appreciated. Thx Bill
Curved buttplates, like that pic above shows, tend to have more felt recoil than flat-buttplated rifles do. That might have been the cause. 45.70 is an excellent deer cartridge, a friend in WV used to hunt deer with his lever gun.
