Revisitting the .40-70

[Kurt]

My .40-70 hasn't been shot much 2005 since my Daughter shot at the Q that year and since I had the .45-70 build for her.
The last few weeks when the temperature got up in the twenties I dug out the leftover rounds from 05 and wiped off the gray oxidation and they were loaded with 70.3 grains of the old Goes 2f exp so off I went to the range. The rifle still had the 200yd setting since I last shot it and the rifle still hit center just like it would if I had just adjusted the sights.
I have really forgot what a pleasant caliber the little .40-70 is.
I had to dig out the Brooks snover mould and cast a bunch and loaded 21 ladder rounds with the old eynsford 2f and shot them on my 135yd range, it didn't take many shots to find a good load to expand to a longer range.
I really don't know why this rifle spends so much time in the safe????

Kurt