Browning Model 71
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Browning Model 71
Do any of you pards know what size the rear dovetail is on the Japaneese Model 71 that were produced a few years ago. I assume its some metric value. Help
Re: Browning Model 71
71, its 3/8" . danny
Re: Browning Model 71
Thanks BigSky, I didn't want to order a 100 dollar ladder sight and hope it would fit. 
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Leverluver
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Re: Browning Model 71
Just an few points. I have a ladder sight (from Buffalo Arms) on my Uberti 73 that I like very much. So much so that one day I thought that I would also like one on my 86EL, so I took it off the 73 and tried it on the 86. Now the sight is a 3/8" and both dovetails are supposed to be that also. The ladder fit the 73 very well but was unusably loose in the 86EL.
Second, both my B71s require a pretty high sight setting on the factory buckhorns, and even more so with cast. Most ladder sights set pretty low, maybe even to the point that lowering the front sight may not correct it and you will always have to flip the ladder up to hit POA.
Last, the 348 is a very (comparitively speaking) flat shooting lever cartridge and there would be little use for the ladder feature. In fact, properly sighted in, you can hold point blank and shoot all the way out to any reasonable hunting range of the cartridge/iron sight combo (~200 yds)
Don't get me wrong, I love ladders but it may not be the best choice for the 348 M71, unless you like the look so much that the thought is giving you shivers and chilblains
Second, both my B71s require a pretty high sight setting on the factory buckhorns, and even more so with cast. Most ladder sights set pretty low, maybe even to the point that lowering the front sight may not correct it and you will always have to flip the ladder up to hit POA.
Last, the 348 is a very (comparitively speaking) flat shooting lever cartridge and there would be little use for the ladder feature. In fact, properly sighted in, you can hold point blank and shoot all the way out to any reasonable hunting range of the cartridge/iron sight combo (~200 yds)
Don't get me wrong, I love ladders but it may not be the best choice for the 348 M71, unless you like the look so much that the thought is giving you shivers and chilblains
Re: Browning Model 71
I have found that Miroku seemed to cut the dovetail larger than 3/8 as well. I have tested several 86s and a couple of 71s and they are all large. Some guys drill and tap the sight and use a set screw. Regards, 1886.
Re: Browning Model 71
I love this web site. Thanks guys I knew if I waited long enough, I'd get the correct answers. Maybe I go with a full buckhorn, I shoot thoes quite well. By the way I love this .348 cartridge, wish I could find some 250 grain bullets, that were reasonably priced.-
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Re: Browning Model 71
"Reasonaably priced" and jacketed "bullets" will rarely, if ever, be used in the same sentence anymore. Barnes and Hawk are as reasonable as you are ever going to see in the current commodities climate.
You may have to search pretty hard or even have a custom mold made but back in my earlier tinkering days, I had great success with paper patched bullets in the 348. Successful patching requires some detail in tube magazine lever actions but it is doable. I was using mostly the old round nose 350482 (came out 270+ grains) and my original 71 never shot a better group with any other bullet. Also had success with the 350457 but it took a lot more work. Patched straight wheel weights or 1 to 20 through 1 to 30 would make a very functional hunting bullet. Be careful in your selection of molds as the Brownings have a very short (as in none) throat and some molds are not as compatible as others unless the chamber is throated out some. All my patching experiments were in an original so even some of the original molds may not work in the Browning without throating. I have not eperimented with 350482 or 350457 in the Brownings.
You may have to search pretty hard or even have a custom mold made but back in my earlier tinkering days, I had great success with paper patched bullets in the 348. Successful patching requires some detail in tube magazine lever actions but it is doable. I was using mostly the old round nose 350482 (came out 270+ grains) and my original 71 never shot a better group with any other bullet. Also had success with the 350457 but it took a lot more work. Patched straight wheel weights or 1 to 20 through 1 to 30 would make a very functional hunting bullet. Be careful in your selection of molds as the Brownings have a very short (as in none) throat and some molds are not as compatible as others unless the chamber is throated out some. All my patching experiments were in an original so even some of the original molds may not work in the Browning without throating. I have not eperimented with 350482 or 350457 in the Brownings.