This is a handy little trapper

[Scott Tschirhart]

Shootists 40th Anniversary gun just arrived.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Just the right size for a saddle gun!

[2ndovc]

Very cool!

Have fun with it!

jb

[JimT]

Very nice.
Waiting on ours to come in.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Needs a saddle ring. But I have one.

[JBowen]

Nice!!

JBowen

[Grizz]

that's very fine. could be a one-gun battery if someone went that way.

[Scott Tschirhart]

that's very fine. could be a one-gun battery if someone went that way.

I suppose it depends on how it shoots. But it should cover a lot of uses for me. Should be a dandy armadillo gun.

[.45colt]

That's Sweet!

[Scott Tschirhart]

Thank you. I wish I could take a better photo of the walnut. It’s really nice.

[ywaltzucanrknrl]

Very nice Scott. The 45 is probably a little lighter than the 30-30 because of the bore but other than that, the dimensions look similar.

I agree, a very nice saddle rifle.

[Griff]

Congrats. Nice carbine. I'm intrigued by the rear sight. How it adjusts, is the brass distracting from the rear, etc.?

[Bill in Oregon]

Wow, what a punchy little dude you have there Scott! Handy indeed.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Congrats. Nice carbine. I'm intrigued by the rear sight. How it adjusts, is the brass distracting from the rear, etc.?

It’s a Skinner sight and I have them on a number of Marlins. Fully adjustable and you never see the brass while lookin through the rear sight.

[Walt]

I know John Taffin was a big fan of large bore short leverguns. His books show a fair number of carbines that he cut down to 16 to 18".

I have a Winchester Trapper in .30-30 like Jim T's with the same rear sight. It is a handy little gun. I hope you enjoy yours.

[Scott Tschirhart]

The proof is in the shooting.

Hopefully this weekend I will have some idea of how it performs on the range.

Initial reports from other Shootists indicate that it will feed the 270SAA bullet just fine.

[Paladin]

Just a little bit JEALOUS, nice pair.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Shooting over the siderail of my pickup at 50 yards here is my everyday .45 Colt load 7.1 gr 231 255 gr RNFP.

[Scott Tschirhart]

And my 270 gr SWC over 9.5 gr Longshot.

[Scott Tschirhart]

8 gr 231

[Scott Tschirhart]

For comparison here is my Colt at half the distance

[Scott Tschirhart]

Federal 225 gr JSP

[GunnyMack]

No complaints about how your new carbine !
I think the 8.0 of 231 is the winner.

[Scott Tschirhart]

These ought to be useful together.

[Scott Tschirhart]

No complaints about how your new carbine !
I think the 8.0 of 231 is the winner.

I didn’t bring my tools today so I was unable to adjust the sights. I’ll correct that soon.

No complaints about accuracy.

[JimT]

All that looks good Scott!

[Scott Tschirhart]

I’m pretty happy Jim. Barrel was not fouled at all as far as I could tell. Seems like it feeds anything I shoot with no trouble at all.

Wood is prettier in the sun.

[Ysabel Kid]

Very cool!

[Scott Tschirhart]

This gun is so short that it fits in Andy’s kids rifle case. Skinner Sights.

Highly recommended!!!!

[Griff]

Scott, the more I look at that little Trapper, I'm more than a little tempted to take the Cowboy45Special modified carrier out of my 17" Project Marlin and go back to 45 Colt. But I still kinda like the idea of having the option to use either cartridge. But, I still haven't had the metal finished on my Project 1894 I posted about. I last worked on it around 2013, and sorta lost interest. (Actually, I got tired of taking it apart and putting it back together to get the carrier to work with the C45S & 45 Colt). I did get the hole for the saddle ring stud welded up, but still haven't sent it off to a refinisher. Seems like everytime I get around to thinkin' about it... something else needs the money thrown at it instead.

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[Scott Tschirhart]

It does seem like there’s always another project.