Legacy Sports Puma 1886 .45-70

[DPris]

There were some earlier comments about this gun, just passing on that I finally got to shoot the sample here yesterday.
Five commercial hunting loads (no cowboy stuff) at 100 yards off a rest.
Function was perfect, no feeding or ejection issues at all, positive ejection about 6 feet to the rear when the lever was worked briskly.

Three of the five loads' best five-shot groups were under three inches, shooting under a shaded canopy.

I think it could do better for other shooters & conditions, but that's what I got.

Fore-end a trifle loose, mag/barrel band pin walked, but that's fixable.

Just FYI.
Looks like a shooter.

Denis

[kaschi]

Sounds like a pretty good lever. Is this Italian or Brazilian made?

[DPris]

Italian, by Chiappa.

The gun was creating heat shimmer off the top barrel flat in 39-degree weather that wasn't amusing at all.
If I could have seen the bulls through it the groups would probably have been a little tighter.
Hard to hit moving targets....
Denis

[gak]

Kaschi, Italian by Chiappa (aka Armi Sport). When LSI left the Rossi business two years ago, it took its proprietary "Puma" moniker with it and now refers to both its new line of Chiappa 1892s (also offered by Cimarron and Taylors) and recently introduced 1886s as Pumas. I think the 86s are or will be offered by the others as well, but only the LSIs are called "Pumas."

Dpris, you may have said but I did not see - rifle or carbine? I assume by "barrel flat" that suggests the octagonal rifle?

[DPris]

Yup, the octagonal rifle.
Denis

[kaschi]

Got it gak! Thanks. Now it makes sense.

[redrider03]

So I was looking at getting one. But they are on backorder everywhere. Is that because they just started making them, or is it because they are going to stop making them?? Also since this is the only forum I have found where someone shot one, what barrel length did you shoot? What would you recommend. Do you think it would handle the factory ammo that comes from Buffalo Bore? Thanks

[RIHMFIRE]

theres a review of this gun in "Guns of the old West" magazine....
Pretty nice rifle....

[Rube Burrows]

theres a review of this gun in "Guns of the old West" magazine....
Pretty nice rifle....

Was reading over my copy of this magazine last night and seen that. Didnt get to read it yet but it looks interesting as always.

Cant wait to read it. What a beautiful gun it is and without all of those darn safeties and other modern junk.