Rossi Rifleman

I want to do some long range shooting with my 45-70 Wizard.What kind of scopes and rings are you guys using? I was looking at the Nikon BDC series,but with the trajectory's of the 45-70 they may not work.Any other ones that can do the long shots? morayman.............

Can't help you with the scope question but I can say welcome aboard on your 1st post!!!! Someone here can point you in the right direction.

I'm using a Leupold Ultralight 2-7x33mm scope on one of my Guide Guns with the Hornady 325 grain LEVERevolution FTX ammo and I'm sighted in for zero @ 200 yards and 6" high @ 100 yards.
200 yards is long range for a 45-70 which with conventional ammo usual has a garden hose trajectory.

I use the Bushnell Banner 1.5-4.5X32 (#71-1545) on all three of my Wizard barrels and have the same on my Single Shot Slug Gun. Will use the same on the 7.62X39 SS I just purchased as well. All of these are for hunting, with shots out to 200 yards, but if I bought anything else I would look at Bushnell first.

Thanks for the prompt replies,and the welcome to the forum! I won't be doing any hunting with mine,I'm a paper puncher.I'm aware of the artillery trajectory of this round and that was my concern,to get a scope and rings that would handle it the first time without buying one only to discover it won't do the job.morayman...................

I had burris work up some cutom stuff for my XTR they use to do this. I cannot say if they still do but if you have your heart set on a certain bullets and ammo, burris , Leupold and such can make somthing custom depending on your wallet. Contact them to your specs and get qoutes for your needs and balance good verses bad and cost versus your gain. I have shot at camp perry but never placed well enough to do anything compared to the talent that comes our way for the the f class a and such. My pockets are to weak to compete.

Well I found a scope for my new Wizard.I'd forgot that I had it,it's a 1.5-5 power Universal scope.I don't know if it's a piece of junk or not.The only markings it has are the name and "made in Japan" it looks nice and is a pretty heavy scope for it's size,so I'll see what it's made of when I mount it to my 45-70 Wizard! morayman.....

cool keep us posted and if able please post pics once its all set up.

morayman wrote:I don't know if it's a piece of junk or not.

One way to find out and I'm sure the 45-70 will give it a good go! I suspect it is fine.

If you want to use the Rossi Single Shot Hammer Extension, you will need to use a set of "Extra High" rings to clear the eye bell of most scopes. The Single Shot rifle series uses High rings but the "W" needs a little more clearance.

If you want to use the Rossi Single Shot Hammer Extension, you will need to use a set of "Extra High" rings to clear the eye bell of most scopes. The Single Shot rifle series uses High rings but the "W" needs a little more clearance.

I had some see thru rings on it,so I'll just slap it on like that and see what happens! It does have nice clear glass in it.I'd forgotten I even had it,I don't remember what rifle it was on if any.If it breaks I won't be sad because it wasn't doing anything anyway.morayman............