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BSAJoe
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Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559
18/04/05 01:33 PM

Hello Gents (& Ladies, of course),
I just returned from the 2005 NRA National Convention held in H-town and I wanted to report firsthand that I have held in my hands the long elusive urban legend of the $600 retail 45/70 double rifle- not by E.A.A. but by Remington!
It is in their Spartan line which is Russian-made.
The sales rep told me that their target date of availablity is September and that it was easily the most sought after rifle people wanted to see. They had no idea it would be so popular.
The double rifle is marked on the barrel for standard pressure 45/70 ammunition (READ: No hotloading to 458 Mag velocities). This is interesting in that this same rifle is also available in 30-06 caliber, which has a much higher max. pressure.
Both barrels are regulated to supposedly 100 yds.
One barrel is fixed, and adjustments to regulate the other barrel is made by a jackscrew on the underside of the forearm which pushes the non-fixed barrel to the side. This is what the salesman told me, I can't vouch for anything else. It does seem odd that one can push a barrel out to regulate it, though....
I have pictures that I hope will appear.
All in all, it appeared well worth the retail price and would be a lot of fun. Maybe some hog hunts?

Enjoy,
Joe
in Houston

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And the scanned pages from the 2005 Remington catalogue:

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"A man and a gun and a star and a beast are still ponderables in a world of imponderables." Ruark

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Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	BSAJoe	18/04/05 01:33 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	mehulkamdar	24/01/06 05:16 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $	NitroX	24/01/06 05:41 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	luv2safari	18/04/05 02:49 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	NitroX	19/04/05 01:30 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	luv2safari	19/04/05 12:50 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	BlainSmipy	23/01/06 12:23 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	MagnumHunter	23/01/06 01:05 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	Marrakai	24/01/06 02:01 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	BlainSmipy	24/01/06 05:57 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	luv2safari	25/01/06 04:37 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	AdamTayler	25/01/06 05:30 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	bulldog563	25/01/06 06:26 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	luv2safari	26/01/06 03:49 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	bulldog563	26/01/06 05:08 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	mehulkamdar	27/01/06 03:25 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $	NitroX	26/01/06 03:30 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $	Smokinjoe	28/01/06 05:59 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $	kweber	28/01/06 06:26 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $	iwantadouble	26/01/06 12:55 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	BlainSmipy	23/01/06 04:35 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	RLI	23/01/06 04:54 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	mickey	23/01/06 05:31 PM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $559	BlainSmipy	24/01/06 02:09 AM
Re: Remington Spartan 45/70 Double Rifle- retail $	bulldog563	23/01/06 03:58 PM

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