…and this is the result! A M1867 Belgian Albini-Braendlin rifle.
The term "sweet" doesn't even come close to describing this rifle. It all matches except the clearing rod and bayonet, but it has both! It has a pristine bore and shoots fantastically. I loaded up some 'soft" loads (18 gn IMR SR4759) using 45/70 brass and a .446" PP lead bullet (43 Mauser) , chrony'd at 1050 fps but shot to point of aim @ 50 yds. The base of 45/70 is slightly small (around .500" for 45/70, my chamber cast was .522") but extracted nicely after firing. I have read so many differing accounts of Albini chambers that shooting it was somewhat 'dicey". I have some 50/90 sharps brass which I will attempt to get a better case fit when time allows.
