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Circle in North America.
In these harsh territories, hunters
and hunting guides face huge animals
such as elk and, above all, the great North
American bears such as the Grizzly, the
Kodiak and the polar bear. Clearly a
weapon suitable for this wild fauna and
these environments must possess: quality
of materials, total reliability, accuracy and
significant levels of available power.
The .45-70 is still the favorite caliber
in those places and hunting contexts,
mainly because cartridges are readily
available and have a large and widespread
distribution. Chiappa Firearms’ model
1886 Kodiak was designed to meet these
specific needs; these needs are certainly
not those of our hunters of wild boar, but
are certainly very close, especially in terms
of difficult environments and conditions.
Now about the use of the caliber 45-70 for
wild boars, my opinion is that we do not
need “extreme” cartridges: standard 300
grain JHP and JSP cartridges are more than
enough or, better yet, the new Hornady
LeverEvolution 325- grains is perfect.
The Chiappa Firearms Kodiak
rifle can be considered a perfect synthesis
between the original model 1886 made
by Browning / Miroku and a modern free
reinterpretation for hunting.
Like the original model, the Kodiak
is chambered in .45-70 (the strong point
of the 1886), a caliber that, as mentioned,
provides levels of kinetic energy such
that it can harvest from wild boars to
elephants, great accuracy, very good
availability of commercial ammunition
and reloading, excellent distribution and
availability of ammunition in all hunting
fields in the world. The model I tested
has the 22” barrel version. Chiappa
Firearms is producing this firearm with
materials and manufacturing processes
(especially the barrel, frame and action),
that are by far more modern and robust
than by the original and that guarantee
a superior internal and external ballistic
performance. Additionally, the barrel,
frame, lever and magazine feature a special
matte hard chrome-plating that has the
appearance very similar to stainless steel.
This plating process allows this short rifle
to endure the harsh conditions of the
world most adverse climates while offering
the performance of quality high carbon
steels allowing the use of the famous .45-
70 cartridges “fourth level”, suited for
North American, African and Australian
dangerous game. Chiappa Firearms
managed to limit the weight of the rifle
with 22 “(56 cm) barrel to 3,850 kilos (8.3
lbs), this version is ideal to make good use
of Hornady’s new generation ammunition,
to have perfect manageability and quick
target acquisition, while minimizing
recoil and muzzle-flip, even with the
most powerful .45-70 ammunition. The
entire mechanics of the Chiappa 1886 is
machined from blocks of solid steel with
CNC machinery and equipment, yielding
perfect interchangeability with parts from
the original model 1886. The barrel is
made by button rifling with special care
given at the muzzle crown, providing good
accuracy and consistency of performance.
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