Neanderpundit

Wow, did I ever need that.

I took the Marlin out, the one I bought in 30-30 wcf and have rebarreled to 44 remington Magnum. The first of ten shots went into the berm, with sandags etc wrapped around the action. Once I knew it wasn’t gonna blow up, I started looking at the sights. Wanted to see hwo the new barrel shot.

Here’s how it shot:

The ninth shot was good. 25 yards, offhand. Should be able to do better with a decent marbles sight, hoping i can get a tang.

THe gun itself needs a bluing, but a good friend helped me yesterday with the stock, and made it, frankly, quite presentable. here’s a shot of it leaning against the kitchen window.

And frankly, who wouldn’t go to the range, when this is the kind of thing you see there.

She’s shooting a brown bess musket. She looks better from the front than from the back, trust me on that. Her extraordinarily well-armed husband allowed me to take her picture, and I emailed him a copy. Snapped the shot just as she sent that big ball downrange.