RANGE DAY! RANGE DAY! PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!
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.
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That Marlin sure looks promising. I remember doing something similar to a .22 I had as a kid. Dad had hid it in the water softener room over the door. You know what that can do to a gun. I found it and his brother helped me blue it. Lotta work.
Last Saturday was the first opportunity I had to go to the range with my wife since spring, due to work. Took an AK I bought months ago and shot it for the first time. I’m impressed. Iron sights, out of the box at 50 yards and everything on paper. I bought it just to see how it works. Strange enough, the action was so slow, I thought I was double tapping. It was boom……clunk.
As an aside, what brand robot to you most program?
Fanucs. Everything else is crap.
where’d ya go Slough, Kingsbury, Or the Buff?
Do tell more about that Marlin . . . did you do the work? Where did you get it done?? Would love to get my Dad a Marlin in .44 Mag. He had one years ago, but my mom made him sell it when I was born.
Curious, I went to the slough. Counter, I made it out of an old 336 30-30 and a barrel from Numrich. It needs a little work yet but it’s gonna be fine.
You’re hitting Buffalo range on the 29th for Contagion’s B-day shoot, right?
(Unsubtle HINT!) heheh
Grau: Will dop everything I can!
If not a tang sight, a Lyman or Williams aperture will mount on the receiver. I put a Williams on my model 94, and a white-line front post on, and like it a lot better than the front bead/back open sights.
I think that’s a Enfield or Springfield rifle, not a Brown Bess. And you couldn’t talk him into letting her turn around for a shot?
Yes, you’re absolutely right, it’s a three band enfield,and not a bess. They HAD a bess there, I just p[osted a different picture.
That Marlin’s a beautiful weapon, Og. And kudos ;>) on your diplomacy in snapping the photo of the musket shooter!
Og, not be nitpicky, but that is NOT a brown bess. Besses are not percussion cap, they are all flintlocks. Plus Besses don’t have sights. That appears to be either a Civil War Era Springfield or Enfield rifle. Probably a Springfield since they have a US cartridge case.
I own a bess and love it. If you come to the range on the 29th, I’ll let you shot it.
Just for the record, I’m jealous as hell. I STILL haven’t been able to shoot my Colt .45…you know, the BIRTHDAY PRESENT FROM JULY!!
*grumble*
Contagion: Read up a couple of replies.
…. Those seem like BIG holes…. I have my eye on a .45 Big Boy, but not the $$$
Hey, you decided to be all girly girl and go shopping instead of shooting with us Ktreva….
sorry about that, I don’t always read the comments.
But the offer to shoot a bess still stands.
Nice picture Og