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Best option yet. I intend to do that with the wife's CVA Frontier carbine ( made by the same Spanish company). Should be easy enough to put a slight warp in the existing ramrod.
 
twisted_1in66 said:
A couple of caveats I have about the Traditions: one is that they use a "V" spring in the ramrod channel to hold the ramrod in place. It works quite well, but they use the forward lock screw to hold it in place and darn thing falls out of place if you remove the forward lock screw. If your ramrod is in the channel at the time, you can't get it out. If it's out of the channel, you can't get it in.

They warn you in the manual to put a piece of tape over it to keep it from falling out when you remove the lock for cleaning, but that screw is going to come out (and it does). Then you have to remove the barrel by removing the barrel pins and set the thing back into place with the lock installed to clear that ramrod channel. I had that happen often enough over the years that I drilled a hole and installed a pin right in front of the lock to hold it in place instead of using that darn lock bolt.

Another caveat is the big Roman nose on the butt. Since it is a straight stock with no offset, most people lean over the top of the stock a bit to line up the sights. If you do that with this rifle it will bruise your cheek from the recoil.

There are two "tricks" to shoot this rifle comfortably. One is to make a point of putting your cheek on the rifle farther back behind the Roman Nose a bit. The other is to place your cheek on the cheeckpiece like you normally would but turn your nose in towards it. Then you sight out of the corner of your eye and the recoil slides the butt along your cheek instead of slamming up into it with the recoil. That's an old shotgunner's trick and it works well with any Roman Nose stock.

It also likes a heavy load. Mine, and most other folks I've spoken to who have the rifle, seems to like a 95-gr. load to shoot it's best. By comparison my Early Lancaster rifle likes 80-grs.

Hope that helps.
Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan
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Twisted, You speak the truth I HAD a Traditions Pennsylvania and experienced everything you mention in your description. I ended up selling it because I just could never get comfortable shooting it. The main reason is the large Roman nose you talk about it just did not fit me and I am a big buy (tall and a little wide) and it was just to front heavy for me. Beautiful rifle though, had many compliments on it at the range. Anyway...that my two cents.
 
Cool Al,

I was born and raised in CA. Wife is from Oregon and we lived there for about 12-years. Then back to SF Bay area for another 12-yrs. Then got transferred to Vermont, which is where I started reenacting. After 8-yrs. there I was transferred to VA, where I fell in with the VA 7th for the next 10-yrs. In 2015 I retired and since my wife had lived in Carnation back in her high school days and loved it here, we looked for a place in this area. We found one about 3-miles out of town up on a hill and it's pretty nice. Kent is south of us a ways.

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan
 
Al Rittenhouse said:
There is one for sale at Gun Works in Oregon
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Al, I go to their shop every so often, it's where I buy my powder and I've bought guns from them in the past. I'll be in the area on Thursday. If you like I can stop by there and take a close look at it for you. I have experience with this gun, having owned a Pedersoli Pennsylvania for the last 18 years. I can give you my impression of it when I get home that evening if you want.
 
Jumpshot I really appreciate that offer. I just got off the phone with Suzi there and bought that gun. I have bought from them before and never had an issue just as you have. I have heard nothing but good about them. I have been looking at a long rifle for quite sometime custom and production. For what I need I think this one will be just fine. I like the customs but just couldn't justify spending that kind of money right now for one. Again I really appreciate your offer. Not often you find someone willing to do that. Al
 
The Traditions Penn rifle is well made for a factory gun. I had one but sold it. I could never get a comfortable cheek weld... it needed more drop at the comb in order for me to align the sights. Maybe I just have a big head...
 
bones92 said:
The Traditions Penn rifle is well made for a factory gun. I had one but sold it. I could never get a comfortable cheek weld... it needed more drop at the comb in order for me to align the sights. Maybe I just have a big head...
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No you don't have a big head. It's just the way that Roman Nose is built. If you look earlier in this string of messages you will see one that I left on how to keep from getting a bruised cheek with this or any Roman Nose gun that doesn't have sufficient drop at comb and has no offset on the stock to help line your eye up with the sights.

Twisted_1in66 :thumbsup:
Dan
 
After you mentioned that I compared the 2 on the computer in 2 separate windows. There is a big difference and I wouldn't have thought of that until you pointed it out Dan. Al
 

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