A little sideways tale, about the gun.
I picked her up a while back. She is a early Dixie GunWorks .32 cal flintlock in a Tennessee Mountain gun. Made simple, iron mounted...
Turns out she is Iron Willed, too. Never have I had such trouble dialing in a rocklock. On a bench she did fine. Offhand a totally different POI. Regulate different ffg or fffg....different POI. Change the patch and another POI. each time I got closer off the bench something changed. At the end of my last shooting session, a week ago, I made some adjustments and then snapped a ramrod loading her. She bit me...
I drove home, seated the ball with a range rod.....and fired it it into a stump. I was mad as the gun had fought with me all day. Last I knew it was 2" low and 1 1/2" left at 25 yards. She didn't deserve it, but after a thorough scrubbing, I oiled the stock and buffed her out, before putting her away. I truly think she was Wildcat mad about never being shot for all those years.
That Sunday we were socked in by the Hurricane Irene. Monday was the day I started in with MRSA from a small wound. Ended up hospitalized, and could have lost my right leg.
Anyrate I was finally released and and told to go home and relax. Wife had me all propped up and made me promise to get some rest,...don't overdo it, don't go anywhere... So, dutifully I agreed. Sigh.
Then she went to work. :hmm:
She forgot about the backyard range. Grabbed my .32 limb bacon gun and blasted off six shots at 25 yards, fast as I could. Offhand.
Best Medicine in the World.
Back to the easy chair for the rest of that day.....
But man, I was feeling better. :wink:
As the pics show, she purred like a kitten.
Gonna call her Irene.... Lots of pent up energy, this one.
Yesterday...
6 for 6 offhand at a measured 105 yards :thumbsup:
I picked her up a while back. She is a early Dixie GunWorks .32 cal flintlock in a Tennessee Mountain gun. Made simple, iron mounted...
Turns out she is Iron Willed, too. Never have I had such trouble dialing in a rocklock. On a bench she did fine. Offhand a totally different POI. Regulate different ffg or fffg....different POI. Change the patch and another POI. each time I got closer off the bench something changed. At the end of my last shooting session, a week ago, I made some adjustments and then snapped a ramrod loading her. She bit me...
I drove home, seated the ball with a range rod.....and fired it it into a stump. I was mad as the gun had fought with me all day. Last I knew it was 2" low and 1 1/2" left at 25 yards. She didn't deserve it, but after a thorough scrubbing, I oiled the stock and buffed her out, before putting her away. I truly think she was Wildcat mad about never being shot for all those years.
That Sunday we were socked in by the Hurricane Irene. Monday was the day I started in with MRSA from a small wound. Ended up hospitalized, and could have lost my right leg.
Anyrate I was finally released and and told to go home and relax. Wife had me all propped up and made me promise to get some rest,...don't overdo it, don't go anywhere... So, dutifully I agreed. Sigh.
Then she went to work. :hmm:
She forgot about the backyard range. Grabbed my .32 limb bacon gun and blasted off six shots at 25 yards, fast as I could. Offhand.
Best Medicine in the World.
Back to the easy chair for the rest of that day.....
But man, I was feeling better. :wink:
As the pics show, she purred like a kitten.
Gonna call her Irene.... Lots of pent up energy, this one.
Yesterday...
6 for 6 offhand at a measured 105 yards :thumbsup: