Misplaced Rebel
36 Cal.
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- May 20, 2010
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Hi all,
I am considering working on a GPR kit as a summer project. My thought was (and others have done this, but I haven't been able to find the site on the internet since I saw it) to build the GPR as a custom Northern civilian Target Rifle from the Civil War period- a gun exclusively for long range work. As part of this, I was thinking of installing a tang-mounted (similar to a Vernier would be the intent) sight and a globe front sight as were used on some of these guns. Knowing the GPR's tang is seperate from the barrel as virtue of the hooked breech, is this a feasible arrangement, or am I going to have problems with wandering zero because of it? Maybe the solution would be to solder/weld the tang to the barrel? Or, in a non-PC/HC fashion, JB weld?
What do you guys think? Anyone done this before?
Thanks in advance,
-Chris Thulien
I am considering working on a GPR kit as a summer project. My thought was (and others have done this, but I haven't been able to find the site on the internet since I saw it) to build the GPR as a custom Northern civilian Target Rifle from the Civil War period- a gun exclusively for long range work. As part of this, I was thinking of installing a tang-mounted (similar to a Vernier would be the intent) sight and a globe front sight as were used on some of these guns. Knowing the GPR's tang is seperate from the barrel as virtue of the hooked breech, is this a feasible arrangement, or am I going to have problems with wandering zero because of it? Maybe the solution would be to solder/weld the tang to the barrel? Or, in a non-PC/HC fashion, JB weld?
What do you guys think? Anyone done this before?
Thanks in advance,
-Chris Thulien