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  1. M

    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    I'm sorry, everyone...
  2. M

    Sighting in

    That gun looks good. What are your reasons for choosing 12 gauge?
  3. M

    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    Holy Moly.. M.D. and ddoyle; its no different than looking down a scope or red dot. All the same care is required
  4. M

    Historic Lubricants

    Yes i use jojoba to clean and to patch lube..along with bore butter. I have stopped putting water or patroleum in the bore... i will report soon.
  5. M

    questions about hawkens percussion.

    Why could you not get your 1/28 to shoot a lead conical or minie..or a patched round ball for that matter
  6. M

    Fall turkey

    Great story and the gun looks good. ..please tell me how you cut and breeched that barrel.
  7. M

    “Smooth rifles”

    I have one of these 1 inch barrel Green Mountains on a Renegade stock....it is really fun... it shoots good with shot loads and with .595 round balls....i can easily hit a pie plate at 80 yards or so...the set trigger and sight help that...
  8. M

    Target Rifle

  9. M

    Target Rifle

    I just made up these Lyman sights on my Hawken-- you can get thumb knobs to replace the screw heads-- yet as others said, check the rule book...
  10. M

    TC Hawken and the Lyman front target sight

    The higher sights do indeed make the line of sight better due to the comb..
  11. M

    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    Spence-- any high_jacking you may do is sure to contain valuable information..
  12. M

    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    I don't know yet-- trying to go shoot today. But, the barrel is very tight in the channel-- especially at the brass nose cap. I don't expect it would change much on my 25 yard zero.. I'll advise here soon.. :hmm:
  13. M

    Peep on .40 Squirrel Rifle

    Putting my TC Hawken action together with a Green Mountain IBS barrel. I got my tang drilled and tapped, mounted the peep and globe: this will be my Alabama WMA rifle. .40 and smaller for small game, and .40 and larger for large game. I wanted to be just like Idaho Ron, but instead of it being...
  14. M

    New Toy / Ruger Old Army

    T7 ignites pretty good, but does not like to be compressed very hard, so you have to figure how deep the bullet or ball sits below chamber face and how much powder will go below that without undue compression.
  15. M

    Rice Smooth Barrel 20g ball size

    I have a Green Mountain .615 bore in which i have to use .595 and pillow ticking .600 is rediculous to load
  16. M

    Does keeping the ball subsonic help with accuracy?

    God help you through these times and transitions in life.
  17. M

    Underhammers

    Thanks
  18. M

    Underhammers

    Dave Pearson.. what peep is that....product number?
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