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    H&H barrels

    My 2 1/4" diameter,. 577 Cal, 63 Pound bench gun with a H&H barrel that I made around 1981. Hoppy made shooters
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    Underhammer Target Rifle: Ken Bresien action with Ron Long .502 Barrel with false muzzle. I would like some advice regarding loading and equipment.

    Still have Fat Alice but got rid of the bench. The gun was 63 pounds, I think the bench was heavier. In the picture that is my short starter. Thank you, Harry Pope
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    Underhammer Target Rifle: Ken Bresien action with Ron Long .502 Barrel with false muzzle. I would like some advice regarding loading and equipment.

    You also mentioned a bench. Here is the one I used in the 80's ( the gun on it is a fullstock Lancaster flint bench with a Bill Large barrel.) I think teh base was 3 pieces of 3/4" plywood, legs were 1 1/2" or 2" steel pipe with spider extensions. Three of the legs were closed by large pipe...
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    Underhammer Target Rifle: Ken Bresien action with Ron Long .502 Barrel with false muzzle. I would like some advice regarding loading and equipment.

    Bench gun shooting was my thing in the early 1980's. Shot in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas ( loved the matches in Berryville Ark. and the ones in Brady Texas. Had several Bresiens- great guns. For what it's worth, my favorite was Fat Alice - a 63 pound H&H barreled...
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Thank you. Looking back, that was a great time in my life.
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Rigged for use when the kids would shoot her on Saturday afternoon
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Fat Alice and I shot in Berryville from about 1980 to 1984 both spring and fall. She won a lot. That was where I would put a vintage 20 power Unertl scope on her after I had shot my targets, put a 100 yard target at 25 or 50 yards and let the kids shoot her. They loved it. "Keep her on the...
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    You should have seen the bench I made for her. 2" thick, 2" pipe legs, fully adjustable, machines front plate, dampened with 1" diameter adjusting screws and a rig that allowed me to screw a spiral rod into the ground and run chains on turn buckles from the ground screw to the bench. Talk...
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Thank you. I live in Dallas and, sad to say, never had a chance to shoot in New Mexico. Mainly Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas ( my favorite ), Louisana and Mississippi
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Odd you said that. I was given the moniker of Cannon Man in Oklahoma
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Here is a picture of Fat Alice ( Fat Alice Abbot was a brothel owner in El Paso in the late 1800's). Miss shooting her. 2 1/4" H& H with false muzzle, sealed ignition, variety of sights used including a 20 power Unertl for kids to shoot Alice after I had finished with match targets. Modified...
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    what barrel gives the best accuracy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Been out of the game for about 35 years but Fat Alice, my 73 [pound bench gun use to have a lot of fun in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Louisiana and Mississippi. If you can find one, an H&H Barrel Works ( Hoppy Hopkins) was, and still is, in the big gun and I also had several others, bench and...
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Thank you. Hope all is much better for you. I haven't shot the bench thing or actually anything since the mid 80's. Got caught up in my business, too many marriages, and the hot rod/custom car hobby - after giving up marrying at the request of the corporate lawyers. Still play with cars...
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Thank you. Turning 72 this year following a pretty bad 71 but still here. Sure miss the shoots, especially in Berryville Arkansas. Sorry I never made it to Friendship. Lot of folks were pushing me to go in the early 80's. I was strictly a target shooter but very much admired and respected...
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    Hello from a Texas Bench Gunner from the 80'S

    Early 80's found me and my bench gun, Fat Alice, and her 73 pounds of H&H barrel having a fun time in the Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas area. From 80-84 it consumed my time and I loved it. Great people and a fantastic sport. Miss Berryville Ark. Kinda older now but still have fond...
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