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  1. ResearchPress

    Short Barrel Rifles verses Long Barrel Rifles test. Details Below...

    Agreed re. two different types of shooting - and pointless to compare the precision of the two different rifle forms. Each was world leading in its class. Match rifle shooting in the UK was however about advancing accuracy, and contemporary reports refer to the sport as 'scientific rifle...
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    Long Range Muzzle Loading in the UK, 2024

    Not sure why the ‘tweed’ discussion has continued or what it has to do with the original post… there was none in sight on the range. David
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    Long Range Muzzle Loading in the UK, 2024

    Back again in May - shooting at 500, 600, 900 and 1,000 yards. 🙂 David
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    Long Range Muzzle Loading in the UK, 2024

    The ‘Asquith Cup’ is the first match of the season and was fired at Bisley on Friday 5 April 2024. Rules for this percussion military muzzle loading rifle competition are for 15 shots at each distance, 600 & 800 yards. Even in calm conditions this is a testing match! This year however there were...
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    some whitworth shooting

    Yes it is. Ideally the paper is sheared and should fall away from the bullet as it exits the barrel on firing. David
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    some whitworth shooting

    Is that the issue - the nipple is perhaps not a good fit and permitting fouling in the threads? I’ve shot Whitworth and similar long range .45 calibre rifles for many years with platinum lined nipples. I use PTFE tape on the threads and never have difficulty in removing them. The nipples on...
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    Progressively rifled barrel for Enfield 1853/58

    I don’t know if you have ever checked the pitch of the rifling on this, but that serial number is within the range where P-H made some three band Enfields with 1 in 48 pitch rifling, while the rest were the standard Pattern 1853 Rifle Musket pitch of 1 in 78. May affect your choice of bullet...
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    Progressively rifled barrel for Enfield 1853/58

    The article on my site was written some years ago by a late friend. The above book was first published in 1964 and in a new edition by R&R Books in 1994. I've amended the web site text, which was a little misleading in making the book appear more recent than it is. David
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    Progressive depth rifling questions

    Most P-H rifles with a serial number under 1500 were Volunteers or Whitworths. The Enfields don’t generally come in until, 1000+ and then not exclusively. All their Enfields as far as I know had progressive depth rifling. David
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    Progressively rifled barrel for Enfield 1853/58

    Most P-H rifles with a serial number under 1500 were Volunteers or Whitworths. 7500 is still well within the original P-H production - and all their Enfields as far as I know had progressive depth rifling. My understanding with regards to the ‘shallow rifling’ is the potential problem is...
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    Scope for a Whitworth Rifle advise please

    It’s not like any Civil War era Whitworth scope that I have seen. See picture of original scope and mounts on my web site. Note the scope is easily detached from the mounts; several Civil War era Whitworth’s are known that retain their mounts, but the scope is now lost. I don’t recognise the...
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    My Rigby .451 reproduction can you help identify

    Based on the info. I have on the Monk Rigby, it has a different shaped hammer, pins in the lock plate are in a different position, and the flash guard at the nipple is different. So, I don't think it is one of the Rigby's that David Monk was making in the mid-1980's. David
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    My Rigby .451 reproduction can you help identify

    Paul, You probably won’t find anything about Dave. Sadly he passed away in recent times. He shot at Bisley with the MLAGB, and was a skilled gunsmith. His Rigby rifles were made to order. I think I put something in the MLAGBs ‘Black Powder’ magazine about Dave’s Rigby rifles, but that was many...
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    Whitworth Sporting Rifle

    Yes, it would be interesting to know. I have details of all the Whitworth rifles that were in the George W. Wray collection. BTW, there’s a book called ‘Confederate Odyssey’ that covers the George W. Wray collection at the Atlanta History Centre. Author was Gordon L. Jones. David
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    My Rigby .451 reproduction can you help identify

    I’ll have to have a look at photos I have, later in the week. Thanks for the additional pics. David
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    information on Lock Manufacturers ????

    Maybe not what you’re seeking but ‘British Gunlock Makers‘ by Tony Gibbs-Murray was published in 2020 in an edition of 150 copies - and sadly now sold out. It‘s the result of many years of research during the author’s retirement. Five chapters introduce the subject, then approaching 200 pages...
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    My Rigby .451 reproduction can you help identify

    The foresight base is fixed - one screw is for adjustment for windage and the other for locking the sight in place. Typical charges in these long range match rifles is 85 - 95 grains of FFg, with a 530 grain bullet. They’re designed for long range (out to 1000 yards) target shooting. Here’s a...
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    My Rigby .451 reproduction can you help identify

    Can you share details of the proof marks? Ardesa / Intermarco of Spain made a repro. Rigby, but I don’t think that’s what this is. It may have been made by the late Dave Eden - he was a skilled gunsmith and made several Rigby match rifles. BTW, that’s not a ’detachable ball-starter’ - the...
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    Wiping After Powder Charge and Wad Seated

    Standard practice amongst match rifle shooters, particularly with paper patch bullets. Some fouling is swept down by the tight fitting card wad and sits on top of the powder, any residual fouling is wiped by a damp patch and the bore then dried. The tight fitting wad stops any moisture getting...
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    Whitworth Sporting Rifle

    George W. Wray perhaps? From your further notes sounds possible - his collection ended up in the Atlanta History Centre. The Centre sold several Whitworths in 2019, that had no connection with the Civil War. Amongst those sold was a cased sporting rifle like the one pictured above. David
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