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    How many offhand shots before back pain?

    Another tip. At your NPA, The rifle is going to wobble around the target. Improvement in off hand shooting mostly comes from reducing the range of wobbling. Don’t try to steer the rifle around. Just let it wobble. It’s often in kind of a figure 8 around the target. If you try to steer, you’ll...
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    How many offhand shots before back pain?

    Sorry for the double post— rural internet sucks
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    How many offhand shots before back pain?

    So, I’m (a still farming & it hurts) 70 and a former NRA Master rating in 50 meter free rifle. I’ll mostly reinforce stuff already mentioned… Natural Point of Aim: (NPA) A lot of bad shooting and old guy pain is caused by trying to point somewhere your body doesnt. Try getting in your stance...
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    .50 Calber for Elk?

    Co recently went to minimums for elk of 50 .cal conicals @ min. 210 grains or 54 .cal PRB. Seems reasonable. One of the problems I ran into when I moved out here from PA was underestimating range. Elk are pretty much huge and what looks like 50 yds might be a fair bit farther. Glad I used...
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    .50 Calber for Elk?

    “Walk” kinda sums it up. Although crawl comes in handy. I’ve been hunting elk in here in CO for quite a while with handguns, M/L, bows. Loved the hunts, seen lots, never shot at one. I set my maximum range where I can keep all of my shots (at the range) on a 6” pie plate. That gives some margin...
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    Full length bedding

    I do pretty much the same thing for minor inletting or checkering boo-boos. I make it up with shellac flakes, wax, and spirit stain. Your idea is way easier. Also use it behind the tang where it’s helpful to leave 0.020” to prevent splitting. I hate splitting;-). Also use it for filling gouges...
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    Full length bedding

    Wondering what you use to paint the barrel channel? The one original I’ve taken apart was almost black under the barrel and the lock mortise. and I’d like to simulate that
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    Full length bedding

    The clay thing works 99% of the time. I stuck my Win Mod 70 at the recoil lug, which was the 1%. Clamping it with thickened Acraglass pushed the clay out of the way. I am now superstitious. I was thinking of trying candle wax on my current project I do it for crack stopping vs fixing inletting...
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    Full length bedding

    For sure. Not HC, but neither are the electric lighting or Chambers oil finish I use
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    Full length bedding

    I’m a belt and suspenders guy, so on an octagon barrel, I neatly tape on Saran wrap in addition to wax, etc. I always bed before I have stuff like barrel dovetails installed. If those are already installed, I turn the barrel upside down. On my 1830’s pile ‘o splinters restoration, I bedded in a...
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    Full length bedding

    Another option for releasing epoxy bedded stuff is to heat it. It looses its will to live at about 450F. Had to do that on a Win Mod 70 in a dandy piece of walnut.. I haven't had to unstick a muzzleloader barrel, but my backup plan has been to heat a chunk of steel rod under bore size to 500F or...
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    Full length bedding

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    Full length bedding

    I’ve done a bunch of bedding and repairs with acraglass and have switched to West Systems GelFlex epoxy. Waterproof & flexible ‘cause it’s used on boats. Light amber color and fairly thin. Long working time, 24+ hour cure. Tint with stained maple sawdust. If you want it to stay in place for a...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    Thought a pic of the drum might be useful. Not a lot of threads holding the beech plug in. Scary
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    Sorry it took me a while to get these to you. I had to borrow a camera to get decent images Some construction notes: -There is no ramrod entry pipe -Barrel is pinned through staples -Pins are through the stock, not through inlays -Nose cap is brass sheet with wood showing under the barrel...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    Thanks! I does feel pretty good. One of my kids will get the "restored/salvaged" original and one will get the bench copy. I'm 70+ so they wont have to wait forever ;-)
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    Here are some more photos, appreciate any thoughts! You're correct on the trigger guard. The MLBS Ohio/Vincent guard is just about a drop in. As is the Davis small double set trigger. Tang was broken in several places. It had been thinned out to 1/8" or less, which didn't leave much metal...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    The other thing that had me up in the air on the lock was Kauffman’s note that Williams “made both flint and percussion guns…and he worked from 1830 to 1860”. Willams did put a signed brass plate on the barrel, which my rifle is missing That area of PA was very backwoods and my family quite...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    Thanks so much for your thoughts! I attributed it with a chain of logic that won’t stand up in court My grandfather was born in 1895 and he gave me his recollection of the rifle’s history. He also showed me the log cabin he was born in and the family farm a mile or so down the road I found a...
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    Forward Lock Screw on Percussion rifle

    I'm building a bench copy of the family rifle from southwestern PA circa 1830 by family lore. I assumed that since it had a capbox and a replacement percussion lock that it was originally a percussion gun. I found a probably maker from Kaufman's PA rifle books. (Abe Williams) I've had to make...
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