DutchmanDick
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Let me start out by saying I don't want this post/thread to turn into a flame war against India-made guns. I've been reading and the most consistent complaint I've heard was about heavy trigger pulls. I completed a correspondence course in gunsmithing from Penn-Foster, so I have the tools and reference material to help me correct mechanical problems like that.
Now, with that caveat out of the way, here's my question:
I have been eyeballing several guns from Middlesex for a while. Which ones I get will depend on how big my tax return is. One of the ones I'm looking at is a blunderbuss - I've wanted a BB ever since CVA brought out their version when I was a kid. Now, MVTCo has both steel and brass-barrel versions. They both look good to me, but I will likely only be able to afford one. I don't have any intentions of firing anything but lead from it, though 200-grain powder charges are possible (I have a buddy who is a recoil-junkie - he loads .45 Colt rounds for his Ruger that make a .44 magnum look anemic by comparison :shocked2: , though they are published loads within safe pressure limits for the gun :youcrazy: ). Brass is a bit less succeptible to corrosion than steel (which is why brass barrelled BB's were often used on naval vessels). So, which one should I get???
Eenie, meenie, minee, mo...
Now, with that caveat out of the way, here's my question:
I have been eyeballing several guns from Middlesex for a while. Which ones I get will depend on how big my tax return is. One of the ones I'm looking at is a blunderbuss - I've wanted a BB ever since CVA brought out their version when I was a kid. Now, MVTCo has both steel and brass-barrel versions. They both look good to me, but I will likely only be able to afford one. I don't have any intentions of firing anything but lead from it, though 200-grain powder charges are possible (I have a buddy who is a recoil-junkie - he loads .45 Colt rounds for his Ruger that make a .44 magnum look anemic by comparison :shocked2: , though they are published loads within safe pressure limits for the gun :youcrazy: ). Brass is a bit less succeptible to corrosion than steel (which is why brass barrelled BB's were often used on naval vessels). So, which one should I get???
Eenie, meenie, minee, mo...