tac said:
Just found this on
All4Shooters.com site - 'The story of this percussion rifle is interesting; it’s optimized for shooting at ranges of 100-150 metres and is the replica of a model used by English volunteer rifle corps in
The short range will be a mite constricting for most shooters of similar rifles internationally. Most competitions START at 300 yards and go on to 900/1000 yards. At 100 - 150m the bullet likely hasn't even settled down.
tac
Mmn. I think that someone got their wires crossed there , my understanding for a Volunteer is that "short range" should mean 600-800 yards . Unless of course the rifling is of a different kind .
At the moment we don't know because Pedersoli ain't saying !
You are quite right , a Snider conversation would be inaproppriate in this forum so I slap myself on the wrist and wash my mouth out with soap .But Pedersoli do make replicas of other guns that are quite common .
If they think they will sell ,no doubt they will make them.
For chaps such as myself , living in the sticks , hundreds if not thousands of miles from the mainstream gun world , buying a new gun ,unseen, is less risky than buying a very much used or abused old gun and taking a chance on the condition .
A while ago I was excited to find a d/b muzzle
loading English shotgun from a well respected maker and was all set to buy until I noticed from the photos that something wasn't quite right with the hammers . That would have been an expensive mistake .Had the seller ( 3,000 miles away ) also accurately described the bores ? Maybe ,maybe not .
Pedersolis aren't cheap but new guns from other makers are expensive too . For instance a Pedersoli 1886 Winchester replica is about the same price as a Miroku made Winchester branded 1886 . ( Darn it , there I go talking about breechloaders again and repeaters to boot -double heresy !)
Happy shooting guys .