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That is championship shooting.
Nice rifle, unusual trigger guard.
Thanks but it's the rifle not the shooter! I was working up the load from a bench rest. The lock is fast and sparks strong, and the set trigger breaks at 10oz.
zimmerstutzen
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A franken gun. Trigger guard is from a flobert style rifle. Somebody put a well tuned lock on the gun. It probably has a few other odd characteristics too. A well tuned lock, trigger and good barrel can be a match shooter even if the stock is a fir 2 x 4. and the furniture made from an old tv antenna.
Provenance appears similar to what the old members of my gun club refer to as a West (St. Louis) County Special. It's a parts collection that was built in your part of the country.
It's a rifle built in the 1970's by a reasonably talented anonymous gun smith wanting to shoot a muzzleloading rifle and he had an assortment of quality parts that could be used to make a gun. @Spartan64's rifle may not resemble any known school of design, but the performance is excellent.
It's a rifle built in the 1970's by a reasonably talented anonymous gun smith wanting to shoot a muzzleloading rifle and he had an assortment of quality parts that could be used to make a gun. @Spartan64's rifle may not resemble any known school of design, but the performance is excellent.
hanshi
Cannon
Well, it's a good looking rifle and a super shooter! I'd be very happy to own it.
Nice gun. Whoever built it did a fine job too. Congratulations.
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Certainly has different look to the trigger guard, but in a good way. Nice rifle, I like it!
ohio ramrod
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There were many "backyard" builders in the late 60's and early seventies that did excelent work but never got national reconition .I believe that with a barrel by Bobby it is from a later period but it is still a rifle to be proud of.
Sorry but no photo skills at all.
Try a neutral background and cropping
Try a neutral background and cropping
I'm never gonna be Ansel Adams and the photographs were good enough for a lot of folks to help me understand my gun. If you can lend me a photobooth and something better than an old casio phone camera maybe we can get some glamor shots of my guns...
