Post by: Ohio Joe on January 04, 2017, 05:31:33 PM
Post your two person Team in this thread. I will consolidate the list.
This is a free shoot which is open to TMA members who are on or off our website,,, and guest non members who are on our website). You will need a shooting partner as this is a two person team shoot.
Those who sign up for our Silhouette Match have a copy of the Mike Fink Target included in their packet - all others will have to run a copy from our "Target" section here on our website. The target you will use is here; http://traditionalmuzzleloadingassociat ... /MF-TC.pdf (http://traditionalmuzzleloadingassociation.org/TMA-Targets/MF-TC.pdf)
Our Annual Mike Fink Shoot is a free shoot. (Please shoot only one target to turn in, and let the balls hit where they may.
Lets get this rolling;
TMA Sight Rules Apply
Two Person Teams (Be sure to put your screen name on your target)
Mike Fink Match Shot In July
Shot from 25 Yards - Offhand
One Target / 5 Shots - Shoot One Target Only / No "Picked" Multi Target Shooting
Scoring will be - (You Must Break The "Scoring Line Completely" To Receive The Higher Score Value) NOTE: Outer Scoring Lines That Are Thicker Then The Inner Scoring Lines Should Be Viewed As Thinner Lines (from the outside - And In Some Situations From The Inside Line) When Scoring Them... A Ball That Is Half or Better In The Head From The Bottom Line Of The CUP Will Be Scored As A MINUS TEN (-10)... There May Be Situations With The Scoring That Requires The "Match Scorer" To Make A Judgement Call Of Shot Placement On The Mike Fink Target... A Judgement Call Is Not Open To Debate, Nor Is The Scoring System Of The Mike Fink Target Open For Debate. (ALL MIKE FINK TARGETS ARE SCORED THE SAME)
Mail Your Team Target to me; With Your Name On It. They Must Be (Mailed) Post Marked No Later Then August 15th...
2017 TEAMS TO DATE
01... Ohio Joe & No Powder
02... RollingB & SSE
03... Lonewolfe20 & Paul Red Buffalo Hoff
04... RussB & Rob DiStefano
05... greyhunter & PaulK
06... Spotted Bull & Bison Horn
07... Mad Irish Jack & Maven
08... dmarsh & Winter Hawk
09... amm1851 & Axe
Post by: rollingb on January 04, 2017, 10:07:19 PM
Post by: Lonewolfe20 on January 05, 2017, 12:00:59 AM
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 05, 2017, 07:25:49 AM
Quote from: "Lonewolfe20"
Can my son shoot under my membership
Sure... What's his name and I'll get you guys listed.
Post by: Lonewolfe20 on January 05, 2017, 10:22:13 AM
Thanks looking forward to shooting
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 05, 2017, 01:55:34 PM
Quote from: "Lonewolfe20"
Lonewolfe20 and Paul Red Buffalo Hoff
Thanks looking forward to shooting
Got him on the list.
Post by: Uncle Russ on January 05, 2017, 05:32:35 PM
Quote from: "Lonewolfe20"
Lonewolfe20 and Paul Red Buffalo Hoff
Thanks looking forward to shooting
Good on you Lonewolf!
It just don't get no better than a father / son team!
I love it!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on January 05, 2017, 06:53:20 PM
:shock: :rotf
Post by: Uncle Russ on January 05, 2017, 07:41:34 PM
Quote from: "Rob DiStefano"
russ and me are gonna team up, though i warned him i'm gonna be the anchor in this team and i don't mean that in a good way! HAH!
:shock: :rotf
:rotf :shock:
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on January 05, 2017, 07:49:25 PM
Quote from: "RussB"
Quote from: "Rob DiStefano"russ and me are gonna team up, though i warned him i'm gonna be the anchor in this team and i don't mean that in a good way! HAH!
:shock: :rotf
:rotf :shock:
Uncle Russ...
wow! y'all expect to be snowed in 'til JULY!!! :shock:
yikes!!!!
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 05, 2017, 08:46:22 PM
Quote from: "RussB"
Quote from: "Rob DiStefano"russ and me are gonna team up, though i warned him i'm gonna be the anchor in this team and i don't mean that in a good way! HAH!
:shock: :rotf
:rotf :shock:
Uncle Russ...
You guys tickle me. :toast
You are on the list!
Post by: sse on January 06, 2017, 03:30:06 PM
Quote
Two anchors just might win us something in the "Most Pitiful" category.Well, why don't ya make it innerestin and have the two 'anchors' shoot standing in the middle of the wide Missouri, the buckskins will dry out eventually.
Post by: RobD on January 06, 2017, 04:22:12 PM
Quote from: "sse"
QuoteTwo anchors just might win us something in the "Most Pitiful" category.Well, why don't ya make it innerestin and have the two 'anchors' shoot standing in the middle of the wide Missouri, the buckskins will dry out eventually.
i don't think it'll matter much if stand 5 yards from the target let alone take a missouri dip, i'm still gonna be an anchor of sorts.
Post by: Uncle Russ on January 06, 2017, 06:11:15 PM
Quote from: "sse"
QuoteTwo anchors just might win us something in the "Most Pitiful" category.Well, why don't ya make it innerestin and have the two 'anchors' shoot standing in the middle of the wide Missouri, the buckskins will dry out eventually.
Jimmy Veeeeee, seems to me we have 2 Anchors in the "Most Pitiful" category, and two old Potlickers in the "We swim or drown" category. :rotf
Jus'sayin
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on January 06, 2017, 06:18:00 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on January 06, 2017, 06:22:00 PM
Quote from: "Rob DiStefano"
hey hey! i'm with russ! we need to get handicap spotted at least TEN points! c'mon, have a heart, we're old, crippled and half blind for goodness sakes!!! :roll eyes :applaud :rotf
Yep!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on January 06, 2017, 06:23:56 PM
:hey-hey :th up
Post by: sse on January 06, 2017, 06:35:34 PM
Quote
Jimmy Veeeeee, seems to me we have 2 Anchors in the "Most Pitiful" category, and two old Potlickers in the "We swim or drown" category. :rotfThat right there is some world-class sand baggin, ya no-good potlicker...
Jus'sayin
Uncle Russ...
Post by: rollingb on January 06, 2017, 06:44:22 PM
Quote from: "sse"
I've been called a lot of things over the years,.... but, "Hawkeye" ain't one of'em. :laffingQuoteJimmy Veeeeee, seems to me we have 2 Anchors in the "Most Pitiful" category, and two old Potlickers in the "We swim or drown" category. :rotfThat right there is some world-class sand baggin, ya no-good potlicker...
Jus'sayin
Uncle Russ...
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 07, 2017, 09:06:33 AM
Quote from: "rollingb"
Quote from: "sse"I've been called a lot of things over the years,.... but, "Hawkeye" ain't one of'em. :laffingQuoteJimmy Veeeeee, seems to me we have 2 Anchors in the "Most Pitiful" category, and two old Potlickers in the "We swim or drown" category. :rotfThat right there is some world-class sand baggin, ya no-good potlicker...
Jus'sayin
Uncle Russ...
Okay, I've got the teams of (Russ & Rob) (SSE & Rondo), even at this point, however I need to hear more before weighing in ('cause you guys are entertaining as heck! :applaud
)
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 09, 2017, 08:03:23 PM
Post by: Spotted Bull on January 27, 2017, 03:55:23 PM
Post by: rollingb on January 27, 2017, 08:04:59 PM
Quote from: "Ohio Joe"
The team of No Powder & Ohio Joe has been confirmed by phone on this day. :roll eyes But right or wrong we're hopeful we might hit something... maybe ... :shock: :hairy
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 28, 2017, 12:40:17 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 28, 2017, 12:49:51 PM
Post by: Bison Horn on January 28, 2017, 10:55:33 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on January 31, 2017, 01:57:59 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on January 31, 2017, 03:34:54 PM
Quote from: "Ohio Joe"
O'kay folks, Muley pulled out of the shoots so greyhunter needs a partner for the Mike Fink Shoot. Someone want to contact greyhunter as a partner? He's a mighty fine gentleman! :hairy
This man Lynn (greyhunter) has a very large footprint with his past and present doings within the TMA, and even more importantly a man of very strong personal character, if he tells you it's going to rain, you'd better prepare to get yourself wet!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: Paulk on February 01, 2017, 09:23:23 AM
Post by: Ohio Joe on February 01, 2017, 11:46:42 AM
Quote from: "Paulk"
Hey all. I'm looking for a partner for the Mike Fink shoot. Anyone interested in a new guy with old eyes I'll try not to pull you down too far.
Paul, send greyhunter a PM... He may be looking since his partner backed out?
Post by: Ohio Joe on February 01, 2017, 05:13:18 PM
Weez best be a'drawin' a fine bead on them thar sights!
Post by: Mad Irish Jack on February 15, 2017, 12:37:33 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on February 15, 2017, 02:08:06 PM
Mad Irish Jack & Maven!
Post by: rollingb on February 15, 2017, 03:05:28 PM
Quote from: "Ohio Joe"
Weezz got us another team a shootin' in the ol' Mike Fink shoot;
Mad Irish Jack & Maven! :hey-hey
Post by: Uncle Russ on February 15, 2017, 05:46:18 PM
Quote from: "rollingb"
Quote from: "Ohio Joe"Weezz got us another team a shootin' in the ol' Mike Fink shoot;
Mad Irish Jack & Maven! :hey-hey :lt th
I heard through the grapevine that Rob has been trying to trade two Uncle Russ's for one of those fellers.....suspect I'm "good to go" for a little while now.
:toast
Uncle Russ...
Post by: Mad Irish Jack on February 15, 2017, 06:02:23 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on February 16, 2017, 08:52:44 AM
Quote from: "RussB"
Quote from: "rollingb"Quote from: "Ohio Joe"Weezz got us another team a shootin' in the ol' Mike Fink shoot;
Mad Irish Jack & Maven! :hey-hey :lt th
I heard through the grapevine that Rob has been trying to trade two Uncle Russ's for one of those fellers.....suspect I'm "good to go" for a little while now.
:toast
Uncle Russ...
Two Uncle Russ's! And I always thought that was a legend,,, sightings and no documentation. Apparently they do exist... :applaud
Post by: Paulk on February 16, 2017, 09:34:16 AM
Post by: Ohio Joe on February 16, 2017, 11:22:03 AM
Quote from: "Paulk"
Question for you on the Mike Fink shoot from a first time shooter. This is similar to the postal matches where each member of the team shoots their own target and sends it in individually. Is that right?
That is correct, Paulk... :bl th up
Post by: sse on February 16, 2017, 12:25:23 PM
Quote from: "Mad Irish Jack"
Well, part o' the head waters fer dat Mrs. Zippy River :applaud The Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers and mixes inta the O Hio river. Datsa one flowin outa PA pass a passle o'property some dummies in the old place called Virginy, dun got rida; the hilly western part and some mity fine folk tookt over. WV supports the southwest corner part of PA from falling down and a crushin' them Virginies. Hany ways, them mixed rivers flows out past a buncha states and mixes with 'at Moe Soari. "Ats war Mrs Zippy gits made up. Days all part o' the Mike Fink waters. Folk bin tryin t' pop his mug fer a passle o' time now. So me, Mad Irish Jack, an my friend :hey-hey :bowWauuggghhh...!
Post by: Maven on February 17, 2017, 03:19:40 PM
Post by: Mad Irish Jack on February 17, 2017, 06:44:47 PM
Post by: Maven on February 17, 2017, 08:16:50 PM
"That be so, Jack...especially since I haven't fired any of my [ML] rifles since early January!
Btw, I'm at the other end of NYS, about 90 - 100 miles above NYC on the west shore of the Hudson River.
Post by: Mad Irish Jack on March 01, 2017, 09:02:03 AM
Here's a pic of it ( red one in center without a stem):
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/Mad_Jack/SmokePosibles.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Mad_Jack/media/SmokePosibles.jpg.html)
Post by: Ohio Joe on March 02, 2017, 09:02:27 PM
Post by: dmarsh on March 20, 2017, 02:28:08 PM
Dave
Post by: Maven on March 20, 2017, 03:48:02 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on March 20, 2017, 04:55:37 PM
Many lasting friendships have been made through these Postal Matches, and ya just never know who that next friend you make may be. :oops:
Hope you do the same!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: dmarsh on March 30, 2017, 02:42:36 PM
Dave
Post by: Winter Hawk on March 31, 2017, 10:25:32 PM
Iffen you can put up with a guy who's "blind in one eye & don't see too well out of the other" and is also a newbie on this site, I'd be proud to shoot alongside of you. Don't guarantee I'll hit anything, but I'll burn powder anyway... Oh, and I do stretch the truth a bit - the great state of Ohio allows me to drive without my glasses, although this driving by brail does get hard on the old pickumup truck... :laffing :laffing
~WH~
Post by: Ohio Joe on March 31, 2017, 11:00:40 PM
Quote from: Winter Hawk
Dave,
Iffen you can put up with a guy who's "blind in one eye & don't see too well out of the other" and is also a newbie on this site, I'd be proud to shoot alongside of you. Don't guarantee I'll hit anything, but I'll burn powder anyway... Oh, and I do stretch the truth a bit - the great state of Ohio allows me to drive without my glasses, although this driving by brail does get hard on the old pickumup truck... :laffing :hairy
Post by: Uncle Russ on April 01, 2017, 02:38:26 AM
We have a good number of teams with 8 teams, this little event should be good for many laughs, it always has been, even with a few smaller numbers of shooters!
Poor ol' Mike ain't going to have a chance this year. With this many shooters someone is bound to him good!
Thanks again Winter Hawk!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: dmarsh on April 01, 2017, 08:47:17 PM
Dave
Post by: Ohio Joe on April 03, 2017, 10:39:52 PM
Instead of him shutting his eyes (or eye) when I shoot, I'm a gonna shut mine! 'sides. he won't see it coming and I won't see it going! - A man's gotta have a plan in this game... ;)
Post by: Winter Hawk on April 04, 2017, 06:29:02 PM
~WH~
Post by: Ohio Joe on April 04, 2017, 09:03:26 PM
Okay, so we shoot any day in July? That's the way I read it, anyhow...
~WH~
Yes sir! :bl th up
Post by: amm1851 on April 25, 2017, 08:21:39 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on April 25, 2017, 08:53:42 PM
Hey friends, amm1851 needs a partner for the July Mike Fink Shoot. :shake
Post by: amm1851 on April 29, 2017, 02:45:32 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on April 29, 2017, 07:25:46 PM
Post by: amm1851 on April 30, 2017, 01:11:07 AM
Post by: Axe on June 21, 2017, 07:34:15 AM
Axe (007)
Post by: Ohio Joe on June 21, 2017, 12:19:21 PM
Post by: amm1851 on June 21, 2017, 04:18:13 PM
Post by: Axe on June 21, 2017, 05:03:45 PM
I have teamed up with amm1851 for the July Mike Fink target. Team amm1851/Axe
Cheers,
Marc
Post by: Ohio Joe on June 21, 2017, 05:54:51 PM
Post by: amm1851 on June 29, 2017, 12:49:49 AM
Post by: Uncle Russ on June 29, 2017, 09:46:17 PM
I printed out my Mike Fink target, and for some reason it fit on an 81/2 by 11 sheet of paper. Maybe I need to check my printer settings, as I was hoping for something about the size of a barn door. :lol sign
Sounds like my kind of target! :toast
I have always heard that "Itty-bitty targets makes ya all nervous and shaky, while big ol' targets make ya brave and bold"...don't know if that is true or not, but it sounds good to me.
Uncle Russ...
Post by: blackpowderbill on July 01, 2017, 09:34:59 AM
Bill
Post by: Ohio Joe on July 01, 2017, 03:35:07 PM
Post by: blackpowderbill on July 02, 2017, 05:53:48 PM
Post by: Winter Hawk on July 11, 2017, 11:20:14 PM
~WH~
Post by: Ohio Joe on July 12, 2017, 12:10:02 AM
Okay, where are we at with the Mike Fink shoot? Anybody turn in any targets yet? I'm trying to get some time to go shoot it, but my Sweetie just had some major surgery and I need to stick close to home for a while...
~WH~
WH, as long as your target is post marked by August 15th - I will except it.
My best to your wife for a speedy recovery my friend!
Post by: Uncle Russ on July 12, 2017, 01:54:55 AM
Okay, where are we at with the Mike Fink shoot? Anybody turn in any targets yet? I'm trying to get some time to go shoot it, but my Sweetie just had some major surgery and I need to stick close to home for a while...
~WH~
Winter Hawk my friend, my heart goes out to ya brother! :bow
I am experiencing that exact same problem.
It really chaps my back side not to able to get out and shoot some targets, especially right now, but a man does have some obligations that just can't be ignored, and caring for a sickly spouse that can't care for herself right now, is right up on top of that very high list.
Hopefully, by the grace of God, this too shall come to pass....but you hang tight my friend, and I will do the same....our day is coming.
And when that day gets here, it's going to be like a day of revenge from all the pent up frustrations.
I can almost "smell' it happening now
Uncle Russ...
Post by: amm1851 on July 12, 2017, 03:46:02 AM
Post by: Winter Hawk on July 12, 2017, 04:19:22 PM
Carol is doing very well, saw the doctor on Monday for a post-op and the doc is very pleased with how she is healing. She just isn't supposed to lift anything over ten pounds and needs to spend as much time as possible in bed. Running down and up the stairs more than two times per day is also on the verboden list for now.
It's a good thing that I have a handle on putting together chow for us, even if it may be some strange combinations! :laffing
I should be able to put five rounds into that guy's face by the end of the month. Hope he doesn't spill the whiskey on the way down!
~WH~
Post by: Ohio Joe on July 15, 2017, 10:09:04 AM
I expect she'll love the vittles you prepare. Can't think of a better remedy then camp food. You guys take care! :shake
Post by: Winter Hawk on July 17, 2017, 10:00:54 PM
Tried cooking the zucchini in tomato sauce I made last year (got to use that up so I have jars for this year!) and that was a flop. She wants it cooked the other way! :laffing Good thing she likes PBJs, because that is lunch most days....
~WH~
Post by: Uncle Russ on July 17, 2017, 10:18:37 PM
So far, according to Grandma, you're doing pretty good.
However, she also assured me that a change in diet, and a fairly often change at that, was one of the best things you could do to make a person smile.
Keep yer spouse smiling, it's best fer the both of you, according to Grandma, and Grandma was never wrong.....
Uncle Russ...
Post by: dmarsh on July 22, 2017, 09:41:13 AM
Dave
Post by: Winter Hawk on July 22, 2017, 08:10:23 PM
~WH~
Post by: Winter Hawk on July 26, 2017, 05:29:46 PM
I sure hope Dave can get five "tens" and rescue our team, 'cause my hits were a tad high. Now I'm not taking the blame exactly; I think that feller under the tin cup bobbed his head down whenever he saw my finger tighten on the trigger! :Doh! And that's a fact!
Notice that one was so high it just barely grazed the paper. This after I shot five rounds at another target and all the shots hit an inch or so low, except for one which actually hit my piece of black tape. After four shots at old Mike (or his partner, I'm not sure who's cup we're shooting at) I lost count and walked over to check the target. That's when I realized I needed to hold low and which accounts for my one "ten". So it looks like we have 20 points to now. Go Dave! :laffing
~WH~
P.s. The target is in the mail, Joe!
Post by: dmarsh on July 27, 2017, 08:08:42 AM
Dave
Post by: Winter Hawk on July 27, 2017, 02:20:33 PM
~Kees~
Post by: RobD on July 27, 2017, 07:18:17 PM
this is about as good (make that, "lucky!") as it's gonna get for me offhand, and i'll take it!
(http://i.imgur.com/QhAwft3.jpg)
Post by: greyhunter on July 30, 2017, 05:27:01 PM
Post by: Ohio Joe on August 01, 2017, 11:14:46 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on August 07, 2017, 05:26:13 PM
One of the better Mike Fink targets I have ever shot!
I stayed inside the cup, and I didn't hit Ol' Mike.......it don't get no mo beta than that!!!
I dearly love that L&R Rpl Lock!
A lot of folks will tell you that the lock is no more than just a part of the gun, and it's all in the barrel.
I suspect I may have said those very same words a time or two myself, but after my shooting today, which was the first 'serious' shooting I've done since installing that new lock, I will have to say I prefer Ketchup and Tartar Sauce on my Crow, when I have to eat it!
Just wait until you see my "Smoothbore" target!
(Both barrels are on the same platform with the L&R Lock, in fact, that's a 4 barrel set-up... full length bedding, with 13" "kick bar" to strengthen the platform and replacing the old trigger and trigger guard....I think it's kinda neat!)
(http://i.imgur.com/m1e8Ty2.jpg) (http://imgur.com/m1e8Ty2)
Here is the "Kick Bar"...it's my own design and made to strengthen that well recognized "weak spot" on the Renegade wrist. Besides that it does away with that whirly / swirly trigger guard that T/C used on everything.
(http://i.imgur.com/6rhqR44.jpg) (http://imgur.com/6rhqR44)
Here is the L&R Lock with the .56 Smoothie barrel....
The lock is still in the 'raw' as I have not blued it yet, and you can still see the marks from the magic marker on the mortice...I've been tinkering with the bedding, ie the CY you sent me, and then Acra-glass...you don't have a lot of working room once you fit the L & R Lock, and I darn sure don't want to have to go back and re-do something later on down the road....I think we all feel about the same way when we are involved in a project, ie, get it right the first time, still yet this has been an ongoing project for well over a year now, while I just haven't had the opportunity to get out and check it out well enough.
I was very pleased with todays results!
(http://i.imgur.com/fBEE9qd.jpg) (http://imgur.com/fBEE9qd)
Post by: Ohio Joe on August 07, 2017, 08:41:30 PM
Nice shooting my friend! :hairy
Post by: Uncle Russ on August 07, 2017, 10:16:38 PM
Today I found out differently!
If you have a really good barrel, the best way to the most out of that barrel is to pair it with a good lock.
I have owned several different good locks, and good barrels over time, that were matched up by someone else.
Today happened by accident, in a sense.
I have a very old T/C Renegade that has been a 'work in progress' for no less that 15 plus years, probably closer to 25..
As a stock, out of the box, smooth rifle, it was always exceptional, as far as I'm concerned.
I have never shot groups with that rifle that I could say that was just plain bad....like some other smoothbores I have owned, and even own today.
Plus, I've never shot 'groups' with any of the other smooth bores that would even come close.
From day-one, I found it very forgiving.
It would shoot just about anything I could get down the barrel, and do a pretty good job of doing so.
As the years went by, it was one thing then another trying to use the Renegade platform to get a good shooting rifle, mostly because I've always liked the English Sporting Rifle, and I wanted the Renegade to look as much like one as possible.
The last thing I installed was the L&R lock.
It had never been fully tested until today, and I have to say I was very happy with what I found.
In my entire shooting life, I have never given a lot of thought to 'lock time' on any muzzleloader I have ever owned, and I have owned a bunch.
But after today.......what can I say? Some of the most consistent shots I have ever fired in my entire life, once I figured out where the shot was breaking....
Life is good, once again!!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: amm1851 on August 07, 2017, 11:28:55 PM
Post by: Uncle Russ on August 08, 2017, 01:49:10 AM
Amazing shooting, Uncle Russ! Looks like it was you who were on fire today! :bow
:lol sign :bow...Yep, I was on today, and Yep, there is fire all around us...nothing in town yet, or even real close.....and that must be seen as a good thing.
Just hope I can do that same thing tomorrow, or next week.....maybe a couple of times next month?
Seemed like I could do no wrong today, but I have to tell you ya John, that new L&R Lock had a whole heck of a lot to do with it.
When that sight picture is just right, and the gun fires almost on it's own, you can bet that shot is going to be very near where you called it. And that is all in the difference of the locks.
There was noting wrong with the old T/C lock, it's just that the L&R is so much above it, in real lock time and it's smooth as butter, releasing at just at 2lbs on my trigger scale.
Thanks for the kind words John, if I can just keep doing this I'll be just as happy as a Pig in slop!
We'll see. I am planning another Range trip soon.
If I can do this two, three, times right out the gate, I will be one happy Camper! :toast
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on August 08, 2017, 01:03:24 PM
apologize for being the broken cog in our team - i'll try to do better!
i've got an L&R RPL05 flint lock hanging around that's destined to go in the latest GPR.
Post by: Uncle Russ on August 08, 2017, 03:10:07 PM
WOW! absolutely superb shooting, russ! :applaud
apologize for being the broken cog in our team - i'll try to do better!
i've got an L&R RPL05 flint lock hanging around that's destined to go in the latest GPR.
Thanks for the very kind words, Rob
I can not think of a better place for that new lock to go!
I have long felt that the very best, fresh out of the box, Rifle, I have ever shot was a GPR....hands down! Gawd! I still remember that day and how pleased I was.
However my own targets from yesterday reveal something that I was guilty of never given much thought to, and that was locks.
A lock is a lock, is a lock, is a .........you get the picture.
Yesterday proved that thought dead wrong. After all, except for the lock, that was the exact same rifle I have been shooting for years!
Why would anyone change out a perfectly good lock?
It did it's job, then it was up to me to learn its characteristics, if it made a spark, or busted a cap every time you pulled the trigger, that lock was working just fine, and no one questions its performance. T least I never did!
Well, there's a bit more to it than just that.
It's very difficult to explain, and it's something I'm still in awe of....you have to experience it to realize the difference....and, if you're like me, it will take no more than just a few shots before you realize something is very different....is this the same gun? Is this my old gun?
Then, after you catch on, it's like shooting a totally different gun, but yet you feel familiar with it.
Very hard to explain, so I'll just leave and let you tell me after you get the new L&R.
Both barrels used yesterday were T/C Barrels that been shot a lot, pounds and pounds of powder have gone through these guns over the years, it has been a passion, something I love to do, and I have always recognize that that Smooth Rifle as a very exceptional shooter.....as most .56 Smooth Rifles are, albeit I'm more convinced than ever that the rear sight plays a tremendous role in all this.
After all, they were designed to shoot PRB, and then shot when need be, simply by its nature of having no rifling.
Unlike the Smooth bores which were designed to shoot shot, and then a PRB if need be, simply by their nature of having no rifling.
But look at the difference in the thickness of those barrels!
And, don't you ever worry about that broken cog, or trying to do better, that ain't what this is about at all!
These shoots are for having fun, trying new things, and getting better with the old technology that we use and seem to love.
Stay safe my friend!
Uncle Russ...
Post by: RobD on August 08, 2017, 03:18:09 PM
Post by: Maven on August 08, 2017, 06:08:15 PM