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Author Topic: Pics of my .62 after re-work  (Read 1656 times)

Offline jtwodogs

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Pics of my .62 after re-work
« on: September 12, 2011, 08:41:49 AM »
Sent it back to Steve.
Filed the flats, and gave it French grey instead of Brown (I think fits the rifle better), polished the lock, and blued the screws, installed a sling and opened the flash hole just a tad.
Have no complaints with it now. She goes bang every time no matter how much powder I put in the pan. Very accurate to boot. Tempermental flinters can be frustrating but when they are "Tuned" correctly, they are defintely a thing of joy.

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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2011, 09:23:10 AM »
She's a looker fer sure, and just in time for the fall hunting season. Good luck.. :hairy
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2011, 09:51:11 AM »
Nice...
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2011, 02:07:05 PM »
very nice
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 06:17:00 AM »
Very well done. I realy like the French grey finish.
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 06:20:50 AM »
Beautiful!  :rt th
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2011, 06:25:59 PM »
What's to say?  It's a beaut.
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2011, 08:03:19 PM »
Quote from: "jtwodogs"
Sent it back to Steve.
Filed the flats, and gave it French grey instead of Brown (I think fits the rifle better), polished the lock, and blued the screws, installed a sling and opened the flash hole just a tad.
Have no complaints with it now. She goes bang every time no matter how much powder I put in the pan. Very accurate to boot. Tempermental flinters can be frustrating but when they are "Tuned" correctly, they are defintely a thing of joy.


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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2011, 06:43:24 PM »
Thanks for all the kind words. Ky. early muzzle loader season ended today. No deer but went to the range to unload and send a few down range. She was shootin good so I stretch her out to 75 yds. I put two in the 10X ring about an inch a part and figured I would quit on a good note.
I could not be happier with her. I even told a freind today I will probably be hunting with it during modern gun season.
I do have a question for the "Sages":)
I am 51 and it is getting harder and harder to see that front sight, I know there are things like the merritt disk, don't really want to do that. Any advice that might help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2011, 09:55:45 PM »
Fuzzy sight woes are the reason--aside from looking really cool--that all my barrels are pretty long. Also, all my rear sights are ahead of the "balance point." Try not looking at the rear sight at all; just let it sort of fuzz out as your eyes want it to. Work at just picking up the front sight and the target.
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Re: Pics of my .62 after re-work
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 06:26:31 PM »
Awesome Long gun. Beautiful!
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