jack garner .36 headed for a bobby hoyt makeover

[Uncle Russ]

oh yeah, was thinking of taking that barrel down to 36".  i sure like the way she looks so i'm gonna see what bobby does with that barrel, see if she points better for me.  if not, it's off to the guillotine for that gal! 

  Oh no!
Off to the guillotine?
That would be like choppin her leg off!
I can't be watching this anymore, the thought even hurts!
LOL....

Uncle Russ...

[Roaddog]

It's good to see the ol' gril again Rob.I hope that will make it better handling.I always thought it was hard to shoot freehand too do to the wate and length.I hope it works out for ya.

[RobD]

got her back from bobby and great service and workmanship as always.  she'll get maidened tomorrow for sure.

roaddog, do you know the make of the barrel and lock?

[Uncle Russ]

Color me green, a very dark green in fact, due to this enormous amount of envy! 

I am sooo looking forward to reading on how she performs.

Don't get me wrong, I do love purty girls, and purty rifles, but I hold a lot of stock in function and performance.
(I have a rifle with a 42" barrel, she is purty as a picture in my eyes, so purty in fact that I just don't have the heart to tinker with her like I do with all my other cheaper rifles, just to make 'em shoot like I want them to....there's just something in that "make 'em shoot" that sure captures me old heart.)

My dream....a real purty rifle that shoots like a house on fire!

Someday, should I live long enough, such a rifle just may come into my life....

Congratulation Rob! You got just whatcha wanted, and life is good.

Uncle Russ...

[Roaddog]

No Rob but if you would go to Jim;s web sitr I bet they will know.

[RobD]

back from the range, the gun shot superbly off the bench, THIRTY TWO patched balls fired in a row with no fouling control, no vent picking, only wiping the pan/frizzen/flint, perfect ignition on every trigger pull, excellent accuracy.  the 33rd shot was a pan flash, picked the vent and she fired.  happened on the 34th shot, so i knew it was time to clean out the barrel ... but still, over 30 shots in a row.  cool.   

offhand accuracy ........ well, that's another story ........     

[Hanshi]

Great looking rifle and seems to be performing admirably. 

[Ohio Joe]

back from the range, the gun shot superbly off the bench, THIRTY TWO patched balls fired in a row with no fouling control, no vent picking, only wiping the pan/frizzen/flint, perfect ignition on every trigger pull, excellent accuracy.  the 33rd shot was a pan flash, picked the vent and she fired.  happened on the 34th shot, so i knew it was time to clean out the barrel ... but still, over 30 shots in a row.  cool.   

offhand accuracy ........ well, that's another story ........     

I'd say 32 shots in a row without picking,,, that's just excellent!    What was your load, Rob?

[RobD]

42 volume grains of swiss 3f, cast .390 balls (lee mould), eastern maine .010 cotton patch cloth strips, gato feo grease lubing heat gunned into the patch strips.

[rollingb]

back from the range, the gun shot superbly off the bench, THIRTY TWO patched balls fired in a row with no fouling control, no vent picking, only wiping the pan/frizzen/flint, perfect ignition on every trigger pull, excellent accuracy.  the 33rd shot was a pan flash, picked the vent and she fired.  happened on the 34th shot, so i knew it was time to clean out the barrel ... but still, over 30 shots in a row.  cool.   

A fella can't ask for much better than that. 

[Uncle Russ]

32 shots in a row...Great!

Uncle Russ...

[Winter Hawk]

Wow, that's great!

~WH~

[RobD]

unfortunately, it doesn't work well for me offhand, so it may not remain in the gun safe for too long.  but it's so darned Accurate!

[Maven]

Rob, Why doesn't it work well for your offhand shooting:  Wrong length of pull?  Too much/too little drop?  Muzzle heavy?  (Am I correct in guessing it's not a swamped bbl.?)  The reason I ask is that offhand shooting, at least at silhouettes, is not my forte + my first FL was a Dixie Tenn. Mt. Rifle (poor boy), which was way too muzzle heavy for me.  Although I gave considerable thought to shortening the bbl., I never did and sold it, using the proceeds to purchase a Chambers Isaac Haines kit.  With its swamped bbl., it is much easier to shoot offhand than the Dixie, which isn't to say I'm a crack shot with it.

[RobD]

paul, i know i'm being picky but it feels a tad muzzle heavy for me, and it's a straight barrel, not swamped.  i was thinking of adding a pound or so to the butt end, or chop the barrel down a few inches, but i really don't wanna mess with a gun that shoots so dang well.  rather than "butcher" it, prolly best to get the gal a better home.  i'm still thinkin on it all ....