Dixie Southern mountain rifle

[Florida Jim]

I just Bought a left hand flint lock "Dixie southern mountain rifle" in 50 cal. I should get it next week.
Could some one tell me what the barrel twist is?

[Rob DiStefano]

who made it, dixie gun works?  if so, call 'em up tomorrow.  chances are it'll either be a 1:60 (patched balls) or 1:48 (patched balls or maxis).  

OR, just figure out the twist yerself, it's easy.   just take yer ramrod and put a lubed patch on its jag for a relatively tight fit to the barrel's bore, run the jag down 'til it hits the breech plug and stops. wrap a piece of tape on the end of the rod exactly where it meets the muzzle, put a mark on that tape that lines up with the front sight.  slowly pull out the rod and take note of how far the rod's end mark rotates.  measure the length of the rod from its jag to the tape - that's the rifling's twist.  

if the barrel is 28" and the mark rotated exactly one full turn, that's a 1:28 rifling twist, or, the ball/bullet makes one full rotation down the 28" length of the barrel.  if the mark rotated about 1/2 turn, that's a 1:56 rifling twist.  

as an example, a 31.2" GPR hawken barrel will have a rod rotate a tad less than 1/2, for a rifling twist of about 1:60.  

[Florida Jim]

I haven't got it yet. It was made by "Maruku" in Japan for Dixie.
I have a couple of Winchester repro rifles made by Maruku, they're very well made.
I guess I could call Dixie Monday.

[Rob DiStefano]

miroku produces some very fine firearms, sounds like you'll have a  real goodie.

[Uncle Russ]

miroku produces some very fine firearms, sounds like you'll have a  real goodie.

I agree with Rob 100%.
Miroku has been around a loooong time, and they have built themselves  a great name in the firearms field..
There was some speculation a few years back that Miroku was going into the aftermarket barrel business as a competitor of Green Mountain when they turned to Military barrels and, of course, I got all excited about that, as I would love to have a Miroku drop-in barrel....several in fact.
But it seems my excitement was all for naught as that 'rumor' didn't take long to die off.

Good luck with your new gun, I feel sure you're going to enjoy it.

Uncle Russ...

[45.70]

I've got a right hand Japanese built Dixie southern mountain in .50cal, it was percussion originally, but the previous owner converted it to flint.  I did the same thing rfd described to determine the barrel twist, but I can't remember what it was right now.  Regardless, it's a great rifle, I'm sure you will really enjoy your new rifle, Congrat's and post some pic's when you get her.

Garry