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    Bullet question

    Hi all, it has been a while. Y'all might remember me, I was given a TC High Plains Sporter by a good friend of mine. He's just passed and that got me thinking about that ML. I'm getting geared up for deer season with my 12 year old and I want to sight the gun in. I sighted it in and when...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Two very good last posts... I hadn't considered the body mass and follow through aspects. Maybe my issue is that I was focusing more on centering the front sight in the rear sight. I will try the way suggested here. New
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Dave, Thanks, I believe it was you that gave me the idea to take the peep out which is a great one. It makes a ghost ring much like my AR15. While looking through the ghost ring, I thought about rigging a crosshair made of fishing line somehow. Then I saw the post which is actually a front...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Thanks all, I have learned something. I will give the crosshair rear sight a try in combination of repeatability and teaching him to keep his stance consistent. I sure would NOT want to put my nose right up against the charging handle if running a supressor! :D Great site, great...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Really? Interesting. I thought that there were just three pieces...front sight, rear sight, and pupil. For instance, if my pupil is still on the same linear path as sighted, would it matter if my cheek was very close to the rear peep or all the way back at the recoil pad area? My son would...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    I have some cash and Bass Pro Shops cards that would pay for the Traditions kit from Bass Pro...but I am not sure of the quality. What is the best way to build a quality rifle? Piece it together from parts off the net? The stuff I have seen, the kits from BPS are hit or miss on quality.
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    10-4 on that. We built both he and my daughter their very own AR15 lower as a project last year. I don't have the uppers bought yet but the important parts are done. I figure that the odds are 50-50 that they won't be able to buy their own...and it gave me a chance to be a hoarder! :D He...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Shoot no, no offense taken at all. The good news is that I take direction well and have a very low know it all propensity. I may be fat and ugly but eyesight I have. Maybe it is hunting that keeps it sharp but I am still better than 20-20 right now. My boy is 11 and stands up to my arm pit...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Okay, I see. I am a member on other forums where the dead horse is one of those "here we go again" topics. Being new, I wasn't sure. I shoot a compound bow and one of the biggest criteria for accuracy is the anchor point (I guess it could be said the rear sight). There are peep sights that...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    I have but that would require much more expense to change everything out (possibly more tools to get the front sight out). I like this setup, especially having the rear sight so far back. It is just that I find that the position of my cheek, how close my eye is to the rear sight, etc. changes...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    Meaning? If the gun is setup so that when the rear crosshair and the bead on the front sight are in perfect alignment (and the shot criteria are the same as used to sight the gun in--powder, etc.), the gun hits at 50 yards....then the gun will hit at 50 yards regardless of who is shooting it...
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    Hey guys, an iron sight question

    I am trying to teach myself how to use these iron sights that came with my rifle. Here's my problem. I am trying to get a repeatable setup that I can use whether I am using the gun or my 11 year old son is. The problem is that my accuracy is affected by how close my eye is to my rear peep...
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    Sidelock cleaning, did I do it right?

    Thanks all, what a great forum. One last question....I just used very hot water from the tap. How do you get your water so hot? Boil it? I would be afraid to get it too hot because when running the swab in and out it did spill onto skin. New
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    Sidelock cleaning, did I do it right?

    Thanks....I didn't think about the CLP causing problems. When I say that I put CLP in it, I just put in a very light coating of Weather Shield...does that still apply? If I have to remove the CLP would it be better to just do the soap and water and alcohol and then swab until dry? I store it...
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    Sidelock cleaning, did I do it right?

    Thanks all... I will go with the water, alcohol, and patches. I didn't think about the hydrogen peroxide turning to water. So far so good on the cleaning technique I used last evening. Now I gotta spend all day cleaning the AR15 and pistols. The downside to owning a lot of guns. New
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    Sidelock cleaning, did I do it right?

    Thank you....I am thinking that the method I posted including the murphy soap, alcohol and hydrogen peroxide would be great because there is no water to rust anything. I think I will try this method sometime. I realized while cleaning the gun that the rear sight must have been loose (it is the...
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    Sidelock cleaning, did I do it right?

    I shot the TC High Plains Sporter I was given a couple weeks back. All that I can say is that I thought that Black Rifle Disease was bad. What a blast, literally. I used 80 grains of Triple7 with a patch pre-soaked in boar butter and a lead ball (.490). It was apparently already sighted in...
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    How to inspect the barrel

    Thank you! New
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    How to inspect the barrel

    Yeah, I know....match, right? :D JUST KIDDING. I was given this Thompson Center rifle and I think the barrel is in really good shape (can't see any rust or fouling in the nipple chamber). I am just wondering what's the best way to inspect this thing. Thanks, Michael
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    Hi, I am new here

    Thank you Paul...I am not married to any ideas. If I had a modern inline I would be pretty set on using pistol bullets, sabots, and pellets. I rarely shoot a deer with my 30-06 over 100 yards...just very conservative. I have no problem shooting ball at all at a deer...so long as it will put...
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