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Nice pig, @Buff1958. Wonderful. A good get for sure! That forest setting looks positively primordial. Pigs can't resist a good swamp hey? Just like here in Australia, they love a good scrounge around in the wet digging for juicy bits. Your hog has a different look to ours; a longer nose, yours a...

Nice timber 👍. I look forward to seeing the entire rifle when complete. Enjoy the task; then get to shooting! And of course, please, the necessary images, right? :p Cheers, Pete

Sounds like you had a good shoot @longcruise. I'm not sure if it will help, but anything is worth a try extending our shooting years. I use a diopter that I stick to my glasses when I use open sights, that's traditional iron sights mind, not a peep sight. I find the diopter makes my eyes young...

Ah. Big holes. I love making big holes!! 😁 Nicely done. I like that range set up - target return system? Very flash, mate! Cheers, Pete

Yep. That's a good one @Marplot. I unashamedly stole that concept a while back when I spotted it on the infernalnet, making a cartoon for our Muzzle Loader Shoot Captain. A framed copy of it is on the wall at our range. Cheers, Pete

Check out this toothy young fellow; not today, but yesterday. I spotted him from a long way off as he was rooting around the fringes of a lagoon - his blackness against the green made him stand out. I had to veer wide around to get the wind in my favour, which put me looking at his rear end. As...

I couldn't do that. I'm all thumbs ... :p Pete

Not my aesthetics @flatcreek. But, that's using your noodle!!!! Nicely done. :D:D:D Have fun shooting that beauty. Pete

Ah. Thanks @BS. Lovely! Slim, trim, delightful - congrats on the workmanship and engineering. Pete

Can we have an image of the whole length of the rifle, please? Cheers, Pete

Well, there you go! Well done. I won't bother Pedersoli Australia this afternoon.:thumb: Cheers, Pete

@flatcreek, my Pedersoli Hawken has a butt plate that has the potential to bruise, crescent shape. I use a good quality leather slip-on to alter that harsh profile - now, I don't have to think about finessing a shoulder position before firing - and good off the bench too. I also added a couple...

Wonderful information. Thanks! Great images too. A sight to see, hear and smell! Our small band would make up just one of your groups. As an aside, a competition like that must bring some wealth to the community: accommodation, food, fuel etc. Thanks for sending the info on ... Cheers, Pete

Let me give Pedersoli Australia a call on Tuesday. It's a public holiday here tomorrow. Roger Mowbray is the rep, and he's on top of his stock and ordering. But, not promising he has it - you never know. I'll let you know how I get on ... Cheers, Pete

You know what @dave951? I think I recognise those targets! When I started casting minies, I used this forum to get the best info I could about rifled musketry using minies; I pumped 'accurate loads for Parker Hale using minies' into the search engine of the forum and came up with almost every...

Hey @dave951; no offence or ridicule taken with your comment, just fact checking from my perspective:D. I use round balls out of my PH58; the .562 and .570 balls shoot well with light charges and appropriate patch. And I know how to get a minie going well in this beauty too. Some of us round...

Just spent a couple of days out in the bush. I shot a young Chital stag, not big in antlers, but easily the largest bodied animal I have taken with the .54 and roundball. I'm guessing he went close to 90 kilograms, given he produced 60 kilograms of field dressed venison. The shot was taken in...

We met for our annual night shoot, last night. We had a good turnout, with onlookers who drove out to see the show; the president of the club, along with his wife, cooked enough sausages on the barby to feed a small army. These pics remind me of why a couple of our chaps call these firearms...

You know what? You are sure going to use that beauty; and given time, being so shiny now, it will age consistently, those parts contacted the most gaining more patina, like high areas etc - it's only going to get better- I'd let age do all the work from now ... But I'm mindful that that's my...