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I have AR500 targets hung about a foot and a half below a crossbar by means of 2" straps made from old combine belting. They swing when struck and direct the splatter into the ground. Target at 25 yards was shot with an unmentionable .30 caliber magnum rifle with no ill effects. Identical target...

I know your question wasn't directed at me - but I happen to be using the Lyman 17a globe combined with the Lyman tang peep. The combination works great for both my wife and myself. It helps a lot that the 17a came with a selection of inserts, makes it easy to 'customize' your sight picture.

Even though they aren't 'period correct' I have been enamored with these things for decades. I can't explain the why and it wouldn't matter anyway. Was looking at whatever magazine or book describing the different variations and realized I have accidentally ended up with five of them - plus...

Yup, I know that now.

In most cases you're absolutely right. In my case it was a faster twist barrel in which I was trying a large variety of conicals. Some of those leaded up my barrel to the point I tried a brush.

Glad it all worked out for you. For a few years I kept my mangled, scorched, green tinted excuse for a bronze brush as a reminder of what not to do. I called it my "brush load".

Years ago I stuck a bronze brush at the bottom of a 50 caliber. Please don't waste my time telling me how stupid I was - I already know. Anyhow - I shot it out. It's my suggestion to get your vent pick and work in maybe 10 grs. of 4Fg through the touch hole, prime the pan and let fly. What...

Just watched 'Last of the Mohicans' again the other day. For Christmas one of my sons replaced my VHS version of 'The Patriot' with dvd - so I got to watch Mel & Heath for the first time in quite a while. I've got a dvd of 'Twelve O'Clock High' (Gregory Peck) on the way to replace my VHS version.

Whereabouts in the country are you located?

This past summer I focused on getting three higher-grade replicas of a 1763/66 Charleville, 1803 Harper's Ferry and an 1861 Springfield. (Had hoped for originals - and found them - but the budget didn't work.) Two of the three were in Michigan and the other in Texas. After all of the horror...

The best pair of '58 Remingtons I ever saw were part of a good friend's extensive collection. They are originals and were carried and fired in battle by a Union Cavalry Lieutenant in the Civil War. Included with the revolvers is a 3-ring binder full of photos and provenance. I actually was...

I know that I really have to concentrate when loading my double rifles and shotguns. For me it works to 'store' the ramrod in the barrel I'm not currently working on. So far so good............... Nuts - I just jinxed myself.......

I checked everything this morning and I am using the identical approach as Ravenousfishing. Uncle Mike's part number 10512 (includes the swivels too). I have a Great Plains Rifle flint .50, a Great Plains Rifle percussion .54, and a Great Plains Hunter percussion .54 - I have this sling...

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Welcome from..........Minnesota. I'm about an hour north of The Cities.

I have a good quality lace-up sling, but haven't used it on my Great Plains. Here's a pic of a trial fit on the crescent butt. It sure looks like it should work out okay. One thing I didn't think of is how the strap could interfere with the ramrod. There's ways to make this work I'm sure -...

Where I live in Minnesota if you're able to show the range has been there long before the complaint - and after 50 years I'm sure you can do that - the final decision has a 99% chance of being in favor of the range. Hopefully your location in Michigan is the same deal.

Bark-Eater, thank you so much for this thread. I feel so much better now that I know I am not alone........

Just out of curiosity - did you send this to Ruger? What was the outcome? Thx

With a bead front like Yampa’s I use ‘B’, with a square front I do the same as Hatchet Jack. For both I hold dead on.