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The times I've shot out at 3 points it's a pretty active range, with lots of different types of competitions being shot. I've done the .22 BPCR and .22 Shilohette only. I live on the far side of town, it takes about 1 hour to drive out there. That's one thing that's changed in the 25 yrs I've...

I collect Appalachian School (southern mountain) long rifles. They almost all have toe plates, from 3 1/2" to all the way to the triggerguard rear foot. I've also read a lot of books by experts of the muzzle loading era, some of them now written 100 years ago or more. The authors spoke to...

The best advise I can give has already been mentioned: practice holding your rifle at the shoulder often. It strengthens the muscles. When I shot BPCR, I kept it in my room. Any time I walked into the room I picked it up, set the trigger, and clicked it (hammer stays down). Make sure your...

I bought a double barrel Bonehill shotgun the other day, just to enjoy the wood. Probably won't shoot it, may redo it. It's in shipping now.

When a seller realizes they've been caught trying to hide a major quality error by a savvy buyer, who will likely return the gun after expensive shipping to him, and risking further damage going back and forth, the obvious thing to do is to cut your losses. That's what it sounds like the seller...

That break beside the tang acts as a bolster for the barrel. It is a bad place for a crack or break, whichever one it is, and would immediatly make me reject a modern made rifle. It's way too obvious. And if it was so minor, why didn't the builder carefully fill it, then do everything...

Old thread, but things live forever on the internet so I wanted to correct this. Bob Roller who was friends with Bill Large, made gun locks in the early days, almost partnered with him to make both, etc., told me Bill used 1144 steel for his barrels until he got a bad shipment, then changed...

I'm about to make my first Kibler. Personally, I like the browned a lot more than the rubbed back black or patina'd bare metal look, because that's how all my original Appalachian School rifles look in my collection. The argument that they wouldn't look like that when they were new in 1845 is...

There were two classes of Appalachian rifles in the 1830s-1850s, general purpose guns for carrying in the field, and heavy chunk guns made to shoot over a log in matches. Just like in the 20th century to today, most people would rather carry a light .22 sporter than a heavy .22 Winchester 52...

I've shipped a lot of antiques over the years, usually smaller than rifles, some larger. Never had one lost of broken with USPS but seldom shipped long rifles. The one that did break was poorly packed by the FFL, and they used UPS. When my gun shop FFL called me to get it, they showed me...

And like many businesses, they don't give the public any news updates if it's bad or delayed. Only if it's good.

I'd like to buy some. Building and sustaining a business is hard today. I remember that old WWII ammo plant was bought a couple years ago and was going to be a new primers company. But nothing has been heard from them since.

I've set this member to ignore. He can now pick other people to call morons and liberals. By the way, I'm a systems engineer with 3 college degrees and a Navy vet who did combat, and a very Conservative American. Let me explain what I saw. He is a bully, an angry person, and asked leading...

That's a nice rescue from the trash bin. I think you know this and were planning to do so, but you can do things that are reversible. Like removing the string. I'm sorry you were trolled by someone who gave their opinion, and when you politely explained yours, they ratcheted up their...

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Hi, I just got it, and will do that plan. See the email on the other site. Thanks.

Price lowered dramatically for Christmas!

Flintsteel, thanks for posting this history. I remember seeing ads for Mowry rifles in the gun magazines when I was young in the 1970s. Their wood always looked so good. When I got out of the Navy and started a family in the 1990s, they still were there. So I contacted the company and was...

Why not use a small drill bit and a hand push drill? You're not stressing the metal as much as beating on it.