.50 cal Mowrey

Hi all I am looking at a .50 cal Mowrey rifle it looks to be an older one it has on the barrel that is was made in TX I think not sure of the town. I sure like the way the rifle handles.

I see alot of you fine folks talking about the Lyman, TC, Cabelas and the like and I have some of these but am looking for something a little different.

Has anybody had one of these and what was your experince with it.

Thanks

Whars the Whiskey, if I don't get some Whiskey soon I am just going ta die

KNO3CS

 

I have a Mowery, Ethan Allen in 36 cal and it is certainly accurate.....as you said they're also a little different. I've not had any problems with and the only thing I can mention is use caution that you don't "overcock" it. If you do simply remove the sideplate and put the workings, both of them, back in order. That's the only quirk mine has. I like it.

Vic.

 

[Doc Arroyo]

Mine is a .54 in the old style without the forearm. It has a bit too much drop, but not enough to hurt. But I can't shoot a bunch of rounds in quickly, or the barrel gets to hot to touch!

I find the barrel very accurate, but the sights aren't the best. One of these years I will change out the rear sight to something I like, but some things you just can't rush!

 

I had a 45 and traded it off - am still kicking myself. They are very handy rifles and are good for carrying in the field. I'd snap it up if it was me...

 

Thanks for all the responces

I like the rifle and have seen others in the past and as I remember they all had very deep rifling but this rifle has shallow rifling for some reason. it appears to be the original barrel because the markings show that it was made in TX. I discovered this when I stopped to look at it once again today. the bore is bright and shiny with no pitting, appears to have been well cared for. As for the drop in the stock it seams to be an almost perfect fit to my shoulder.

However I was wondering if anybody would know why it has shallow rifling?

Whars the Whiskey, If I don't get some Whiskey soon Im just gona Die :haha:

KNO3CS

 

My 45 had shallow rifling and 1-28 twist so it shot bullets well and balls poorly. They mostly made ball shooters but toward the end, they started putting out some tight twist barrels. You may want to run a patch down the barrel and measure the twist.

 

[tg]

I had a .50 with the fancy Maple forstock, I do not know the vintage of that gun but it was a tackdriver, I was drifting back in time in my interests so I traded it for a new Bellback tent, some suggest putting a thin brass shim under the main spring to reduce the wear from the spring riding on the wrist/housing.

 

Thanks for all the info looks like I need to do some dickerin and see if I can get this ole smokepole


KNO3CS