JOHN L. HINNANT
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Greetings Riley/MN,
No..... I think that one will not show up in an offhand match; it is just a bit over the 14 pound limit for an offhand rifle (NMLRA and TMLRA rules) However, during some of the early Texas Chunk Gun State Championships, the rules were a bit too losely written and a number of the boys dragged those heavy bench guns up to the chunk, shot, and went home with all the prizes. The rules have since been changed.
(2) This rifle is my UNLIMITED CLASS offhand rifle. It is an original 10-Ring Inline by Alex Hamilton of San Antonio, Texas. In fact it is the original proto-type made in the mid 1970's.
The action is fitted with a Timmney adjustable trigger and a H&H (Hoppy Hopkins) octagon barrel, 1 inch x 32 inchs long in 50 caliber. Rifling twist 1-66, .010 inch deep grooves.
Sights are a Redfield Olympic rear sight and an Anschutz Globe (with aperture or post) front sight.
An additional removeable adjustable w/e rear open sight made from a slightly modified Redfield Model 75 aperture sight can be fitted to the barrel. Some matches do not allow the use of aperture sights.
Loading data is a cast .5035 round ball, .018-.020 Teflon coated pilow ticking of Eygptian Cotton, 50-80 grains (depending on the range) of 3FFF of Goex Black Powder, and RWS caps.
The stock is not the original stock. The current stock is a copy of an Anschutz offhand stock used in 22 Rimfire competition shooting. The stock wood is Honduros Mountain Mahoganey (not to be confused with the softer, pulpy Phillipine Mahoganey).
Weight of the rifle is 10-1/2 pounds.
For clarity, all stated groups are the result of bench rest testing. The purpose was to determine rifle accuracy minus all possible human variables.
At 25 yards with a powder charge of 50-80 grains of 3FFF black powder, a 5 or 10 shot group will cluster into a 0.65-0.70 inch c-c size group.
5 shot groups shot at 50 yards with 65-70 grains of 3FFF black powder will average 1 inch c-c. Smaller groups are not uncommon.
100 yard 5 shot groups shoot into 3 inches c-c or less. 50 caliber is much more wind sensitive than the big 58 caliber and the wind must be carefully "read". Hanging on the wall of my study is a 100 yard offhand, open sight, target shot at the 1983 NMLRA National Championships at Friendship, IN. 4 shots are in a 2 -3/4 c-c inch group ( 1-10 and 3-9's). The wind caught the 5th shot and took it out to a 7 at 8:30. Still, it was good enough to pick 1st place.
5 or 6 years back, a good friend, Frank Collins used this rifle to come within 1 point of winning the TMLRA State Championship. This aggregate consist of 3 bench targets and 2 offhand targets, and multiple rifles are allowed. Frank who is an exceptional shot to begin with, used this rifle against the boys with the unlimited bench rifles and beat most of them.
Next time, I will discuss one or two more of my "extremely accurate" rifles or brubincam, if you have had enough, I can quit here.
Best regards and good shooting,
John L. Hinnant
No..... I think that one will not show up in an offhand match; it is just a bit over the 14 pound limit for an offhand rifle (NMLRA and TMLRA rules) However, during some of the early Texas Chunk Gun State Championships, the rules were a bit too losely written and a number of the boys dragged those heavy bench guns up to the chunk, shot, and went home with all the prizes. The rules have since been changed.
(2) This rifle is my UNLIMITED CLASS offhand rifle. It is an original 10-Ring Inline by Alex Hamilton of San Antonio, Texas. In fact it is the original proto-type made in the mid 1970's.
The action is fitted with a Timmney adjustable trigger and a H&H (Hoppy Hopkins) octagon barrel, 1 inch x 32 inchs long in 50 caliber. Rifling twist 1-66, .010 inch deep grooves.
Sights are a Redfield Olympic rear sight and an Anschutz Globe (with aperture or post) front sight.
An additional removeable adjustable w/e rear open sight made from a slightly modified Redfield Model 75 aperture sight can be fitted to the barrel. Some matches do not allow the use of aperture sights.
Loading data is a cast .5035 round ball, .018-.020 Teflon coated pilow ticking of Eygptian Cotton, 50-80 grains (depending on the range) of 3FFF of Goex Black Powder, and RWS caps.
The stock is not the original stock. The current stock is a copy of an Anschutz offhand stock used in 22 Rimfire competition shooting. The stock wood is Honduros Mountain Mahoganey (not to be confused with the softer, pulpy Phillipine Mahoganey).
Weight of the rifle is 10-1/2 pounds.
For clarity, all stated groups are the result of bench rest testing. The purpose was to determine rifle accuracy minus all possible human variables.
At 25 yards with a powder charge of 50-80 grains of 3FFF black powder, a 5 or 10 shot group will cluster into a 0.65-0.70 inch c-c size group.
5 shot groups shot at 50 yards with 65-70 grains of 3FFF black powder will average 1 inch c-c. Smaller groups are not uncommon.
100 yard 5 shot groups shoot into 3 inches c-c or less. 50 caliber is much more wind sensitive than the big 58 caliber and the wind must be carefully "read". Hanging on the wall of my study is a 100 yard offhand, open sight, target shot at the 1983 NMLRA National Championships at Friendship, IN. 4 shots are in a 2 -3/4 c-c inch group ( 1-10 and 3-9's). The wind caught the 5th shot and took it out to a 7 at 8:30. Still, it was good enough to pick 1st place.
5 or 6 years back, a good friend, Frank Collins used this rifle to come within 1 point of winning the TMLRA State Championship. This aggregate consist of 3 bench targets and 2 offhand targets, and multiple rifles are allowed. Frank who is an exceptional shot to begin with, used this rifle against the boys with the unlimited bench rifles and beat most of them.
Next time, I will discuss one or two more of my "extremely accurate" rifles or brubincam, if you have had enough, I can quit here.
Best regards and good shooting,
John L. Hinnant
