Dixie Tenn. Mountain Rifle flint .50

[pargent]

Does any one have any thoughts on these ?

 

[DanChamberlain]

I have never fired one. I have examined one in .32 and was impressed overall. I have read of good performance with the brand. Given the right price, I'd take a chance.

Dan

 

[pargent]

I have had it about 4 years,paid $250 Aus.,no problems just very basic tuning etc.,It is front heavy shooting off hand.

 

[LRB]

A friend of mine has one. It is a very reliable, and very accurate rifle. My main complaint is that they are bulky, too much wood, and quite nose heavy.

 

[sniper68]

Overall good rifles, at least in percussion. The flint ones can be a little squirrelly. An L&R lock can fix that. The early ones had a 7/8" instead of 15/16" barrel. :v

 

[ord sgt]

I bought one for my wife. It is a .50 flintlock, made for left-hand shooters. She needs a step stool to load, as she is 5 feet tall and the rifle has a 42" barrel.Standing on her toes, she can just see the end of the barrel.
I agree with the others. It is fore end heavy but is a good rifle.

 

[wofat]

I got one in flint in the early 80's and used it for over 20 yrs. built it from a kit. the only problem I had was it was hard on flint's , gave it to a good friend, he still uses it . it is forend heavy but it alway's was a shooter.

 

[fraungie]

I have had mine since 1983.It's a flintlock. I killed a lot of deer with it a bunch of ground hogs and a few squirrels. It's a great gun. I shoot 80 grs. 2f for deer with a .015 patch and 50 grs. 2f same patch for squirrels. I shoot them in the head. If I can see there heads at 25 yards or under there mine. It is a little nose heavy. but if you can get your left hand out far enough it will hang nice for off hand shooting. I can shoot this rifle better off hand than any gun I have. I would buy another one in a minute.I would really like to get the .32. They don't make either any more.

 

[shootemup]

I would really like to get the .32. They don't make either any more.

I wish they still did, I own one of each (.50 and .32) and prefer them to anything else in that class by far.

I happened by the DGW store back in early '02, and the good folks there told me Miroku had decided to discontinue that model, otherwise they'd still be carrying it.

Good rifles.

:hatsoff:
Spot

 

[pargent]

It was my first flinter,a good learning curve & more PC than the majoritie of italian & spanish guns over here. :thumbsup:

 

I have 3 of them, in percussion, and they are all shooters. 2 are RH and 1 is LH. One of the rights I had the stock recut and it made a real nice offhand rifle. There is plenty of wood to make it into a lot of different styles. The LH I am thinking of having the barrel cut to either 36" or 38" and once again reshaping the stock. Regardless of the extreme weight out front they do shoot well.
Mark

 

[Black Powder]

I got mine in 1981. Had Dixie make it for flint or cap, never used the cap lock. Flint works great. B. P.