Sure, I'll post some photos. However lately I have replaced the original barrel with a green mountain barrel, and it's still in the white. I still have the original barrel, but over the years of shooting it lost its accuracy.Mtn. Meek said:Powderburner,can you post some pictures of your GRRW Poor Boy? I've only seen them in their brochure. My impression is that they didn't make very many of them, given the popularity of the Hawken and Leman trade rifles at the time.
Well, I did shoot it for years...won many matches as well as the yearly club trophy for ten years in a row. It has a straight barrel. It gradually started wearing after years...went from using a .535 ball to a .540 and it never shot right since. The Green Mountain barrel takes a .530 ball. It holds well, but I find it heavy offhand. I had trouble with my eyes the last couple of years...cataract surgeries, so haven't really gotten back into shooting it yet. Been shooting smoothbores a lot lately. The lock is a Siler mountain lock. No buttplate either, just a forged nail in the heel.Mtn. Meek said:Thanks, Powderburner. You must have done some shooting over the years to wear out a barrel, or did it lose its choke due to rod wear?
Is it a swamped barrel or straight octagon? How does it hold?
The lock looks like the one that came with my Leman full-stock.
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