I’m in too deep auction buy…..

[MedicMike3762]

Why oh why did someone not tell me before I started! All things muzzle loading are insanely addictive! Any chance I get I want to buy shoot or tinker with muzzle loaders! So much so my uncle who hits the gun auctions hard now knows to buy for me!!!! He scored this old guy for the tune of a 60 dollar bill! I promptly gave him 100 for his time and effort! I have a problem….. I have no self control……I’m in too deep! There, I said it! I love this stuff!

Nice old back action with an old numrich arms .45 barrel. Inlets are nice and the bore is great! No master build but fairly well done IMHO. Hade to make a ramrod but home depot and 3 bucks helped that! Has an old Lyman globe sight on the front. Spent some time getting her cleaned today can’t wait to see what she will do!!

 

[appalichian hunter]

Be careful on the home depot dowel rod for a rammer, short strokes and choke up on the rod.

 

[2 shots]

app hunter bet me to it...a hole in your hand is not a good deal.

 

[granth]

What a good buy! I've always been a fan of back-action percussion locks. Looks like you got a keeper right there.

 

[MedicMike3762]

app hunter bet me to it...a hole in your hand is not a good deal.

I agree that would not be a good deal! I will be placing an order for a new hickory rod tomorrow. And thanks for the words of wisdom!!!

 

[dave951]

The local auctions I've been to were just insane. I've seen guns of all types going for up to 3x more than new retail price and this isn't a recent thing either.

 

[fleener]

Well, at least you aint spending thousands at the auctions.....

Fleener

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Why oh why did someone not tell me before I started! All things muzzle loading are insanely addictive! Any chance I get I want to buy shoot or tinker with muzzle loaders! So much so my uncle who hits the gun auctions hard now knows to buy for me!!!! He scored this old guy for the tune of a 60 dollar bill! I promptly gave him 100 for his time and effort! I have a problem….. I have no self control……I’m in too deep! There, I said it! I love this stuff!

Nice old back action with an old numrich arms .45 barrel. Inlets are nice and the bore is great! No master build but fairly well done IMHO. Hade to make a ramrod but home depot and 3 bucks helped that! Has an old Lyman globe sight on the front. Spent some time getting her cleaned today can’t wait to see what she will do!!

Nice find, congratulations.

I needed a ramrod, quite a while back actually. We have a local shop, Sears Trostle (?), that sells fine woods. I found a 2x10, Ash board, strait grained for the entire 8 feet of its length. Made my ram rod and many more since.

If you are starting to collect more and more traditional muzzleloaders, needing replacement ram rods is going to happen again and again. That huge board, well worth the purchase price

 

[Eric Krewson]

I have made a number of arrows from Lowe's 3/8" dowels, I may look through 100 dowels before I find one with "0" run out. You won't be breaking one of these dowels if you make a ramrod out of them. These made my most durable arrows right after ash, a direct rock strike wouldn't break them.

I don't make poplar arrows anymore, too labor intensive reducing a 90# spine dowel to a 55# spine arrow, the right dowels were also very hard to find, many a day I would look through the entire bin of poplar dowels and not find a single one that had straight grain from one end to the other

 

[Brazos John]

I would look through the entire bin of poplar dowels and not find a single one that had straight grain from one end to the other

I hate trying to find a straight 2x4 at Home Depot. It takes hours!

 

[MedicMike3762]

I hate trying to find a straight 2x4 at Home Depot. It takes hours!

Not to mention they cost 8 bucks a piece!!!

 

[springfield art]

Why oh why did someone not tell me before I started! All things muzzle loading are insanely addictive! Any chance I get I want to buy shoot or tinker with muzzle loaders! So much so my uncle who hits the gun auctions hard now knows to buy for me!!!! He scored this old guy for the tune of a 60 dollar bill! I promptly gave him 100 for his time and effort! I have a problem….. I have no self control……I’m in too deep! There, I said it! I love this stuff!

Nice old back action with an old numrich arms .45 barrel. Inlets are nice and the bore is great! No master build but fairly well done IMHO. Hade to make a ramrod but home depot and 3 bucks helped that! Has an old Lyman globe sight on the front. Spent some time getting her cleaned today can’t wait to see what she will do!!

Great buy! Thanks for posting!

 

[deerstalkert]

as they say, "i'd go sixty two fiddy fer that one"
i too am an addict. if it goes bang i find my vision dimming right along with my self control. am blessed with a other half that just shakes her head and mutters "old fool"
that rifle would definitely find a home next to my other beauties.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Why oh why did someone not tell me before I started! All things muzzle loading are insanely addictive! Any chance I get I want to buy shoot or tinker with muzzle loaders! So much so my uncle who hits the gun auctions hard now knows to buy for me!!!! He scored this old guy for the tune of a 60 dollar bill! I promptly gave him 100 for his time and effort! I have a problem….. I have no self control……I’m in too deep! There, I said it! I love this stuff!

Nice old back action with an old numrich arms .45 barrel. Inlets are nice and the bore is great! No master build but fairly well done IMHO. Hade to make a ramrod but home depot and 3 bucks helped that! Has an old Lyman globe sight on the front. Spent some time getting her cleaned today can’t wait to see what she will do!!

Interesting short, false muzzle.

LD

 

[necchi]

Why oh why did someone not tell me before I started! All things muzzle loading are insanely addictive! Any chance I get I want to buy shoot or tinker with muzzle loaders!,,,,,,,,,, I have a problem….. I have no self control……I’m in too deep! There, I said it! I love this stuff!

That's an important 1st step, well done.
"God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can-not change, the courage to,,,,"

 

[MedicMike3762]

Interesting short, false muzzle.

LD

I thought so as well almost like it’s counterbored.

 

[Notchy Bob]

Nice find! I like it!

If I remember correctly, .45 caliber Numrich barrels had undersized bores, and the experts back in the day recommended a .433” ball. There may be more information on this in the back of the Dixie Gun works catalog.

Numrich and Douglas barrels were very popular in the sixties and seventies. There were a few smaller outfits that tried to break into the market, like Mellot, for example, and then there were a very few custom barrel makers such as Bill Large, but for a number of years Numrich and Douglas were the barrels of choice for hobby builders. The .45 caliber Numrich barrels were so common that .433” became sort of a “standard” ball size. I think Lee still makes .433” moulds, and Hornady (and maybe Speer) still make swaged balls in that size.

Anyway, enjoy that rifle! We’ll be looking for a range report in due time.

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

 

[2 shots]

i think the box stores sell both hard and softwood dowels. choose wisely

 

[hanshi]

Addictive? Yep it certainly is. Nice rifle to my eyes but you'll never have enough of them. I guess I'm now permanently out of the buying market. Just don't shoot as much as I used to and no longer hunt either. As always $$ stands in the way for most of us.

 

[deerstalkert]

That's an important 1st step, well done.
"God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can-not change, the courage to,,,,"

"Courage to shoot those that won't change "