Ordered an Early Virginia from TVM

[Robert Wilson]

jfaldo, I very much look forward to your impressions of your Southern Mountain. I hope it is a serious shooter!

Ten months waiting for my name to come up, at TVM, seemed like an eternity. (I spent 10 months in the desert during the Gulf War, but I swear it seemed to go a LOT faster...) I can't imagine what it would be like to wait two years for a new rifle.

I wish you every success with your new TVM. (Really looking forward to pictures!)

 

[Brokennock]

Not much choice for me here in CT. Coyotes are considered small game so my options are; bow and arrow (if I see them while archery deer hunting I take the shot), .22 rimfire, breach loading shotgun, or for muzzleloaders a rifle of not less than .32 and not more than .36 caliber, or muzzle loading shotgun. I don't own a .36, even though I'd like one, but, I haven't shot my M.L. rifles since I got my first flint smoothie. On my budget it's tough to justify a rifle, and all the stuff that goes with it, I can only use for a couple of the types of game I hunt when I can hunt anything with a 20 gauge smoothie.

Enjoy your TVM E.V. when it arrives. And remember, pictures are greatly enjoyed and appreciated.

 

[Flash Pan Dan]

I hope you have better luck with yours than I did with mine.

 

[hanshi]

Matt built me an EV years ago that I was forced to sell; I still morn that fine rifle. I killed deer with it and shot tiny groups on paper. The 42" straight .50 barrel was muzzle heavy enough to lock on target when fired off hand. It had beautiful wood and gray barrel/lock/mountings.



Top is the VA rifle.

 

[Robert Wilson]

Gulp.... Sorry, Dan.

 

[Robert Wilson]

Wow! That must have been a tough rifle to part with. Tiny groups and dead deer speak for themselves....

 

[hanshi]

It was a very tough decision. The rifle weighed possibly 8.5 lbs. I have severe ra and it was sometimes difficult for me to simply hold onto it or even just pick it up. However there are times I can't hold onto a glass of water. As a result all my guns are light to medium weight; but I still have to be careful.

 

[Robert Wilson]

I hear you, Hanshi. Severe RA is no picnic, and I am happy you remain as active as you do. (I thoroughly enjoy your posts, by the way, you have taught me much, in the last year.) Your constant affection for smaller calibers, (hence, lighter rifles), becomes clearer.

I deeply respect your courage in pressing-on, despite your condition, and wish you all possible success in the hunting field.

 

[kopfjaeger]

I'm sure you will like your new flintlock from TVM. I'm looking forward to seeing a picture.

 

[Robert Wilson]

Thank you, "headhunter", for the kind thought. I will continue to hope for the best.

 

[hanshi]

Thank you, Owlmagnet, for the good wishes and kind words. I do love the smaller calibers; I've always been a minimalist, it appears. In my CF hunting days the .250/3000 was my favorite cartridge and took more deer than I can possibly count. I even started relying on a little Kimber .22 Hornet; so the .32 and .36 were naturals for me to gravitate toward. Plus they are very cheap to feed. Even my all time favorite big game rifles are only .45s, both cap and flint (have 3). Great minds think alike.

 

[Renegade Dan]

I have 45 cal. TVM Pennsylvania flintlock rifle. My favorite rifle.

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[Robert Wilson]

Nice one, Dan! Thank you for posting the photo. How does she shoot?

 

[RonRC]

I wish you all the best dealing with your RA, Hanshi!
In a short time, I have known you as a fine and knowledgeable gentlemen worthy of respect.
Ron

 

[jfaldo]

Received my Southern Basic a day early on Thursday and as these things usually go I have been working 12 to 15 hour days so didn't get a chance to do much with it till yesterday. My first impression were that it was perfect. The wood is beautiful and the browning is perfect.
A little more time inspecting it and there are a couple of spots where the inletting is a little off on the lock, but nothing that's a glaring problem. For the price and the wait it is exactly what I expected. I suppose for double the money and 3 times the wait you can get 100% perfection. I was not willing to go that route and I'm quite satisfied with this rifle.
Got to shoot it a little. No target work just busting some rocks and it seems to shoot real well. A short youtube video of it going bang also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBwQ0nJ6Wrw

 

[Robert Wilson]

She looks like a fine rifle, to me! I enjoyed your brief video, and I think that the antelope are going to be in trouble! I wish you the best of luck with her.

Be well.

 

[jfaldo]

The only way I hunt antelope is if someone else wants the meat. They are best left out in the prairie in my opinion. Now a big muley or an elk that's a different story. Most likely will see some action back on the family farm in the Ohio Valley on some eastern whitetail in the future.

 

[Robert Wilson]

It's funny you mention that. I shot my first, (and last), antelope just northeast of Bill, Wyoming, many years ago. He was a nice buck, but the meat tasted so strongly of sage, that it about ruined me for that, particular, spice. I swear it was three or four years before I could face the bread stuffing on a Thanksgiving turkey!

I have never fully recovered....

 

[kh0456]

Nice looking rifle! I also enjoyed the video. Seemed to have lit off well!

 

[hanshi]

:thumbsup: +1