Pedersoli announce a .54cal 'Hawken target rifle...

[#BPBReloadingFFL]

Looks like my Pedersoli Tryon

 

[Mike in FL]

I'm not sold on big name barrels. The most accurate muzzleloader i have or have ever had is a Pedersoli flintlock, an off the shelf .50. From the bench rested fore and after, groups stay within dime size at 50 yards. I've never fired it at further distance. The downsides are that it has a patent breech and a 1:48 twist. That tiny group is with only 60 grains of 3F. A heavier charge opens the group too much for my liking so it will remain a 60 grain gun. Such is often the trouble with the 1:48s.

 

[TFoley]

Guess the baker rifle isn’t happening.

 

[rjinman2003]

you know there has to be a custom barrel on it. guys put green mountain barrels on ML. every target rifle BP or SP has a custom barrel on it

Whats is a custom barrel ?

 

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Looks like my Pedersoli Tryon

Well, they are both rifles.....

https://shop.davidepedersoli.com/en/tryon/489-803-tryon-target-rifle.html#/101-caliber-45

 

[Mike in FL]

What's up with the rear sight on the Rocky Mt. model? Was that a sight that might have been used in the Hawken era. A very good looking rifle, but I've wondered about that sight since they came out.
And do you reckon it has a patent breech?

 

[SPQR70AD]

Whats is a custom barrel ?

are you serious? it would be hand lapped, air gauged, tolerances 0.0005-0.0001. I would understand asking that question if you were ten years old

 

[Mike in FL]

are you serious? it would be hand lapped, air gauged, tolerances 0.0005-0.0001. I would understand asking that question if you were ten years old

Not nice. Lots of us are ignorant about such things.
Or beginners. Let's all be nice to one another.

 

[SPQR70AD]

Not nice. Lots of us are ignorant about such things.
Or beginners. Let's all be nice to one another.

I thought he was mocking me

 

[springfield art]

I wonder how much Mr. Kibler has cut in to the Pedersoli market.

Not a lot. Kibs makes specific types; Peder has lots of military stuff. Kib's genius is in engineering CNC with authenticity, coupled with easy assembly, a winning combination. Not to mention great service, reasonable price for what you get, and continuing innovation, e.g., the carving.

 

[springfield art]

Pedersoli never makes a percussion REVOLVER, do they??

I recall many years ago, being all up for driving to Hamburg Cabela's when they had a sale for about $600! But it was Winter, cold, nasty, and I didn't want to drive up.

Yeah, mind puts on a little weight, too! I have an old Jack Garner SMR .45 flint that is light as a feather!

 

[Mike in FL]

I thought he was mocking me

Oh, my bad. I need to pay better attention.

 

[maillemaker]

The interesting Lorenz was offered way too late; many Civil War enactor guys were retiring, and the greatest demand for them was ten years before they appeared. Some recreated regiments would have loved to have them, as their original units carried them in the actual Civil War.

I was disappointed that their Lorenz had a non-historically-correct patent breech, as well as a 90-degree fire channel with a hidden and inaccessible cleanout screw, rather than the direct vent channel it had historically.

I wish Pedersoli would stop monkeying with the fire channels and chambers in these muskets!

 

[SPQR70AD]

Oh, my bad. I need to pay better attention.

not sure if he was mocking me but it seemed liked it cause him or another guy was saying what makes it a target rifle