G'Day, Just wondering if anyone out there could tell me a little about one of my muzzle loaders? It is stamper Weston Sydney on the barrel , it has a barrel with Sharon rifle co and a longs lock Denver in it , in .62 cal , everything I've found leads me to believe it was made around the early 70's. oh yer and shoots ragged one holers at 50m. Cheers
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longcruise
70 Cal.
Can't shed any light on Weston, but the barrel of course has an excellent reputation. The lock is by Ron Long who has a good reputation as a lock maker and barrel maker. He has not made locks for quite a few years so your '70's vintage is probably a good guess. Ron drifted away from muzzle loaders in the '80's and got deeper into BPCR. Recently he has been employed by one of the Sharps arms builders in Montana but I don't recall which. Last I heard he was living in Cheyenne WY.
I think if Dan Pharris picks up on this thread he will be able to shed more light.
I think if Dan Pharris picks up on this thread he will be able to shed more light.
AZbpBurner
54 Cal.
Is it true that in the Southern Hemisphere, a roundball spins in the opposite direction of that in the Northern :idunno:
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Reverse twist is not needed. Everyone knows those guys down under are shooting upside down. And they get a Happy New Year first, too.
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Only when flushed down a toilet. :blah:
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The important point about muzzleloaders in the Southern Hemisphere is that it isn't the Northern Hemisphere. Bears do not **** in our woods. You are more likely to lose a leg to a white pointer shark or a spider bite or discover too late that even Australian pythons can squeeze.
As was discovered by Crooked Mick of the Speewah (Crooked Mick is defamed by modern storytellers, but let me tell you he had feet so big that he had to go outside just to turn around) when you need a good smoke, you need a smoke. He kept a rouseabout busy just cutting the fill for his pipe.
You remember the Alamo; we had the Eureka Rebellion. Now it is a sad fact that a dozen or so diggers died when the troopers attacked the stockade; but it colours our history to learn who were not there at the time. The missing men were the Californians. The Californians, all well armed with cap and ball revolvers, had ducked out - possibly for a Sunday Morning pizza - and the commander of the Queen's forces saw this as a good time to stop by.
Now all this may seem a little bit circumambulatory, but the point is this: a muzzleloader down here in the Southern Hemisphere hand is worth two in the Northern Hemisphere bush. :hatsoff:
As was discovered by Crooked Mick of the Speewah (Crooked Mick is defamed by modern storytellers, but let me tell you he had feet so big that he had to go outside just to turn around) when you need a good smoke, you need a smoke. He kept a rouseabout busy just cutting the fill for his pipe.
You remember the Alamo; we had the Eureka Rebellion. Now it is a sad fact that a dozen or so diggers died when the troopers attacked the stockade; but it colours our history to learn who were not there at the time. The missing men were the Californians. The Californians, all well armed with cap and ball revolvers, had ducked out - possibly for a Sunday Morning pizza - and the commander of the Queen's forces saw this as a good time to stop by.
Now all this may seem a little bit circumambulatory, but the point is this: a muzzleloader down here in the Southern Hemisphere hand is worth two in the Northern Hemisphere bush. :hatsoff:
