Schuetzen Rifle Maker?

[mountainman119]

Is there anyone out there that knows of anyone that sells a kit or who is a maker of schuetzen rifles?

Thanks,
MountainMan119

 

[sheba]

Pecatoncia Longrifle supply I believe sells a kit for one.

 

[Zonie]

My version of a Schuetzen built from Pecatonica Rivers parts.

As with all Schuetzens this is not a patched roundball gun. It is designed for shooting elongated lead bullets at a 200 yard distance.

 

[Lorne Johnson]

Thank you for sharing. It's very impressive.

 

[Rhett Griffith]

Zonie,

What kind of accuracy do you get from that rifle? Do you like it? I've been considering buying that kit and building one for myself.

Rhett

 

[Zonie]

I've only shot it at 100 yards and it easily shoots better than I can hold it.

The barrel was made by Phil Quaglino. It is a .40 caliber with a 1:18 twist, the rifling being about .003 deep.

The bullets are swaged paper patch style without grease grooves but with a hollow base.
I patch them with .0015 thick dress pattern paper and lube them right before they are loaded into the gun with a 50%/50% bees wax/Vasoline mixture.

The upper box bullets are 300 grain and the lower box bullets are 400 grain.

I load these over a 70 grain load of 2Fg powder.

Because of the butt's hook I had to also build a carpet covered 4x4 to support the gun while loading.

 

[gifford]

Zonie - you do good work, that's a nice looking Schutzen rifle you built. :hatsoff:

 

[Zonie]

I thank you sir.