I took my new 31 Caliber Crockett Percussion rifle to the range yesterday. It has a 32” barrel.
The first shot was at 15 yards Bench Rested and was dead Center (10X) at Point of Aim (PIA). I then moved it to 25 yards for two more shots, also in the white bullseye.
For off-hand practice, I posted one of the Novelty Targets we shot at our last Match. We usually shoot two shots at each one but then I looked at the target and couldn’t find anything other than the instructions for each target. So, I shot two in the first one and only one in the rest. My first shot was the one closer to the line.
The other one is the target I shot (at the club Match) with my 40 Caliber Flintlock Issac Haines Long Rifle with a 38” Swamped barrel for comparison. Both rifles have Double Set Triggers.
Needless to say, I did better with the lighter half-stock rifle with the percussion lock.
I recently read Baird’s first book about the Hawken Shop in St. Louis. In addition to the Rocky Mountain Rifle, which they’re famous for, they also made smaller guns for the local folks. Based on a photo in the book, this looks similar to something they may have produced.
I would have liked the stock to have been plainer. I really don’t like the grain at the bottom of the butt stock. I love having a muzzleloader shop near me, but they have a strict policy of “you get whichever box is on the top of the pile”. In retrospect, I should have just taken the floor model!
This little gun is so accurate, that I’d almost like to make it my paper target rifle. My mind is turning and I’m thinking about having a Flintlock barrel made for it in 40 caliber. The lock for a Deer Hunter has the same size lock plate. I’d have to order a tumbler with a fly plus a bridle. Of, course I’d have to drill holes to mount latter.
Walt
The first shot was at 15 yards Bench Rested and was dead Center (10X) at Point of Aim (PIA). I then moved it to 25 yards for two more shots, also in the white bullseye.
For off-hand practice, I posted one of the Novelty Targets we shot at our last Match. We usually shoot two shots at each one but then I looked at the target and couldn’t find anything other than the instructions for each target. So, I shot two in the first one and only one in the rest. My first shot was the one closer to the line.
The other one is the target I shot (at the club Match) with my 40 Caliber Flintlock Issac Haines Long Rifle with a 38” Swamped barrel for comparison. Both rifles have Double Set Triggers.
Needless to say, I did better with the lighter half-stock rifle with the percussion lock.
I recently read Baird’s first book about the Hawken Shop in St. Louis. In addition to the Rocky Mountain Rifle, which they’re famous for, they also made smaller guns for the local folks. Based on a photo in the book, this looks similar to something they may have produced.
I would have liked the stock to have been plainer. I really don’t like the grain at the bottom of the butt stock. I love having a muzzleloader shop near me, but they have a strict policy of “you get whichever box is on the top of the pile”. In retrospect, I should have just taken the floor model!
This little gun is so accurate, that I’d almost like to make it my paper target rifle. My mind is turning and I’m thinking about having a Flintlock barrel made for it in 40 caliber. The lock for a Deer Hunter has the same size lock plate. I’d have to order a tumbler with a fly plus a bridle. Of, course I’d have to drill holes to mount latter.
Walt
Boy, I am old ...
