What historical rifle would you most like to shoot?

[alcessapiens]

For me it’s Sultan Selim 3’s rifle (at the Topkapi palace museum in Istanbul Turkey). Apparently he was a superb shot and liked rifles and in 1790 hit a man sized target at over 1000yards. There is a stone there to commemorate the shot as well as the rifle itself.

 

[Stantheman86]

California Joe Head's Sharps Rifle

 

[Dale Lilly]

An original J & S Hawken .... at an Elk [never got a chance to shoot one of those critters]. Polecat

 

[andy52]

An original J & S Hawken .... at an Elk [never got a chance to shoot one of those critters]. Polecat

Come to the Hawken Classic and you can shoot an original at no cost, but no elk included....

 

[Eutycus]

Probably Davy Crockett's "Old Betsy".

 

[Urban Coyote]

A Melchior Fordney Lancaster rifle.

 

[64Springer]

Phased Plasma Rifle in 40 Watt Range.

Or the Spencer rifle Abraham Lincoln personally test fired.

Always found it interesting that a President actually cared enough about his Troops to test the firearms they would carry in battle.

 

[2 shots]

i would like to have the time to fire many of my own guns . had some for MANY years still virgins.still workin on a haines .54 that i started 20 years ago... cant rush these things but im running out of trail.

 

[2 shots]

teddy shot on the white house lawn.. cant imagine

Always found it interesting that a President actually cared about his Troops enough to test the firearms they would carry in battle.

Teddy shot on the white house lawn cant imagine ol joe doin that.

 

[Eutycus]

Strictly rifles , right?

 

[alcessapiens]

Come to the Hawken Classic and you can shoot an original at no cost, but no elk included....

Bring (bring your own elk)

 

[alcessapiens]

Strictly rifles , right?

Well, at least long guns

 

[alcessapiens]

I’d guess my 2nd choice would be Sir Samuel Baker’s 2 bore “baby”. I had a Rodda 4 bore double years ago that came with brass and hammer loading tools, lead bullet mold, copper sheet discs to swage over the lead ( you brought it back to the top of the swage and used a small brass hammer to close it up then shoved it back through on a monster sized gas check. The swage was a big cast iron floor mounted contraption with a 34 in. Lever. (.935). 23-24 lbs loaded and still smacked you pretty hard. But I’d still give baby a try.

 

[alcessapiens]

teddy shot on the white house lawn.. cant imagine


Teddy shot on the white house lawn cant imagine ol joe doin that.

 

[alcessapiens]

Lincoln did that too. I doubt the secret service would be ok with that anymore.

 

[alcessapiens]

Can’t imagine Presidents Biden, Trump, or Obama shooting. Dub ya Bush and his father Bush sr. might have .

 

[rhart]

Lewis Wetzel's American long rifle (Kit Carson's Hawken 2nd).

 

[andy52]

Lewis Wetzel's American long rifle (Kit Carson's Hawken 2nd).

I'm not sure I'd even want to touch Wetzel's rifle, could be some bad karma going on there.

 

[Eutycus]

That air rifle that Lewis + Clark brought along would be a possibility.

 

[deerstalkert]

An original J & S Hawken .... at an Elk [never got a chance to shoot one of those critters]. Polecat

Dale, come up this next fall and i will rope up an elk for you! not literally of course but we could find one! have 3 empty bedrooms and a bag of oatmeal!

the rifle i would like to shoot was on Lexington green on April 19 1775 in the hands of my wife's ancestor.