You call that a rifle.

[oldwood]

Just looking at the bore , I can almost feel the pain of recoil. OUCH! No doubt a three double header brandy per shot , caliber.

 

[wayne estes]

I’m 6’3” and around 400 lbs. I ain’t afraid of nothing.

 

[oldwood]

Wayne.....I wish you well. I'm old , and injured from doing stuff I should have done in moderation. The gun I shoot most these days is a .40 cal. long rifle made from rusty old parts found in ashes of shed fire. You take it easy friend , and again , wish you well.

 

[Relic shooter]

Just looking at the bore , I can almost feel the pain of recoil. OUCH! No doubt a three double header brandy per shot , caliber.

Mr. oldwood, brandy on a cold hunt sounds mighty fine !
A few years back while sitting around the campfire with friends on a ML hunt & dropped a treed squirrel with my .70 Jaeger
loaded with about 30 gr. 2f.
Result was a slightly bruised squirrel with no meat loss..

 

[oldwood]

Relic shooter.......In 'bout 1973 , When I was new to m/l shooting/hunting , I put together a .75 cal. Brown Bess kit , and was dieing to hunt something w/it. First day of early squirrel season I rode to a bench on a high Mtn. behind my house where the sun would hit first. I had the smoothbore loaded w/1 1/2 oz. #5 lead shot , and an equal AMT. of 2fg. Soon day came , and a big grey squirrel came to me. I fired and the squirrel ran over to an oak tree and started up to enter a hole about 8ft. up. Holding an empty gun , I got resourceful , and a few wacks with the Bess's steel ramrod brought the grey down. I always wondered what those Iron rods might be used for besides loading. I ate the squirrel for supper.

 

[Capnball]

This rifle is a version of a Thomas Simpson rifle which was a real made in Kentucky rifle. Not Pennsylvania. You can read more about the KY rifles in Mel Hankla's book.

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Pretty gun, really

 

[ChuckJonesWagon]

Reminds me of my visit earlier this year to Ft. Ligonier. They had this massive firearm on display. I have no idea how one man could pick it up!!!

As the description states, it fires a 1" ball.