Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
Liked On: 19-06-2018, 12:45 PM
Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
Liked On: 19-06-2018, 12:22 AM
Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
Liked On: 18-06-2018, 09:15 PM
Yer, certainly smacks out those lead balls and I think with the 20" barrel 70gr of 3f could be my maximum load as more it may end up being a flamethrower, but for deer in the bush and goat hunting...
Liked On: 18-06-2018, 09:15 PM
As they say, " Put your money where your mouth is", so had a first sight test at the range today, 50ms ,.490" patched ball, 65grs 2f Swiss BLK . Online horizontally but 7 1/2" low, with the flip up...
Liked On: 18-06-2018, 09:14 PM
Had a sight recheck with my new .50 barrel after filing down the front sight, still low so a bit more off. But hot dam its shooting good for a home made barrel, at 50m 3 shots in a 1 1/2" group with...
Liked On: 18-06-2018, 06:06 PM
I`m afraid the hunting DNA is in my blood, so a good stout load to set the sights to is first up and then back to working up loads to see what it likes. As I made the fore sight my self no off the...
Liked On: 13-05-2018, 10:17 PM
Yer, certainly smacks out those lead balls and I think with the 20" barrel 70gr of 3f could be my maximum load as more it may end up being a flamethrower, but for deer in the bush and goat hunting...
Liked On: 12-05-2018, 09:16 PM
Proof report, while I was away from K street and down in the bush I gave the .50 a proof test with 90gr 2f swiss and .490 p ball. At the same time I thought I would test a gizmo I had made that...
Liked On: 12-05-2018, 09:04 PM
Would be a wast of good lead, while I was cooling my gunboots in the Oxodentale pub the boys in blue put the hard word on my to come up with a sure fire boy racer car stopper. No problem boys, I went...
Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:58 PM
83051, 83052, Yep, cutter for a .45cal barrel, have a look at my past threads for Hawken plains rifle and the Quigley 1874 Sharps rifle. 83059, Great fun.
Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:51 PM
Well bugger me days, obviously Chop3r you know your top off the line measuring stuff, those pegs are my twist ratio guides. One is touching the one on the rifling shaft , the crank handle is turned...
Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:38 PM
I know it`s all sorts of bits and pieces, but I just use comeinhandy bits like an old tap handle to adjust the shaft up and down to change the twist rate at the back of my lathe. Hi Kotuku old mate,...
Liked On: 12-05-2018, 08:36 PM
Thanks guys, they are probably high up in the steep gulley's, I don`t like hunting in the hot weather, to dry, blow fly's and you can't cool your meat down, then blow fly,s again ,(If you get...
Liked On: 10-05-2018, 02:23 PM
Yep, That's me with the rifle, :D. Rossi .45 here is my pp bullets, 420grs the ones that hit the bucket, my Sharps likes them, well one is allowed to dream. 70943, Bucket muckerupers.
Liked On: 08-05-2018, 07:45 PM