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It is my first external adjustable scope indeed. It has a neat feel to it, still teaching myself about it, as I know nothing about them.
Maybe a nice ten gallon hat would be appropriate here. I guess I should have bought the Justin boots the other day when my youngest got her new set of shit kickers for the barn
I was talking about milk jugs but pumpkins sound like so much more fun to explode.
I haven’t gotten into casting just yet. I have been reloading for about 12 years. I have decided if I will reload for this or how much action it will truly get. I talked to a gentleman about the black powder club and the matches shortly after I acquired this piece, which is a 45-70. Sounds like an interesting thing to watch, but I am not a huge black powder fan due to the amount of cleaning it requires after the fun is over. I have some smokeless rounds for this one in case I get the wild hair to smash pumpkins as sirmechanic seems to think is the bees knees.
Barrel is 28 or 30 inches long and almost a full inch in diameter. Think that could mitigate any barrel whip and make it ok?
I okayed with the eye relief and recoil spring tensioners last night, pretty neat setup like that. I had to figure out why the picture was fuzzy. The parallax adjuster came off with the obj lens cover, so it wasn’t actually adjusting when I spun the adjuster. Got it set back up and it worked like a champ. Will play with it some more before I take it out and see if the erectors work. The reticle was canted so had to straighten it up as well. I like how everything can be adjusted and set to the end users liking without having to remove the tube. I found an old thread here that had some good info, and a diagram of the major pieces and what they do. That helped to get it set right for me. Now to do some research and figure out which exact model it is.The spring is there to reset the scope after recoil moves it. Most of us with modern rifles take it off as set light drag on the front ring so the Pope rail gently drags. Then after recoil reach up and pull it back and, if needed, cock it left. (Or right as long as you’re consistent). When you get proper eye relief the little ring that holds the spring is used as a stop so you pull back to ge same place each time.
These scope repeat like nothing else. No guesswork if the erector cell is working, you can see it
I have read some that there is a version of these style of rifle with a two piece tang. What I read states that the two piece can have accuracy issues, and they talked about welding it together to help. I’d venture to say you are correct in the pressure not correlating the same as with a bolt action setup
Pumpkin = large ball or bullet over .45 Cal.
Talk to @pmclaine about those awesome old external adjust scopes. He has a ton of them and makes them work great.
I was on the edge of the 1-1/4 or 2 inch varmint version. Guess I just need to measure the obj lens and see how big it is. I’ll try to get some better pics up later as well. Thank you for the info
This is a C Sharps from Big Timber indeed. I have read on the Shilohs and heard about the waiting list. Is it still as long as some of the old forums speak of for one of those fine hand crafted blasters?
Leaned something new today. Never heard them called that. Thank you for teaching this youngster a new term.
Used to be longer! It's still about a year or so if you go through Shiloh themselves, bit more if you want one of their '77 models instead of their '74 or '63 percussion. But if you order through their only stocking dealer, as I will, the wait's about half the time albeit with a slightly higher price tag.
The forearm is just screwed to the barrel anyway. A lot of shooters will experiment until they find the sweet spot to rest the barrel them mark the barrel so that they can rest it in the same place every time... or used to anyway. I've been away from the game for a while.
.45-70 is a really good all around load and one that is fairly easy to get to shoot well with BP. It isn't all that popular at longer ranges as the 40 cal's have a flatter trajectory. BP is actually a lot easier to clean in a good barrel than copper fouling is. I can clean my Pedersoli sharps (also a 45-70) with 3 wet patches a dry patch and an oily patch, while it takes a lot more scrubbing than that on my 700P to get the copper out even after just a short shooting session. The biggest thing with BP is to be sure to use BP lube. Smokeless lubes just don't work very well.
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I need to start casting. I think I’d have more interest in a sport like this than most I have tried. Modern guns are nice, but the appeal of some older ways in it seems intriguing
Thanks for the information. I hope to get it dialed in or at least tested soon. I snagged 20 rounds for it but I have a buddy who has about 100 more. His were for his lever gun, but the brass should be good enough once I fire off the projectiles. Have some trailboss laying around so may end up doing some powderpuff loads. Also have a couple pounds of GOEX laying around if I decide to dump a case full of powder at a time.
Google Unertl dehorned mounts. Pictured are missing the black hex shaped caps
A W E S O M E Both the rifle and the scope!
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