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Aerial view of the Medicine Rocks in progress.

Son Bob and daugherinlaw Kelli on the firing line at the Quigley.

Whoops, I think i replied to soon Ranch, its up a bit in the middle of your pics, very beautiful by the way.

Have noticed one thing, I am guessing the barrels on the Sharps and Highwall rifles are not affected by resting the barrels on the shooting sticks, as opposed to resting the forearm only?

Gunner

No they aren't affected , but you do sort of have to play around with it to see where the sweet spot is. Usually that ends up being either right off the forend or about 4 inches back from the muzzle.
Resting out towards the muzzle does tend to give you a steadier rest than up close to the forearm.

10-4, i did install a lace on leather recoil pad on the shotgun butt of my rifle, not because of the recoil, but to add a bit to the LOP, i just couldn't get my head around having that big tang sight that close to my face when that mother BOOMED

I pulled it off and ordered some nice filler screws from C Sharps, and will stick to the laddered buckhorn? for hunting.

Gunner

Gunner, after seeing a BUNCH of pics of Buffalo rifles used on the Texas Panhandle hunt, their forearms are nearly worn away. Mine had been replaced long ago. Easier to refinish or replace wood than steel.

Hey crossfire . . . Thanks for starting a thread that will hopefully not be hijacked off course. I DO shoot real BP in the three rifles below, as well as in a few other CF non-BPCR rifles and handguns.

45-70 Shiloh Sharps Hartford model, 30" hvy bbl, steel shotgun buttplate, Red River Sights (formerly Parts Unknown). WW cases, 70 gr Goex Ctg grade BP under a Lyman 457125 bullet cast 30:1, homemade lube, 0.035" card wad and Fed 215 primer is the normal load.




45-90 Shiloh Sharps #3 Sporter model, 30" hvy bbl, steel shotgun buttplate, semi-fancy wood. Starline cases, 70 gr Goex 1f BP under a Lyman 457132 bullet cast 30:1, homemade lube, 0.035" card wad and Fed 215 primer is the normal load.



45-70 Rolling Block, 34" hvy bbl, steel shotgun buttplate, the sight in the picture has been replaced with Red River Sights (formerly Parts Unknown). Same load data as the Hartford.




I built (with a lot of help from a good friend) the Rolling Block from an original action that had been barreled in .43 Egyptian caliber. It was built in the spring of 1997. The Hartford was ordered before the Roller was built, but the wait for a Shiloh was about 48 months at that time and I just had to have something to shoot before then - hence the Rolling Block. I ended up waiting 4 years, 10 months and 20 days for the Hartford and it was worth every minute. For the #3 Sporter I took the short route and ordered it from Shiloh's website. It was set up almost exactly as I would have custom ordered one. The wait for it was substantially shorter than for the Hartford - I placed the order on a Friday and had the rifle in hand the following Thursday . . .

Great pics so far . . . keep them coming.

Thanks again, crossfire. Carry on guys.

10-4 on the 150, and cleaning supplies.

Gunner

I remember seeing a bit of wear on your original 45-110 at the Boar hunt, I can see this turning into another un-breakable habit , But thats alright, I got the Wifeys blessings, she allowed a man can have ALOT worse habits than guns and huntin' LOL

Gunner

Damn nice shootin' irons there Otter

And Yes Cross, fine thread, and I hope you dont mind me and my stupid questions.

Gunner

No, I did not, Sir,....

GTC

Ok thanks, I was thinking that if you did you might be there next year, I would look you up to meet you.

If you let a few folks know you are coming, chances are, someone will bring a spare rifle and ammo and you can shoot the whole damn thing. No sense standing around. Someone might mistake you for Swampie....

Oh chit....I'll be busy shootin' then, and not leaning on any mountain howitzers and grinnin' foe the camera

Gunner

And when ET and I head out West, I'll be loaded to the gills with my own supplies, but have an open ear for experience gathering.

Gunner

Gunner about all you need worry about for cleaning supplies is having a good supply of patches, and a dab of your favored gun oil, we got water...

10-4, thanks again Ranch

Gunner

Wow! A nice thread here! What's going on?

I'm fairly sure that ain't gonna happen...

I honestly think that what we're seeing in those severely worn forends is "Wagon Box Wear", ET.

Those guns traveled long hard trails, it rough conveyances.

GTC

GTC