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    treadhead88

    treadhead88

    Panzerfahrer
    Jun 20, 2009
    877
    Cecil Co.
    My first attempt at a kit gun. I am by no means any sort of a woodworker of finisher. I used a Miles & Gilbert stock refinishing kit, and a Birchwood Casey metal blueing kit. I could not get the barrel to sit in the stock correctly no natter what I tried, finally contacted Traditions customer serevice, sent it to them, they sent it back with the barrel in the stock. The other issue was that when fully assembled the "trigger bar" would not contact the "sear lever" to release the hammer, I super glued a custom formed plastic spacer on the trigger bar to take up the gap so that now it will fire.
    I have .54 cal balls, and some shot to be able to shoot it as a shotgun.
    Can't wait ti fire it.
     
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    noahhh

    Active Member
    Jan 28, 2009
    254
    Arnold,Md
    I killed probably more deer with a .50 Hawken and a .45 Vincent rifle than all my centerfire guns combined. Loads? 50gr. FFFg/patched round ball in the .50, and 60gr.FFFg/patched round ball in the .45. Kills them deader than dead, without the drama/machoness/unnecessary recoil of heavy bullets and massive powder charges. They're deer, not Sherman tanks!
     
    iH8DemLibz

    iH8DemLibz

    When All Else Fails.
    Apr 1, 2013
    25,396
    Libtardistan
    noahhh said:
    I killed probably more deer with a .50 Hawken and a .45 Vincent rifle than all my centerfire guns combined. Loads? 50gr. FFFg/patched round ball in the .50, and 60gr.FFFg/patched round ball in the .45. Kills them deader than dead, without the drama/machoness/unnecessary recoil of heavy bullets and massive powder charges. They're deer, not Sherman tanks!
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    Heavy lead travelling slowly knocks Bambi down fresher-man.

    But old and tired eyes need magnification and clarity at this point.

    Hard to scope a muzzle stuffer. Unless it's a modern inline.


    PS: Are you saying a 45-70 with a 500 grain slug is a wee bit of overkill?
     
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