Last year I discovered the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting. Once you discover this fantastic sport, “leveritis” sets in. After purchasing a number of modern lever action rifles, I just had to have an original, pre 1900 rifle. I found a beautiful Winchester 1873 that needed some love (See other article on this web site).
I recently purchased a used Winchester 1886 Take Down. It came with a Lyman #2 tang sight installed. When I took the rifle to the range to sight it in, I noticed a lot of movement (wobble) in the sight peep hole. Seems there is wobble in two places. Where the sight sits on the
Last year after reading many articles in Precision Shooting magazine
and The Varmint Hunter Association magazine I decided that I “needed” a
sub caliber rifle. I looked into the real small stuff, 12 and 14
calibers but I ruled them out as just too weird. Maybe next year. The
20 caliber stuff wasn’t out yet so I settled on a 17 caliber.
During a lead bullet casting session, it is not unusual to cast upwards of 100-200 bullets during a 30-40 minute period. At first you are holding your bullet mold handles very tightly, but as the session wears on, your hand and grip might become tired and you relax the grip on the bullet mold handles.
I recently installed a Leatherwood Malcolm 6X “Short” scope on my Winchester High-Wall BPCR. Being favorably impressed, I bought the longer 6X Malcolm type scope from SWFA for my 1874 Sharps. Both rifles are chambered in 45-70. The Sharps rifle has been wearing a simple rear elevated site with two white dots. And a Beach
Well, another PERFECT day for scrambling eggs. Just a bit of overcast to knock the mirage down, zero wind and temperature in the 70s. How could it get any better! And I actually got to taste Bob Ping’s fantastic Chili this time! Thanks Bob! First off, a couple thank yous! To David Lee Valdina who
Couldn’t ask for better weather! We had a great turnout for our first shoot of the year. The April shoot was rained out (Only the second time in 17 years that an Egg Shoot has been cancelled!) The weather gods are usually with us. Thanks to Bob Ping for the fantastic Chili. As always, he
Winter Range 2012 Photo Album (Click)
The cap and ball disease has hit me……..it’s usually fatal to your savings account. Having a set of 1858 Remingtons and a set of 1851 Confederate Navy pistols left a glaring hole for a set of 1860 Colt Army revolvers. I really like the 5 1/2″ barrel lerngth of the Sheriff model. A quick search
My shooting buddy, Purgatory Pic, asked me to build him a simple gun cart for Cowboy Action Shooting. He wanted a simple cart with a box in the front that could double as a seat, it needed to hold four rifles and a shotgun. Here are the results: To keep cost down, we
