NickSS
12-05-2011, 06:48 AM
A couple days ago I was digging way in the back of my safe and dug out my Shiloh Sharps No 1 Sporting rifle in 40-65 that I ordered from the factory in 1992 and got in 1995. Shortly after I bought it I found out that with the heavy weight barrel I ordered it with it would not make weight for Silhouette matches so there it sat with only a few hundred rounds through it and not even looked at since 1999. So I cleaned and oiled it and decided to try it out at my clubs monthly silhouette shoot.
Well I shot it today and had a great time. It seamed to like the loads I had loaded for my C Sharps High Wall in the same caliber that I use for Silhouettes all the time and I scored nearly as well as normal. One thing I noticed was that the big rifle hardly had any recoil which was fun for me. Maybe the old friend will get more use as my club matches do not care how much your rifle weighs like sanctioned NRA ones do.
Well I shot it today and had a great time. It seamed to like the loads I had loaded for my C Sharps High Wall in the same caliber that I use for Silhouettes all the time and I scored nearly as well as normal. One thing I noticed was that the big rifle hardly had any recoil which was fun for me. Maybe the old friend will get more use as my club matches do not care how much your rifle weighs like sanctioned NRA ones do.