Mytmousemalibu
08-15-2015, 10:46 PM
So I organized a shoot over at my best buds house today for a small gathering of friends that enjoy firearms as much as I do to come out and have some fun! Bring whatever guns & ammo you wanted kind of affair! Just recently got a 100yrd "short range" area built and started on the long range berm that spans his property, we think its about 700yrd
give or take, we'll figure that out later. The long range is partially finished, the Bobcat popped a cylinder seal before I could finish it, but I am squeak free and well lubricated after that! Either range we will be able to easily vary the distance via shooting position. We took our turns handing off pistols for a while, always fun. One friend brought his Tristar T-120, a CZ75 clone made by Canik which I had been interested in test driving, nice gun for the $200 brand new cost! May have to get one also! Spent some time dusting some clays and I got to play with my brand new H&R Excell 12ga semi-auto, a Turkish built gun also, a Verona SX405 with a different name. It ran perfectly without a single problem right out of the box running WW Extra-lite target loads. I chucked the Modified choke in it and proceeded to lay the smackdown on the White Flyer's! Pretty happy with the gun for $300. I did order an oversized knurled charging handle for an AK type to stick on it. I will soon be ordering a Nordic Components mag tube & clamp for it and perhaps some nicer chokes down the road. It takes Rem chokes.
The most fun I had was when my other good friend decided to bring his Pedersoli Brown Bess and a custom built, left lock Tennessee rifle, .50cal. Just a beautiful looking gun! Both were a blast to shoot and embarrassingly the first time I have fired rock-locks! But after that experience it will most certainly not be my last! He even loaded the Bess up with shot and nailed a couple clays with it!
So I have been casually looking for my first flintlock. I would love a rifle & a musket at some point. A Charleville or Jaeger sounds pretty good to me right off the bat but for the sake of cost and also the experience of the build which I relish in such things, I want a kit. Cost wise a Traditions kit is tempting but I am a sucker for the finer things and authentic replicas of military guns are more appealing to me but it must be a flintlock, i'm not interested in a percussion gun right now unless it was the real deal, like an authentic Enfield. As the title states, this could get expensive! Feel free to enlighten me on the rock-lock kits!
Oh forgot to add, had to put a little lead in the LR berm, nailed an old oil filter setting in the berm face with my buds 5.56 AR with junk Tula steel from an estimated 700yrds! I'm no crack shot but that put a smile on my face!
give or take, we'll figure that out later. The long range is partially finished, the Bobcat popped a cylinder seal before I could finish it, but I am squeak free and well lubricated after that! Either range we will be able to easily vary the distance via shooting position. We took our turns handing off pistols for a while, always fun. One friend brought his Tristar T-120, a CZ75 clone made by Canik which I had been interested in test driving, nice gun for the $200 brand new cost! May have to get one also! Spent some time dusting some clays and I got to play with my brand new H&R Excell 12ga semi-auto, a Turkish built gun also, a Verona SX405 with a different name. It ran perfectly without a single problem right out of the box running WW Extra-lite target loads. I chucked the Modified choke in it and proceeded to lay the smackdown on the White Flyer's! Pretty happy with the gun for $300. I did order an oversized knurled charging handle for an AK type to stick on it. I will soon be ordering a Nordic Components mag tube & clamp for it and perhaps some nicer chokes down the road. It takes Rem chokes.
The most fun I had was when my other good friend decided to bring his Pedersoli Brown Bess and a custom built, left lock Tennessee rifle, .50cal. Just a beautiful looking gun! Both were a blast to shoot and embarrassingly the first time I have fired rock-locks! But after that experience it will most certainly not be my last! He even loaded the Bess up with shot and nailed a couple clays with it!
So I have been casually looking for my first flintlock. I would love a rifle & a musket at some point. A Charleville or Jaeger sounds pretty good to me right off the bat but for the sake of cost and also the experience of the build which I relish in such things, I want a kit. Cost wise a Traditions kit is tempting but I am a sucker for the finer things and authentic replicas of military guns are more appealing to me but it must be a flintlock, i'm not interested in a percussion gun right now unless it was the real deal, like an authentic Enfield. As the title states, this could get expensive! Feel free to enlighten me on the rock-lock kits!
Oh forgot to add, had to put a little lead in the LR berm, nailed an old oil filter setting in the berm face with my buds 5.56 AR with junk Tula steel from an estimated 700yrds! I'm no crack shot but that put a smile on my face!