oldracer
06-28-2018, 03:47 PM
Our muzzle loader group has our anniversary shoot this coming Sunday followed by T-bone steaks and a huge pot luck lunch. So yesterday during my range safety officer day I broke out one of my Lancaster long rifles to try several shots at 50 yards to make sure all (including me) was well. Our lead range officer asked me if he could try it once as he has never shot a 50 caliber Lehigh rifle with a 42 inch barrel. I took several shots, close to the bulls eye at 50 yards so then I loaded it up for him and also explained how a set trigger worked. I set the trigger and handed the gun over to him explaining to keep fingers away from the front trigger, then put on a cap. He tried to lift the rifle and nearly fell over since he is a little Vietnamese guy who retired from the Vietnamese and also the US Marines as a Gunny. The rifle was about 6 inches taller than he was but he finally got it up but could not hold it so on a swing by the targets he touched the trigger.....ka-boom! The other RO's all laughed like hell but at least he did not drop the rifle or fall down. He has been shooting the military rifle matches but those AR-15's are way different! He said it was good they did not have those long rifles or the war would have been lost war earlier!
John
John