Beekeeper
11-29-2010, 04:37 PM
Had an absolutely great morning at the range today.
Arrived with a 71/84 Mauser and a Gahendra.
Had shot the 71/84 with smokeless before but today fired it for the firat time with black powder.
Had a couple of range officers watching me and invited them to shoot it.
They are both black powder shooters and are getting ready for a Buffalo match.
They had a great time with the 71/84 and so did I.
The Gahendra shot well.
The barrel is close to a sewer pipe but after the first couple of rounds shot very well indeed for something that old.
From a rest was able to hit the steel target at 100 yards a couple of times.
The trigger is abismal, must be 20 lbs., and it pulls you off target just to pull it.
Will have to look into how to get it a little lighter and a whole lot smother.
Now the range guys are ragging on me to get a Sharps so I can shoot the matches with them.
I still have another 71/84 to shoot with black powder and a Snider short rifle.
But who knows maybe someday, a Pederisoli, or maybe a rolling block.
Any way it could not have been a better day for me.
Jim
Arrived with a 71/84 Mauser and a Gahendra.
Had shot the 71/84 with smokeless before but today fired it for the firat time with black powder.
Had a couple of range officers watching me and invited them to shoot it.
They are both black powder shooters and are getting ready for a Buffalo match.
They had a great time with the 71/84 and so did I.
The Gahendra shot well.
The barrel is close to a sewer pipe but after the first couple of rounds shot very well indeed for something that old.
From a rest was able to hit the steel target at 100 yards a couple of times.
The trigger is abismal, must be 20 lbs., and it pulls you off target just to pull it.
Will have to look into how to get it a little lighter and a whole lot smother.
Now the range guys are ragging on me to get a Sharps so I can shoot the matches with them.
I still have another 71/84 to shoot with black powder and a Snider short rifle.
But who knows maybe someday, a Pederisoli, or maybe a rolling block.
Any way it could not have been a better day for me.
Jim