32 cal traditions

[lead chucker]

I will see how this one shoots once i get it, looks like it has shipped. Mean while i have been busy today casting .311 balls and .50 cal balls. Made 868 .311 balls and that is with a 2 cavity mold. I cast until i got tired of it. Should last me a good while. Windy and rained all day so i figured i would get some of this stuff dun and out of the way.

[lead chucker]

LAGS, What nipple does the Crocket take is it the same as the TC

[AntiqueSledMan]

The Crockett Rifle takes an M6-1 nipple, the same as the CVA's.
The Thompson Center Hawkin & Renegade took a 1/4-28 nipple, and the Thompson Center Cherokee & Seneka took a 12-28 nipple.
The Lyman manufactured by Invest Arms takes the M6-.75 nipple.

Hope this helps, AntiqueSledMan.

[LAGS]

The Nipple isn't the same as a TC as mentioned by another.
It is a metric thread.
What I had mentioned was that the Breech Plug is a similar style to the TC.
They call that a Patent style breech plug.
It threads into the barrel and does not have a Nipple Drum that threads thru the barrel into the side of the breech plug like a lot of Jukar , CVA's or other Traditions guns.

[indian joe]

Holding the Crockett rifle that I built my wife.
The only thing that I can see that shortening the barrel will do.
It will make it a Quicker rifle to snap up to your shoulder like if you were hunting rabbits on the run.
The balance of the rifle is just a tiny front heavy.
But the rifle is so light , and the shape of the stock makes it very easy to line up the sights when shooting.
I probably will leave this barrel long.
But if I come across a spare barrel for sale , I might buy it and cut it shorter.
And if the barrel I buy is used and has a bad bore.
I might get it rebored to maybe .36 or .40 caliber.

Lags
Just for curiosity I weighed my favourite little flinter (favourite as in its probably the gun I do best with shooting offhand) 39 inch 45 cal x 13/16" - weighed 7.6 pounds, it balances just behind the ramrod thimble so goodly nose heavy but I like that (have gotten used to some weight on my forehand) . I built this rifle for a good mate years ago - he and I similar build so I just cut away all the wood I didnt like - he passed on and it came back home to me.
In the middle of building another flinter around a CVA kentucky barrel 33.5 inch 45 cal x 7/8" - so it will weigh close to the same but balance a bit more to the rear - Davis single set trigger and a decent lock - should be nice when I finally get it on the range. next year sometime!

[LAGS]

My longest and front heavy rifle is my Mowrey Ethan Allen 1836, .50 cal.
But with the steep drop in the stock , it is by far the most accurate offhand rifle that I have ever had.
In fact,
I once shot 5 out of 35 clay pigeons thrown with a hand thrower.
That was using a .50 cal RB over 50 gr of 3f.
So being barrel heavy is not always an issue.

[lead chucker]

LAGS if you can hit a flying clay pidgin with a 50 cal five times in a row you are a lot better than me thats for sure.

[indian joe]

LAGS if you can hit a flying clay pidgin with a 50 cal five times in a row you are a lot better than me thats for sure.

he said 5 out of 35
takes it from oh yeah? ....... to ......thats good shooting Mate!!

I hit an airborne penny once with a 32/20 winchester (still have that penny out in my gunroom)
been reading too many cowboy stories at the time !!
the game was hold the rifle port arms across your body empty chamber
throw the penny with your right hand then load and fire (our aussie/english penny was about inch and a quarter across those days)
No idea how much ammo we wasted trying but when I picked that coin up out of the grass it was no longer considered a waste
Never attempted that again ---quit while youre ahead eh!

[Shawlerbrook]

Reminds me of watching Bob Munden with a six gun.

[LAGS]

Hitting 5 out of 35 isn't that accurate.
But if you watch a clay pigeon thrown with that hand thrower they hit a point at a distance where it seems like it is almost stopped in mid air.
That is way to far out to really hit if your shooting a shotgun.
But the rifle gains you some distance to hit the clay pigeons when it reaches that ark.
Also,
Shoot only in Very Open area, and know that there is nothing in front of you for miles.
The only reason I tried hitting the clay pigeons was.
We ran out of shotgun shells that day , and had clay pigeons left over .

[Rockingkj]

Was at the ML range one day. Two fellows shooting pistols, I knew them slightly at the time. The one said to the other, toss this full beverage can in the air and I will shoot it. He missed , however the thrower drew and shot his cap n ball revolver and hit the target in air after the 1st guys miss! Most impressive thing I ever saw. The fellow was wise enough not to try and repeat the feat.

[LAGS]

I have found.
That if I throw a can in the air myself,
I have a better chance of hitting it with a pistol round , then if someone else throws it.
That is because ,
You just have a better idea of where the can is going, and where the high point of the ark will be.
I don't hit the can every time I have done that kind of shooting.
But be careful , that kind of shooting is very dangerous.
Plus you look like a better shot if you are shooting Snake Shot Loads.
( but, don't tell your friends that is what you are using)

[indian joe]

Hitting 5 out of 35 isn't that accurate.
But if you watch a clay pigeon thrown with that hand thrower they hit a point at a distance where it seems like it is almost stopped in mid air.
That is way to far out to really hit if your shooting a shotgun.
But the rifle gains you some distance to hit the clay pigeons when it reaches that ark.
Also,
Shoot only in Very Open area, and know that there is nothing in front of you for miles.
The only reason I tried hitting the clay pigeons was.
We ran out of shotgun shells that day , and had clay pigeons left over .

I'm gonna disagree with you - that is darn good shooting !!!!

[LAGS]

That day.
I didn't hit a pigeon until the 15 the shot.
Then I had to keep shooting more.
I couldn't leave.
My head had swelled up so big that my head wouldn't fit in my truck.

[lead chucker]

Sorry i miss read that post, 5 out of 35. I bet it was fun trying to shoot them.