|
|
|||||||
This rifle had a 1 1/4 x 44 x 50 caliber McLemore barrel. Weighs about 18 pounds. Its a match winner in two outings before the stock was finished the longest 10 shot string was 10.3". Where I shoot with the usual wind strings under 12" are "good". With me and my son shooting it at the first match we attended the rifle one 7 of ten shots and the aggregate for me. Its styled after a Dickert Kentucky. #48 in Rifle of Colonial America Vol. 1 There are 2 heavy FL rifles with carving, engraving etc in Kindigs book and there are others. Rifles of this type were used in Germany probably before the FL era. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not all heavy barreled ML target rifles were made in Applachia. We use a HC plank rest and shoot a turkey target for closest to center. ![]() ![]() Now I need to engrave it... and cut the patchbox release down some more. Dan |