| TH44 |
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| 17/05/18 03:43 AM |
Alaska DR shoot
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Hi Everyone
Just a quick post on the DR shoot in Alaska
As an Englishman it was an eye-opener for me to see such rifles and shoot many of them
Everyone was friendly and helpful and my thanks to all for their advice and use of rifles including two 4 bores (ouch), .600, .577, .500 Nitro Expresses as well as other (slightly) lighter calibres
The Thompson and Broomhandle Mauser were a nice extra
Some of the bigger ones
The single 4 bore was most impressive
The Hotchkiss was interesting but did not want to play much
Cal's monster
Musk Ox stew for lunch went down well
Especial thanks to Cal Pappas for the organisation and his excellent hospitality
I certainly hope to return to the U.S. soon
Tony TH44
NitroX
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| 17/05/18 03:56 PM |
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Excellent. And many a fine double there. Plus some stuff not expected.
Where is all the snow? I always see the place covered with white stuff in the ALaskan photos! Must be all the hot air, global warming etc.
Melting from carbon ... or cordite!
Good stuff. Thanks for the photos.
| Rule303 |
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| 17/05/18 04:16 PM |
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TH44 thanks for posting. Some nice firearms there. I like the 4 bores-not if I am going to shoot one
- Every shot gives you a 1" group. 
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CptCurl
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| 17/05/18 07:51 PM |
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Thanks for the report. It is a great annual event.
Curl
| DarylS |
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| 18/05/18 03:05 AM |
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Excellent report and pictures - thanks.
| tinker |
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| 18/05/18 04:38 AM |
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Did the .577 2" Howdah pistols come out for the day too?
Looks like a great time!
Cheers
Tinker
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| 18/05/18 06:11 AM |
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Would have been a 'blast' for sure!
| Rule303 |
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| 18/05/18 04:26 PM |
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Photo 3. Looks like a silenced 45ACP? SMLE. A very rare beast indeed if it is.
| crkennedy1 |
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| 18/05/18 07:18 PM |
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Is that a Tommy Gun in the third photo? Was is full or semi auto?
| DarylS |
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| 19/05/18 02:30 AM |
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The Thompson Gun - model 1922 or 1928?
| TH44 |
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| 19/05/18 10:09 AM |
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tinker - there were 2 "Howdah" pistols, Cal's in .577 Snider.
I shot it holding with 2 hands to control the recoil but younger (and tougher!) guys than I shot it one handed with more control than I could manage
Rule 303 - the silenced .303 was a copy of a deLIsle carbine, a rare rifle used by British commandos in WW2
A shortened MK 4 .303 bored out to .45 ACP for the subsonic round to make the built in silencer more effective
IIRC the one at the shoot was made to take the standard 1911 magazine.
It was very pleasant to shoot with little recoil and noise
A friend in the UK has both, a good copy and an original which he paid a lot of money for
Daryl - I am not familiar (without references) with the difference between the 1922 and 1928 models, only the wartime M1 version had a side cocking lever
It was, however, fully automatic and a real blast to shoot!!
Unfortunately the Hotchkiss with its strip magazine was a little temperamental
Again, many thanks to all involved
TH44
| Rule303 |
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| 20/05/18 08:00 AM |
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TH44 thanks for the reply. I had forgotten the DeLisle Carbines name. Your friend with an original is a lucky man indeed.
| DarylS |
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| 20/05/18 08:04 AM |
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tks TH44.
| tarbe |
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| 22/05/18 10:40 AM |
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Would love to see some videos of the big stuff getting touched-off!
Looks like there was even some sunshine!
Glad for everyone who could make it.
One day....
Tim
| Omnivorous_Bob |
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| 24/05/18 05:28 PM |
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One of the howdahs pictured here, a Wilkinson 577. Also the Delisle replica by special interest arms in NV, a Tolley 5 dram 10-bore roundball rifle, and a Fausti 410 fitted with a set of 25-20 Win barrels from Ellis Brown and a 2x Leupold.
The Thompson is a 1928AC made in early 1942. From what I can gather the AC models were put together during and after the war from parts left over when the much cheaper to make M1 (w/the side cocking charging handle) was adopted.The costs dropped from around $225 to $70 with the M1 and then to $40 with the fixed firing pin M1A1, and as a result about 1.5M of the ~1.7M Thompsons were M1 or M1A1 versions.
When they put together the "AC" model they ground and overstamped the receiver markings "US Model 1928A1" to say "Model 1928AC" with the last "C" overstamping the last "1" and standing for commercial, but they were sold to law enforcement agencies. This one went to the Tennessee Highway Patrol where it remained until the early 1970s. It was blue printed and restored to like new by Paul Krough a few years back.
Bob
| rigbymauser |
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| 26/05/18 10:13 PM |
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Thanks for sharing.
It must have been a blast(as always) when doublerifle nuts meet up for a rally.
I am particular interested to hear how the Tolly 10bore 5drammer shoot with roundballs.