| rigbymauser |
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| 08/06/20 01:06 AM |
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Went to the range here today to shoot the Gibbs.450 and the Manton 10bore.
No rest. Shooting 50 m completely off hand. I tested some different shooting styles in regards to see if holding the double differently changes the grouping. And it does.
1st grouping(circle 1) here on target the shots pulls to the left. The second grouping I change position on the shouldering and the grouping tighten and moved.
The hole in top is a 10bore for comparison.
The disc is an anglegrinder disc.
I changed the last shooting by placing the rifle a little more center to the core.
| DarylS |
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| 08/06/20 01:42 AM |
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Those are really nice guns. The second group, almost exactly at point of aim, if at 6 o'clock, is quite good. The low shot 'happens'.
Beautiful guns.
NitroX
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| 08/06/20 01:51 AM |
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WOW! 10-bore dead centre!!!
| 3DogMike |
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| 08/06/20 02:10 AM |
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Apologies for thread drift BUT:
Bore rifles....gotta love them.
Gives me the itch to get my Lyon & Lyon 7 Dram 12 bore out one of these times
- Mike
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| 08/06/20 06:30 AM |
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Very nice indeed!
Glad you got out & burnt some powder RM!
| rigbymauser |
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| 08/06/20 06:57 AM |
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Apologies for thread drift BUT:
Bore rifles....gotta love them.
Gives me the itch to get my Lyon & Lyon 7 Dram 12 bore out one of these times
- Mike
A hammer bore rifle is way more interesting than a hammerless, toplever smokeless double.
| TH44 |
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| 08/06/20 08:05 AM |
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With you 100% Jens
Although I have never hunted dangerous game, a hammerless toplever Nitro must be the most practical
But for history and beauty nothing beats a hammer double with Jones underlever (or Lancaster slide and tilt) action which is why I have spent much of my remaining pensions on them!!
Subtle differences in styles between late 1860s to 1900 and bore sizes from under .300 to 4 bore make them all the more interesting
TH44
| DarylS |
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| 08/06/20 10:40 AM |
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There is a quite famous picture, of Jack Lott with a cape buffalo and showing in the picture, it the double hammer .577 light (I think) smokeless rifle he used.
| rigbymauser |
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| 08/06/20 11:22 PM |
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There is a quite famous picture, of Jack Lott with a cape buffalo and showing in the picture, it the double hammer .577 light (I think) smokeless rifle he used.
Drop me a line on: rigbymauser@yahoo.dk
I`ll send the artical. One of my favorits. It should be a sticky on this forum really.
The more I get to shoot these old hammer doubles the more I see the light in handling and construction. Jack Lott explains very well in the artical why a sidehammer screwgrip double is fantastic in every which way.
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| 09/06/20 12:04 AM |
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Quote:Quote:
There is a quite famous picture, of Jack Lott with a cape buffalo and showing in the picture, it the double hammer .577 light (I think) smokeless rifle he used.
Drop me a line on: rigbymauser@yahoo.dk
I`ll send the artical. One of my favorits. It should be a sticky on this forum really.
The more I get to shoot these old hammer doubles the more I see the light in handling and construction. Jack Lott explains very well in the artical why a sidehammer screwgrip double is fantastic in every which way.
Send it to me, maybe again? Nitro AT NitroExpress DOT com.
Will load it up.
Your second group looks the works. A usuable load.
| Ripp |
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| 09/06/20 12:20 AM |
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Quote:Quote:Quote:
There is a quite famous picture, of Jack Lott with a cape buffalo and showing in the picture, it the double hammer .577 light (I think) smokeless rifle he used.
Drop me a line on: rigbymauser@yahoo.dk
I`ll send the artical. One of my favorits. It should be a sticky on this forum really.
The more I get to shoot these old hammer doubles the more I see the light in handling and construction. Jack Lott explains very well in the artical why a sidehammer screwgrip double is fantastic in every which way.
Send it to me, maybe again? Nitro AT NitroExpress DOT com.
Will load it up.
Your second group looks the works. A usuable load.
Nice looking rifles.. and fun..congrats
| rigbymauser |
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| 09/06/20 01:26 AM |
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Nitro AT NitroExpress DOT com.
Will load it up.
Your second group looks the works. A usuable load.
tried [Email]nitro AT Nitroexpress DOT com[/Email]
It bounces back. Cannot send it.
mailer-daemon@yahoo.com
Til:
man. 8. jun. kl. 17.23
Sorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.
552: 5.3.4 Error: message file too big
--- Below this line is a copy of the message.
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.dk; s=s2048; t=1591629753; deleted
EDIT: deleted the email address to ayoid spammer spiders picking them up.
| DarylS |
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| 09/06/20 02:11 AM |
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note mailed.
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NitroX
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| 09/06/20 09:18 PM |
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Email post must be full. Haven't checked it in weeks!
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| 09/06/20 09:48 PM |
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Email post must be full. Haven't checked it in weeks!
Try now. Emptied the inbox. If the server properly deletes it all as well, should now work. Thanks.