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Which issue of that magazine did that article appear in?
I'd like to see it.

My starting load for this rifle was 2-3/4 drams of Goex(LA)FFg. Take a look at the lower left hand corner of that cardboard target backer, those were the first two rounds through the gun in likely over a hundred years. They printed on the same horizontal line right next to each other.
Through some fiddling with the load yesterday I'm thinking that 2-1/2 drams may well be the right thing for this gun.
I was only going to do a quick few rounds yesterday to see how the brass I'd made would work out and if I was in the ballpark guesstimating a load for it. I may get back out again tonight to run it again.
I need to file the rear sight notch as well as narrow the front sight. Neither of them had been dinked with at all from the factory, the rear notch is just under .030" wide and the front sight is about .160" wide. They're only 20-1/2" apart and very difficult to see over. The rear sight notch is what seems to be a hammer strike 'start' for filing, the two flip leaves have even narrower sight notches.
The front sight pretty much completely obscures the view through the notch of any of the three.
I also need to bend the stock slightly at the wrist to fit me properly.
Very vew small and simple tasks to get the gun up and ready for business.

At this point I'm just thrilled with it. It shoots very well (sounds great!), is very handy weighing just over seven pounds and balancing at the hinge pin, and is in nearly new condition -- the bores, metal, and wood are perfect with handling marks that suggest that the gun's been handed around a bit over the last 145 years and shot little to not at all.

--Tinker

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