Happiness is a new gun!

[BirdsThaWord]

Modern reproduction. Originals were black powder. These can handle modern loads although I'll stick with goldilocks or light loads. Easier on the gun and me.

Ah, gotchya. Referencing back to that cartridge again, I don’t blame you about the lighter loads.

[Robin 101]

That is one sweet set up Bawanna!!!!! I have been thinking about getting into the cartridge black powder shooting, been looking at the .38 and .40 offerings. It would be a hoot to reload for, the initial price for the rifle is what keeps me from pulling the pin. Getting old and miserly.
Robin

[King Rat]

Finally got a couple pics of my Down Under. Out in the sun. Bore sighted the new tang sight, should be close at 100 to start fine tuning.
I'm happy with the Tang Sight by Pedersoli, less money than most of the other but still decent quality. Jury is still out on the front sight. I like the concept. It took quite a bit of filing to get it to fit the dove tail but I got perfect. The original sight I could almost push out with my fingers. If it goes back on I'll have to peen it a bit so it's snug.

Man that is nice! One of those kind of firearms ya just want to hold! Especially for history buffs. Congrats!

[Canine Dave]

Modern reproduction. Originals were black powder. These can handle modern loads although I'll stick with goldilocks or light loads. Easier on the gun and me.

Goldilocks?

[Bawanna]

Yeah, there's a manufacturer where I got some 45/70. They have Trapdoor loads which are very light, then Goldilocks which are slightly more powerful but not full power, and then the big stuff for modern stuff.

I got some of each so we'll see which works best without too much punishment.

[Bawanna]

I was able to shoot the Quigley like rifle today finally for the first time. Great fun. Didn't shoot much half a dozen rounds, conserving ammo and all. The hair trigger is crazy, you don't touch it till your set and I don't think I was set. The trigger without the set is strange, couldn't even pull it at first but got it going and it's hard enough that it goes off when your not ready. Even with that all six were in a small pie plate at aprox 100 yards. I'll probably play with it a little more, here at the lake till next Tuesday so still some time. Great having the nice range all to myself again.

[dao]

Sounds like a nice rifle Colonel. Good shooting for your first time out, and it being different than some/most!

[yqtszhj]

I watched Quigley down under just the other day. Good movie.

[dao]

Hey Colonel, in case you're interested, some nice G10 grips for your beautiful P210

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/904966675

[Bawanna]

Those look pretty durn nice. Me being old school and born a 100 years too late, I'm not a real fan of G10 myself (usually) There are some instances where it works well.
Still no comparison to the factory grips on my 210, they are gorgeous and feel absolutely sweet in my hand. Don't even want a holster, I'll just hold it and carry it around.