Heaps of history.

[Noisydad]

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Now that's a bunch of design history!
From left to right;
-CVA Mountain ( 1840s ish style) .54 cal
-Remington 1863 contract (aka Zouve by Zoli) .58 cal
-Remington rolling block (by Husqvarna built 1871) .50-70 cal
-Sharps 1874 (by Pedersoli) .40-65 cal
-Winchester '92 (built 1911) .44-40 cal

[Supaduke]

Nice collection.

[Noisydad]

Shame we didn't get to play with them yesterday as our monthly long arms comp day was washed out but at least we get to play this coming Sunday at a mid range gong shoot. This time we start at 350 yards to 600 yards.

[GLS_1956]

Now that is a nice collection.

[darwindingo]

Nice to look at and even better to shoot !..

Hey Noisy, you and lady Noisy need to start a BP shooting "re-wilding / re-education style" camp at the Noisy ranch.. To be honest, I haven't been able to think about much else since coming out to play ( reckon you mob knew that would happen though )

I do know that when my overly stretched budget allows, I'll be going BP shopping...

[Noisydad]

Nice to look at and even better to shoot !..

Hey Noisy, you and lady Noisy need to start a BP shooting "re-wilding / re-education style" camp at the Noisy ranch.. To be honest, I haven't been able to think about much else since coming out to play ( reckon you mob knew that would happen though )

I do know that when my overly stretched budget allows, I'll be going BP shopping...

Now, who's next?

[wrenchman]

noisy there are guys here that will not hunt or shoot modern guns i love them

[Noisydad]

noisy there are guys here that will not hunt or shoot modern guns i love them

My white powder hardware hardly sees light of day either.

[Gamerancher]

Smokeless powder and jacketed bullets are just a passing fad.

[TheDude]

noisy there are guys here that will not hunt or shoot modern guns i love them

My dad won't own a smokeless rifle, will have a shoot of some of mine occasionally but not that interested.

[darwindingo]

Smokeless powder and jacketed bullets are just a passing fad.

I must say it was rather refreshing to see that some don't get caught up in fads.. when I visited the Noisy Ranch and pulled out the synthetic .300 win mag...

A younger member of the Noisy mob said "whats that thing It looks funny"..

Didn't take long to form the assessment that, I had just met a great example of Aussie youth Well versed in firearms (safety and use) Darn good shot too btw..

I was really quite surprised to meet a member of the younger generation so passionate about BP firearms including the history and safety etc..

Guess that's what happens when you are surrounded by positive influences !



Jeff

[Gamerancher]

There is something about sending over 500 grains of lead flying 1000 yards down range, waiting for the smoke to clear, then a while later the reassuring "ding" when it hits the "Buffalo" target.

[darwindingo]

There is something about sending over 500 grains of lead flying 1000 yards down range, waiting for the smoke to clear, then a while later the reassuring "ding" when it hits the "Buffalo" target.

Ahh, so you probably shoot with and know the Noisy's... Buff Target rings a gong



Jeff

[darwindingo]

You mention waiting for the smoke to clear Gamerancher I learned at the Noisy Ranch, you should stay up wind when spotting for for BP

[wrenchman]

when my brother was alive we both had hawken copys i still do he would get free lead seal they were used we made 1000s of 50 cail round balls i still have lots of them.
the sad thing for me is as i have got older it has got harder for me to see the front sight in low light so i got a modern inline so i could scope it it just dont feal the same when i hunt with it.

[Ken]

The sharps action looks interesting.