Life's too short to own ugly rifles! Nothing beats wood and blued steel, especially if that wood is a gorgeous piece of walnut or claro with ebony to go with that rich bluing we all love! Furthermore, classics in classic hunting calibers is where it's at, that new stuff is great for the kids! Lol
A muzzle brake would have been nice on my .375 H&H. It was a CZ, super accurate but the recoil was enough to detach a retina.
I do so love those old style revolvers and rifles in .44 and .45 cal! Lead projos at a decent MV and they were proven man and horse stoppers. When one can cast and reload, one is seldom or never out of ammo. I do need to get a pair of 1858 Remingtons, and an 1851 Colt C&B’s one of these days. jim
I just brought it home. 1954 FN High Power. It's pretty nice and wasn't shot much. I'll clean it up, swap out the springs, remove the magazine disconnect, polish the feedramp and put some nicer grips on it. Many years ago I had a similar stainless Browning HP and I always kicked myself for selling it. So this scratches a couple of itches.
@oldbee1966 please give a bit of info on that rifle, it's very interesting. The trigger and a Vernier sight is the extent of my knowledge.
GOG, It is a Shiloh Sharps 1874, 45-70, 34"bbl, it weights 12lbs 2 oz, a bench gun! I just put the MVA tang and globe front sights on. I just got it about 6 weeks ago and have not shot it a lot, but it is fun to shoot and I enjoy reloading for it. The bullet shown is a 535 gr. lead cast bullet.
Ha! The .500 isn't all that bad, feels about like my Ruger Hawkeye Guide .338 Win Mag! While it's a bit more then a Thuddy Aught Six running heavies, it's not all that bad really, it has more of a firm shove then a punch!
Nothing that old... a 1908 Swede Mauser, and an old Turk Ankara-built "parts gun" that has parts from 98 Mauser. The Swede shoots as expected, and the Turk shoots better than expected. Borsigwald K98k in the mix too, all original, early 1943, built before the cost-saving shortcuts were made.
I only have one, a family heirloom. My Winchester Model 90 .22 Takedown. Originally chambered in .22 Short with an octagonal barrel, Dad had it rechambered in the mid 1950's for .22LR and that required a new barrel.
While the "gun-grabbers" are fixated on "black assault rifles and handguns with high-capacity magazines", the old guns with blued metal and wood stocks will hopefully go unnoticed.
Nothing will go unnoticed, even cap guns (if they still make them) will be swept up. What will stop the madness is 175 grains of good old American goodness delivered at about 2700 fps.
