Blasphemy???

[7thWisconsin]

In Pennsylvania (USA) during the late season muzzleloader season (January typically), hunters are restricted to flintlock ignition long arms over .45 caliber with open sights only. It's in honor of Pennsylvania gunsmith's role in developing the long rifle.

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Aren't folk taught how to use iron sights any more?

Been using iron sights for 50ish years. No scopes on any guns of any kind. But my eyes ain't what they used to be. Forgive me, brother.

Son is a true believer in iron sights too, even for long range shooting.

 

[7thWisconsin]

I remember the day I threw in the towel too. I was firing an antique Savage Model 99 with a very fine silver front sight at a buck under an apple tree. Light snow on the ground. Every time I brought the gun up, I lost the front sight completely. Fired at him 3 times. Eventually he got bored and wandered away. I started using a scope after that. (My long rifle sights are pretty well-defined, so I don seem to have that problem with it.)

 

[Old Soldier]

Been using iron sights for 50ish years. No scopes on any guns of any kind. But my eyes ain't what they used to be. Forgive me, brother.

Son is a true believer in iron sights too, even for long range shooting.

If it is any consolation, as my ID shows I was a spectacled, short-sighted soldier who cracked many a lens on that perishin' backsight base. However, true to form, long after I left, the aqueous sac in my eye detached (NO, NOT the retina) which meant that instead of being short sighted, I became LONG-sighted. (2/1 vision left; 1/1 vision right).
I can just see a foresight and, of course, the target. Nor do I have a licence so .... just something to play with.

 

[gary]

Aren't folk taught how to use iron sights any more?

He has older eyes.

Joe Whitworth's Plains rifle with AR carrying handle. Need a higher front sight to use it.

Here's my brother's cheap Spanish squirrel gun. He lost the trigger guard, two escutcheons and nose piece. I made a replacement nose out of cow horn that was dyed black with Foebings (sp?). Additional features include a compass and a thing that tells time, cap box (not seen). The toe was chipped and a piece of walnut fitted to restore it. He also lost the brass washers for the screws that held the lock to the stock so I made a sideplate patterend after some military one. As to accoutrements, he got a horn with Moose and Squirrel, Boris and Natasha and "moose must die" in cyrillic and a 30 grain powder measure (made from horn) that was dyed black (and barely visible against the flap of the hunting bag). Also seen is the hunting pouch for it, bullet starter, vent pick (with leftover horn piece) and a 4 round bullet board out of scavanged oak. There was a cavity between the lock bolster and the stock and a piece of metal was soldered in to fill the gap. Then a piece of wood was fitted to the stock that was pinned and glued to hide the filler metal. Like I said, it was a cheap Spanish squirrel gun and they ALL have that issue. A key fob was also made for it. Then a bit more fitting was done before it was delivered to him.

In the image with the repaired toe you can see the four legged magnifying lamp ($20 at Goodwill) and an open drawer to my Kennedy tool chest with a selection of files and a portable vise that is stowed on the handle of the Kennedy tool chest.

The reason why the tang is raised above the stock is because the maker removed too much wood from that area. You can't lower the tang because the lock won't match up/time with the nipple on the barrel. A solution would be to add more wood (glue a matching piece and then rasp/scrape it to fit. The gun is cheap and there's a reason why it was cheap. Buy good stuff once and don't regret it. OK for starter or for teaching kids of just to have a hunting gun for small game. It may even be good enough for a rendezvous but don't take it to Friendship Indiana or show it at a Gunmaker's Fair. Sidenote: Vise is an Athol Racthet Handle vise. $95 used at Friendship.

 

[Rusk County Avengers]

Heathen Blasphemy has been committed.

I recommend you go to the church, and confess your sins and pray for forgiveness.

Muskets chapter 5 verse 15:
"Thou shall not abuse thy Enfield with tactical accessories! For they are of the Automatic and thus of the devil."

May God have mercy upon you.

 

[Old Soldier]

Well...................................... you gotta laff sometime.

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

He has older eyes.

Joe Whitworth's Plains rifle with AR carrying handle. Need a higher front sight to use it.

Here's my brother's cheap Spanish squirrel gun. He lost the trigger guard, two escutcheons and nose piece. I made a replacement nose out of black buffalo horn. Additional features include a compass and a thing that tells time, cap box (not seen). The toe was chipped and a piece of walnut fitted to restore it. He also lost the brass washers for the screws that held the lock to the stock so I made a sideplate patterend after some military one. As to accoutrements, he got a horn with Moose and Squirrel, Boris and Natasha and "moose must die" in cyrillic. Also seen is the hunting pouch for it, bullet starter, vent pick (with leftover horn piece) and a 4 round bullet board out of scavanged oak. There was a cavity between the lock bolster and the stock and a piece of metal was soldered in to fill the gap. Then a piece of wood was fitted to the stock that was pinned and glued to hide the filler metal. Like I said, it was a cheap Spanish gun and they ALL had that issue. A key fob was also made for it. Then a bit more fitting was done before it was delivered to him.

In the image with the repaired toe you can see the four legged magnifying lamp ($20 at Goodwill) and an open drawer to my Kennedy tool chest with a selection of files and a portable vise that is stowed on the handle of the Kennedy tool chest.

The reason why the tang is raised above the stock is because the maker removed too much wood from that area. You can't lower the tang because the lock won't match up/time with the nipple on the barrel. A solution would be to add more wood (glue a matching piece and then rasp/scrape it to fit. The gun is cheap and there's a reason why it was cheap. Buy good stuff once and don't regret it. OK for starter or for teaching kids of just to have a hunting gun for small game. It may even be good enough for a rendezvous but don't take it to Friendship Indiana or show it at a Gunmaker's Fair. Sidenote: Vise is an Athol Racthet Handle vise. $95 used at Friendship.
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It seems that all the sinners are coming out to confess their crimes and showcase their abominations . I'm sure there are more out there...come forward and confess, and you will feel the heavy burden of all your shame removed!

 

[Old Soldier]

It seems that all the sinners are coming out to confess their crimes and showcase their abominations . I'm sure there are more out there...come forward and confess, and you will feel the heavy burden of all your shame removed!

Oh no...?

Not more like this!!

 

[bayonet]

Should of just mounted a bayonet on it and charged the deer for a real challenge. Now that would be manly plus a fair fight for the deer could come back at you with it's antlers!

 

[R. Porter]

Not me! I learned long ago that I can't hit anything I'm aiming at, consequently, iron sights are fine for me. Truth be told, I haven't shot a gun in probably over 30 years. However, deer are all over the place in my subdivision but you can't shoot 'em. Last night it was a fox waiting for me to drive past. A couple of weeks ago it was three bucks with respectable racks hanging out in someone's front yard (probably drinking beer, you know how young bucks are) just off of Midlothian Turnpike. I'm surprised none of the bears that wander through the area have tried to raid local bird feeders.

 

[gary]

Saw Mama Bear (black & about 200-250) and her cub (brown) in the village on Sunday. Broad daylight.

 

[bayonet]

Not me! I learned long ago that I can't hit anything I'm aiming at, consequently, iron sights are fine for me. Truth be told, I haven't shot a gun in probably over 30 years. However, deer are all over the place in my subdivision but you can't shoot 'em. Last night it was a fox waiting for me to drive past. A couple of weeks ago it was three bucks with respectable racks hanging out in someone's front yard (probably drinking beer, you know how young bucks are) just off of Midlothian Turnpike. I'm surprised none of the bears that wander through the area have tried to raid local bird feeders.

enjoy the view mother nature provided

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Should of just mounted a bayonet on it and charged the deer for a real challenge. Now that would be manly plus a fair fight for the deer could come back at you with it's antlers!

Stonewall Jackson's favourite line comes to mind..."Give them the bayonet"(spoken with enthusiasm and that icy twinkle in his eye). Nothing like a good bayonet charge, but those rascally deer turn tail rather quickly like the Yanks at Chancellorsville.

 

[R. Porter]

I was driving through the county at 6:30 p.m. this evening on a fairly busy road, looked up on the side of a hill and saw a flock of 5 turkeys, I think they were all males. I never see turkeys! Then about 100 feet further on I saw a doe trying to decide if she should run out in front of my car. This was broad daylight about a half mile from the courthouse.

 

[gary]

Last turkey I saw was flying across the road. Sometimes I see the road runner. Beep! Beep!

 

[R. Porter]

I saw a buck with a big rack when I started home this evening. He was on River Road, just north of the Appomattox River and just west of Colonial Heights, so maybe a couple of miles northwest of Petersburg. Lots of people on the neighborhood message board say that we are seeing more wildlife because we are taking their habitat for shopping centers and suburbs and they have nowhere left to go. I am wondering if it may be due to the fact that you can't hunt them in the suburbs so there is nothing to control their population growth there. If that scenario is true, it will just be a matter of time before I see them at the entrance to Walmart holding a sign saying they'll work for food.

 

[7thWisconsin]

Deer find a lot of forage in the suburbs because people plant yummy things like gardens and ornamental plants. If there's a small thicket for them to hide in near a shopping center they're all set. Of course, those pesky cars are dreadful predators. Lots of wildlife has adapted to suburbs. Coyotes and skunks do well. Raccoons are apparently developing smaller ears to help them thrive in suburban environments. Life, uh, finds a way.

 

[bayonet]

but those rascally deer turn tail

Not so. As a boneheaded youth many years ago I loved to jump out of my car and chase them. Well one time they all ran but then a BIG Buck that must of been a 12 pointer turned around and faced me. Guess who was running now, back to the Car!

 

[ConfederateCanuck]

Not so. As a boneheaded youth many years ago I loved to jump out of my car and chase them. Well one time they all ran but then a BIG Buck that must of been a 12 pointer turned around and faced me. Guess who was running now, back to the Car!

Well...I did mount a bayonet a few times while walking to my stand in the dark mornings. Its incredibly creepy to walk in through forest and fields with your senses playing up ones fears of the Black Bear that had been seen on the property (most gamecam pics of the bear were at night). But then I got bear spray, and put my Remington New Model Army on my hip as my anti-bear kit (plus I had a .58 Minie loaded in my Enfield) and left the bayonet at home. An enraged buck is also a possibility...have you ever seen the video of the bow hunter being attacked by a buck?...not something I'd wanna face.