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I had a short shooting session with my H&A Minuteman two weeks ago. Here's the gun. I haven't shot this gun in the last three years. So, I set the first target out at 35-yards to check the sights, and took five shots. Here's that target. I picked up the patches after each shot. Can you...

I’m a paper puncher. I know some guys don’t care much for shooting paper targets, but that's something I really enjoy. I can spend long hours on our hunting club’s rifle range playing with different guns and loads, and putting holes in paper. The problem is – those long hot and humid summers...

I received a number of likes when I posted the following as a comment to a recent thread. So I figured I would repeat it as a stand-alone thread so as to be easier to find with the forum's search function. There's no need to pay a gunsmith to shorten a barrel. It's a simple job you can do at...

I haven’t posted a shooting report in quite a while. But here’s one I couldn’t resist. I bought this gun in 2015 and named it The Hefty Hawken. The elderly gent I bought it from said he had it made in 1976, but he couldn’t remember the name of the builder. The only thing he seemed to be sure...

A while back someone posted that question. So, I thought I might file a report on a recent kill. My brother-in-law killed a nice buck on our lease right at the end of the season this year. I just got finished adding test to his pictures for the picture wall in our campground cook shack. Here...

A small spike will never be a good buck? We named this guy "Funky Ear" when he first showed up in January 2020.

Well guys, I picked this one up at a gun show about three years ago. Didn’t need it but couldn’t pass up a TC Hawken with a 1” across the flats barrel. They are getting rare. Anyway, my intention was to remove the scope mount, refinish the stock and polish the bore (or maybe send it to Bobby...

$590 to your door. The pictures speak for themselves. What you see is what you get.

Hey guys, one of my hunting club buddies has an elderly family member that wants to sell an unfired 1974 model .45 caliber H&R Huntsman - one of those early ones with a wood stock, barrel band, and a slide in breech plug with an O-ring that uses percussion caps. I'm thinking about buying it just...

I haven’t shot this one in over five years, so it’s time to let it go. It can be yours for $250 (shipping included). The pictures pretty much tell the story with respect to condition. The Metrics Unlimited bare primer hex head breech plug is a vast improvement over the original NEF screwdriver...

These have been sitting in my closet untouched for the last few years. I may as well get them to someone who will use them. Besides, I need the room. :D

It doesn't happen often. But sometimes the stars align perfectly, fate kisses you on the cheek and an angel sits on your shoulder. Last weekend I played around with my Omega X-7 and Speer 240 grain Deep Curls. I shot five different loads of Blackhorn 209 under 240 grain Speer Deep Curls in...

The Handloads.com on-line calculator is kaput and evidentially gone forever. That's a darn shame because the results it produced were always a very close match to my real world experience. What else out there is good for muzzleloader type loads?

I’ve always been a GOEX guy. I hardly ever shoot any of the black powder subs. Also, I’ve never tried Swiss black powder even though I’ve seen numerous reports that it produces better accuracy, is cleaner burning and load for load yields higher and more consistent velocities than GOEX. So...

I'm looking for some real world experiences/observations here. I primarily use real black powder which I know from experience does not degrade over time after the canister is opened. GOEX FFFg that was in one of my horns for over two years gave me the same velocity as it did the day I bought...

To your door for $30 (shipping included). +

Delivered to your door for $250 (shipping included). Scope rings are for 1" tube.

This baby has a 26" fluted stainless barrel with the rare 1:24" twist. It can be yours for $400 (shipping included). The pictures pretty much tell the story. Scope rings are for 1" tube.