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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2015, 08:50:59 PM »
I have a Henry and several Remington New Armies.

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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #21 on: November 07, 2015, 12:07:12 AM »
Well, I could certainly play as well .... but you guys know my "need" to ensure that rifle targets are good and dead!   ;D

In the British Empire and military line I would shoot my Parker-Hale repro .577 cal. Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle ....



.... and, I presume, my reproduction London Navy Colt (rather than the original Upper Canada marked one I also have ....  :o )

If it were true "Plainsman" style, I suppose I'd have to use my .60 cal. Hawken-style plains rifle -



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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #22 on: November 07, 2015, 03:38:14 AM »
Figured I'd post a photo , of my 32 Flintlock ....I have no argument, or reissuing the question...

32 cal. Barrel is brown , Lock is bright , sight is a German silver Rocky Mountain (reversed on purpose ) semi buck-horn rear , I have a buck-horn sight for it as well.


besides I'd think any one of these would be the cats meow
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #23 on: November 07, 2015, 09:38:57 AM »
I like them all. 
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #24 on: November 07, 2015, 12:31:32 PM »
I used to be involved in muzzle-loading shooting primarily, and still have some of my favorite pieces, although I never seem to get around to shooting them of late.

My flintlock rifle (.... as distinct from the Brown Bess Short Land musket repro I also have ....) is a .50 cal. Dixie Gun Works Tennessee Mountain Rifle (long discontinued, unfortunately).  Clean, "no nonsense" lines, simple browned iron furniture, excellent lock and accurate! 

Two things I didn't like about this model were its odd-looking (to my eye, anyway) original reddish orange finish (which I re-did) and the rather crude "grease hole" on the right side of the buttstock, although that was apparently a fairly common feature of such "poor boy" rifles.  I installed a simple browned iron patch-box -

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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #25 on: November 07, 2015, 12:59:56 PM »
What the heck  .... while I am "post bombing" Ned's thread, might as well add a shot of my London Navy model Colt revolvers, original and reproduction ....



I put the original into fully functional condition (which primarily involved replacement of the badly battered original nipples) and did fire a few cylinders-full on one occasion -

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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #26 on: November 07, 2015, 08:08:15 PM »
Old guns are SUPPOSED to be shot, Jack!  (At least ones that nice!)
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #27 on: November 08, 2015, 12:56:11 AM »
I have 2 percussion rifles but this might be all the excuse I need to get my first of the desired 2 - 1795 springfields accuracy would suck but think the deficit could be made up with style points for using the musket depicted on current infantry insignia
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2015, 06:50:07 AM »
By the way, did anyone else notice that '51 Navy looks like a pocket pistol in Grant's hand?!
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #29 on: November 09, 2015, 06:33:16 PM »
Anyone who has stood beside Grant knows why ...... ;>)
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2015, 09:54:54 PM »
Anyone who has stood beside Grant knows why ...... ;>)

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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #31 on: November 10, 2015, 06:15:04 AM »
Yes, but who's the chap in the back in the pill box hat. From the looks of him he must be at least 7' tall!  :o
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #32 on: November 10, 2015, 10:20:18 AM »
Ah, he was a real dummy, just hanging around the Fort.

The "Metis" docent was one of several in period dress. The most impressive was the Blackfoot warrior who was also the announcer for the Musical Ride Troop. We armed these guys and let them shoot blanks on the Parade Square.

Fort McLeod is unique as a venue as they don't have the anti-gun, "our west was a peaceful place compared to the American Wild West" attitude. The history tells just the opposite.

The NWMP used artillery and Gatlings against the Metis who were armed with flintlock trade muskets and other relics.
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #33 on: November 13, 2015, 11:35:06 AM »
I have not attended any APS shoots yet, but was told that my ml Wesson long range target rifle and Whitneyville-Walker Colt replicas would be acceptable for  the APS game in the impression  of a  Texas Ranger in Federal Service during the Mexican War (primarily due to the fact that Capt. Samuel Walker, USMR, had these in his posession during his last military engagement. Most of the replica Hawken and  plains rifles are not exceptable, unless explicitly approved by the appropriate APS person.

My impression could also have used a Mississippi rifle replica as these were also issued to the Rangers.
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #34 on: November 13, 2015, 11:57:30 AM »



The Long and the Short of it. (You have no idea how annoying it is when Grant stands behind you and digs his chin into the top of your head . . .)


I sold my Hawken percussion a few years ago. I had been putting together an impression for APS, but too many irons in the fire.


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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #35 on: November 13, 2015, 01:41:57 PM »
It Is just a little bit annoying, John, and only because I have to stoop over to do it!   ;D
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #36 on: November 13, 2015, 01:45:28 PM »



The Long and the Short of it. (You have no idea how annoying it is when Grant stands behind you and digs his chin into the top of your head . . .)


I sold my Hawken percussion a few years ago. I had been putting together an impression for APS, but too many irons in the fire.


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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #37 on: November 13, 2015, 01:50:21 PM »
It Is just a little bit annoying, John, and only because I have to stoop over to do it!   ;D

You have to hand it to short people, I mean like all the time, "can you reach that down for me." 

Being the nice person I am I do it, but if they complain about us tall people putting things out of reach I bop em on the head and say, "that's for all the things short people designed, don't like it do you?"
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #38 on: November 13, 2015, 01:52:27 PM »
The thing about guys Grant's size that the Army taught me - they make larger targets! They also require more fuel and down time to maintain efficiency.

Armed Smurfs (like me) can run on 'empty' and our height impairment means we can 'shoot & scoot' better.
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Re: How many of you are in the American Plainsman Society?
« Reply #39 on: November 13, 2015, 02:24:08 PM »
PJ, Have you ever thought about making the trip south with Grant in June?
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