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Thanks for the info fellers. That’s a big help right away. Next step, soon as my broken wrist heals up, is to make a good leather holster for both. Then the grips! Both look beautiful to me but both grips are as slick as a greased catfish! I’ll have to work on replacing those. It’s easy to find grips for the Smith, but not so much for the BFR. I’ve been told that the grip frame is a touch different than the Ruger Bisley. I’d still like to try a set of Ruger grips just to see what the difference is.

Picked up these two jewels in the last few months. Top one is the Magnum Research BFR .44. Six round and 5” barrel. Bisley style grip. The hottest load I’ve shot out of it so far is the Underwood 255 grain Keith. Feels like I’m shooting a .38. I do need to find a shorter front sight blade for it. This thing seems to be built like a Swiss watch. I bought some 260 grain hard cast Keith bullets from Rimrock Bullets. I need to work up some good loads. Second one is a Smith 629-6 .44 with a 3” barrel. Haven’t been able to find much info on it and I don’t feel like paying for a Smith and Wesson letter. It has the Magna-Port style barrel porting. In other words instead of a hole or holes, the ports are the Magna-Port style slots. As you can tell, I’m every bit as much of a Smith and Wesson expert as Slingblade was. So, if anyone has any info on this model just feel free to educate me on it. Both of these are a joy.

Well how did you enjoy your time in the after-life, or intermission, or whatever that was? How does that work? When you get back do you take back everything in your will?

I’ll have to confess to a little social ignorance here. What is the general respectable tip rate nowadays anyway?

My condolences on your passing. We’ll throw you a good funeral. Is this the opportunity you’ve been waiting for to move to the Bahamas and leave everything behind?

I know how you feel. Sometimes marriage will quite literally kill a man. Small wins that pop up like that are like CPR for the soul.

Thank you for posting this. I and the men I usually eat dinner with in Cumberland City always enjoyed seeing him pull up to the store. He was always polite and kind to everyone. He was a fine man and I’m thankful for the time we got to spend with him.

Godspeed John. May the Lord bless and keep your family.

I’m having trouble believing this. He just called me this past Tuesday. We’d usually catch lunch break together a time or two a week when he was through Cumberland City. Is this the same John who drives a truck for XPO Logistics? I’m sorry but I’m having trouble wrapping my head around this. Denial I guess.

Bobwhite G2. Good choice! Been wanting a quality side by side myself for years and that’s the exact same one I recently bought in 12 gauge. You already know what a prize it is.

Pretty much everything has been covered. Aside from my joke about the .44 (not really), everyone has their own preferences and needs as to what a carry gun needs to be, and I’ve always believed one should use the gun that they are comfortable and competent with. That is, assuming minimum requirements such as reliability and effective caliber. 1 - Reliability. If it doesn’t have that, the rest is a waste of time. 1b - For me, reliability includes both factory and aftermarket support for replacement parts availability, as well as a good long track record. 2 - Known effective caliber using known effective bullet design, assuming one’s ability to make good shot placement. Minimum of .475 Linebaugh or greater (joking). 2b - Caliber must be logistically feasible, so ammo needs to be readily available, and maybe even reasonably priced. 3 - Ergonomics has understandably been mentioned a lot. For me this means the gun has to fit and work for ME. There’s no such thing as one size (or platform) fits all. I don’t care if someone wants to carry a semi-auto or a snub nosed .600 Nitro Express, it needs to be YOUR gun.

.44

Mine starts looking sheepish and growling when we ask him about something he’s guilty of. Having a GSD is just like raising a toddler.

Exactly. Custom Ruger or Magnum Research BFR worked over by them. As far as collector value, I’ve never understood why it’s important to them that it not be refinished. Unless it has to do with the gun’s history being a part of the equation. But, I’ve never studied up on it. But enough of me sidetracking the thread.

Well dang. Didn’t know that. I’ve always wanted to get a full-up custom single action done by him. Maybe one day.

I’d also recommend calling Bobby Tyler in TX. Tyler Gun Works Also Hamilton Bowen at Bowen Classic Arms

The thought just occurred to me this morning, wasn’t that record broken a long time ago by the artillery guys?

My son and I have to go to centennial hospital this morning. My former father in law has just been taken up there. I can’t find anything and I need to know if centennial is posted and if it has metal detectors. We’re about to head up there and any quick help will be appreciated.

If those are the two days with no spiders, mosquitoes, or dadgum ticks I’ll just wait and go outside then.

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My son has decided he wants to buy a traditional muzzleloader. A man I know has a few. I looked at a CVA Hawken .50 yesterday. Seemed to be in decent shape. He said he had some more he’d need to dig out of the safe. I don’t know what kind they are yet. Is the CVA Hawken any good, and what would the twist rate normally be?

Good looking rifle

As an important side note, now my youngest son wants to find him one, so any help with that would be appreciated too. I told him we’d find him a .50 so we can share the same components. He definitely wants to go with a traditional like this one. I’d like to find him a Thompson Center with the same twist rate so he’s not limited to round ball.

I’ll be picking this rifle up from a friend of mine shortly. This’ll be my first real foray into traditional muzzleloading. I have a learning curve ahead of me. I’m used to seeing the Hawkens with the patch box and brass furniture. What little info I’ve found, including a video by Fortunecookie45LC (I think) indicates this one as being one of the Thompson Center custom shop models, which should have a 1 in 48 twist. I think for this deer season I’ll just go ahead and stick with my friend’s recipe of 100 grains of Hodgedon Select Pyrodex and a 250 grain Powerbelt bullet, just to save a little time since this load is already accurate for that rifle. He’s also already converted it over to a musket cap nipple and has gotten much better firing reliability. He’s throwing in a couple hundred musket caps and some powder, along with most of the necessary kit, all for $300, which I thought was very reasonable. I do need to know where the best place is to find musket caps, and what the best brand is. Also, even though I’ll probably use his preferred load this year, I’d like to move over to something like the Hornady Great Plains bullet and start casting my own. I just don’t know where to find a bullet mould that matches that one. I know I’ll need to be schooled up along the way, so any words of wisdom would be appreciated.