Milsurp After Hours

Today Adam tried out his latest acquisition, 45/70 Springfield, to say he looked like "the cat who got the cream" may be an understatement

Heres some pics of us having a blast. Adam might like to elaborate further on the way she shoots!

Joe

Adam does look like he is having a good time. I would too if I had one of those trapdoor rifles.

And that old Milsurp bumper sticker that was a prize in a shooting contest, on the side of his case, looks a little faded....not one of my better ideas.

The rifle shot exceptionally well for a military job 117 years old.

Black powder cartridge reloading is a totally different ball game from smokeless, charge weight/volume is less important than compression, bullet seating depth and bullet alloy softness/hardness.

Best 5 shot group at 33 yrds was 1 3/8" with four shots going into a 7/8" group, not bad for .459" diameter bullet.

See how they do at the longer ranges next weekend.

that does look like a lot of fun I would be all grins myself.

There a part flapping loosely!

Did you slug the bore? .459 seems rather undersize for the average trapdoor. Tell us more about your load, inquiring minds want to know...

I did some Snider work today, BTW - 480gr bullet, 80grs of powder in a sporterized arty carbine, from the bench - my shoulder did notice though! But it does tend to make a bit bigger holes than a trapdoor.

You mean its not meant to be like that Gert.

I thought it was an automatic rapid extraction feature, it flies up when you let a round off and the case goes whistling past your ears.

Am I missing something here?

Don't knock the sticker Robert, its been out in all sorts of weather and seen some wear, hell I'm starting to fade a bit myself.

Of the early H&R replica's did suffer from that 'disease' - you pulled the trigger, and presto! Automatic extraction and ejection! Unfortunately it was not meant that way... - something with wrong angles in the receiver, where the block fits.

Otherwise, it's just me being prejudiced with those late ML conversion systems still soldiering on in the 1880's, when much better systems were already in existence.

There's nothing like shooting a Trapdoor. It's amazing that such a powerful round shoots with so little recoil.

They really are a pleasure to shoot.

Hey, nice rifle! You guys sure did have ahem, a blast that day!

One of those has been on shopping list for quite sometime. I had the chance to buy one while I was stationed in Nebraska, but didn't. Guess I screwed the pooch on that one. Um, for now anyways.

Happy safe shootin' to ya!

Chili