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Post by blueglass on Sept 24, 2013 22:13:18 GMT -5
I went on a road trip last Friday to a City about half way to Toronto from my house. Kitchener Ontario where we wanted to visit a particular gun shop to see what he had on sale. Found a slightly used Pendersoli Black powder rifle in really good shape.He had it listed for only $200.00 which is very cheap up here for this style of rifle. Its in 45 cal which I did not have but do now. That gives me 3 Black powder rifles, a 40, a 45, and a 50 cal. 2 Flintlocks and 1 percussion. Black Powder is a lot of Fun to shoot.
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Post by MLB on Sept 25, 2013 19:30:49 GMT -5
I've never owned a blackpowder firearm. A bit of cleaning to do afterwards right?
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Post by blueglass on Sept 25, 2013 23:27:32 GMT -5
They are not all that bad to clean as we usually give them a quick wipe about every 3rdoshot fired. To clean them is very simple as we usually take the lock off of them and wipe it down with a homemade solution of soap and cleaners. Just use the same ramrod we have for loading and a different style of patch is all. These rifles are extremely accurate to shoot up to 300 yards also. I use around 60 grains of powder in all 3 of mine. Your 1st re-action when you shoot one of these is too laugh as there's virtually NO kick to them at all. Think BB gun or 22 at the most. Yes there is a lot of smoke from them just like on TV.
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Post by 5ontarget on Oct 9, 2013 21:20:55 GMT -5
I don't own any black powder guns that are safe to shoot. I have shot a couple old Martini-Henry 577/450's. They were really fun! The 485gr bullets do drop pretty fast out them though.
Just to prove it could be done, some friends loaded up some 7.62x39 with black powder and shot it through an AK. Talk about some smoke!
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Post by blueglass on Oct 15, 2013 22:04:27 GMT -5
Yes they do smoke quite a bit with the old Black Powder. Black Powder does not ever lose its potency from sitting no matter how long it sits. Could be a 100 years sitting on the wall loaded its still as hot as the day it was loaded unlike the more modern powders. I own both flint and percussion types I use grade 3FFF in both but also use 4FFF in the lock of my Flintlocks. Strangely enough they have very little kick to them even with my 50 cal filled with 60 grains of Gomex. They are a Hoot to shoot and very accurate up to at least 200 yards.
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Post by blueglass on Oct 28, 2013 16:44:32 GMT -5
Took my Hotrod truck out to the farm yesterday for the winter and took the Pendersoli along for the ride. What a hoot showing my friends out there this one. We were shooting about 175 ft at a old lawn chair with a slab of firewood propped up on it. It was around 2"s thick but the 45cal round ball had no problem passing thru it many times at 60 grains of powder. The barrel on this one is good for around 110 grains at least. Virtually No kick at all as everybody just laughs after shooting it they are so surprised. I think I converted a young lady who had never fired a gun before yesterday. She weighs about 89lbs and had No problems shooting this rifle twice no less. She loved it totally.
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Post by TMan on Oct 31, 2013 9:36:30 GMT -5
Good find. I don't have any BP rifles, but I have several pistols and revolvers. Of all the Pendersoli are the best that I've found.
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Post by blueglass on Mar 15, 2015 15:11:16 GMT -5
Did another road trip again this morning and bought a Thompson Centre Fire 50cal White Mountain model percussion rifle for $250.00. It was in mint shape with maybe only around 5 rounds thru it. Never made it home as I stopped at my club on the way back and one of my fellow members pulled out $300.00 for it. This one came with a nice leather carry strap as well and also had the 24" barrel on it. I think this is about the 15th rifle I have sold this way, didn't own them more then 1 hour. This $50.00 profit paid for the gun show and a decent breakfast on the way back as well. I wish I could do this every week needless to say. A good friend bought it so I will get to shoot it as well.
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Post by blueglass on Mar 24, 2015 22:01:48 GMT -5
I will be going to another Gun Show this coming Sunday at a very small town called Mt Brydges which is about 12 miles west of my city London. More like a Village actually and it will be the 1st Gun Show they have had in many years now. Hopefully I will find another deal on a Black Powder Rifle again as they are a total Blast to shoot. If you have Never Fired One, you really have missed out on a lot of Fun. There's Nothing on this Planet quite like them. They make you want to laugh after pulling the trigger every time and they are deadly accurate up to 200 yards as well. I own a Anschutz rifle and every Black Powder rifle I have ever Fired is as accurate as my Annie. but much more fun to shoot.
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Post by blueglass on Mar 31, 2015 21:12:02 GMT -5
Did it again this past Sunday at a small town called Mt Bryges which is West of London here. We bought another Black Powder rifle in 45cal this time for $225.00. They wanted $250.00 for it but came down the $25.00 for us. This one is in mint shape and was hand built in Italy. Its a Investa Arms in Percusion. Hardly ever fired from the look of it. Should get at least $300.00 for this one in a week or so. Also bought a nice set of Lyman rear sights for $35.00. Normally these sell for at least $107.25 plus shipping and import dutys which for us brings it up to around $160.00 to get it here. A large Brick of Blazer ammo for $45.00 which I am quite pleased with also. We were in and out in 25 minutes and at my club 40 miles back at 9:30 that morning. I need more of these shows closer to home and more Black powder rifles to make a quick buck off of as well. My selling prices are quite fair for here and many of my fellow members have bought guns from me. Its nice to have almost 800 members in our club now. Fresh pockets all the time.
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Post by 5ontarget on Apr 6, 2015 8:15:51 GMT -5
Back from a little road trip, with a stop in Fairfax, VA at the NRA headquarters/museum. They have a nice collection of firearms there for sure! There was a nice selection of Kentucky Rifleson temporary display there. The displays are nice and clean without much if any information listed about each gun, but there are many touchscreen monitors nearby to navigate to the section, then the display, then the gun, and finally the description and some close up pictures. It was pretty slow and a little glitchy, and I eventually stopped after looking up a few guns. Fortunately, all the same information is available online from the NRA. A great way to go to a museum from home and kill some time. |
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Post by blueglass on Apr 10, 2015 14:33:03 GMT -5
I would imagine they would have some really nice examples of the older guns in this museum. The replica's that we shoot are very well made and usually better copies of the old style firearms of the early years. With groves in the barrels now and superior sights to-day they shoot extremely well. We use on average around 60 grains of powder per shot which is good for up to 200 yards from these barrels.
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