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Brent, congratulations. I didn't even know you were an ML guy. If you'd care to share a photo or two of your Don Brown Alexander Henry rifle, I for one would not object.
+1Bill in Oregon wrote:So I received my copy of the Summer 2014 issue of SPG's Blackpowder Cartridge News, and I am checking the match scores for the Spring Long Range Muzzleloading Championship at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and whose name do I see in the top spot? None other than that of our own Professor Brent Danielson!
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Brent, congratulations. I didn't even know you were an ML guy. If you'd care to share a photo or two of your Don Brown Alexander Henry rifle, I for one would not object.
EasyBill in Oregon wrote:Boys, we're talking an iron-sighted muzzleloader at 200, 300, 600 and 1,000 yards.
You're talking about one of these right?Bill in Oregon wrote:Boys, we're talking an iron-sighted muzzleloader at 200, 300, 600 and 1,000 yards.
Do you ever run into The Duck or Schrapnel at your shoots????BrentD wrote:Thanks guys. I just pulled into Big Timber Montana on my way to Missoula for a BPCR match. 1040+ miles today.
So, because I'm stuck in this Super 8 I don't have access to many pictures. I do have one on this laptop that I uploaded
The rifle has been about 7 or 8 years in the making. I'm slow (yes, in many ways).
in fact, it still looks much like it does in this picture. It is in the white even now and was when I shot it. I have about 3 coats of finish on the wood and that's it. Eventually, it will get done, but I had to race to get it to a shootable condition last winter and in time for the March Match at Oak Ridge, TN. It was my first ever long range muzzleloader match and I didn't have any time for load development. I just used the same bullets that I use in my cartridge rifles and the same 82 grs of Swiss 1.5 for a charge. I was just hoping to "stay above the fold" as they say. But after the first day I was in the lead and realized that I might just pull off a win, so Sunday I was a bit tense and I really bore down at 600 and 1000 and I managed to pull it off. No one was more surprised than me. It was really really fun. I love the long range part in particular, but the first event - just 200 yds, was interesting. My first 9 shots for score were 4 tens and 5Xs. I really wanted that 100 and 100 5x would have been a world record I was told. But I shot a 9I do that a lot. Joe Hill also had 4 tens and 5Xs and he too shot a 9 on his last shot at that distance. We were jinxed.
Tomorrow I will set up a tent on the prettiest rifle range in America and then spend three day shooting a regional BPCR match. I hope to get as lucky. So far I'm 2 and 1 on the season, match-wise.
I think it is beer time now though.
Brent
Bob, I'm home at last. 2600 miles for one shooting match is a bit much, but I keep doing it. Sure was fun.Canuck Bob wrote:Is it possible to get an idea of the rules and results, please? Offhand or bench, group size, sights, round ball, etc.? I play around with a flint but this is absolutely amazing!
Plus 1, great post.Sixgun wrote:Interesting stuff Brent. I really enjoyed this post. Congratulations on a hard fought win.----6
Bill, the barrel is made of 4041 steel and carved by Bobby Hoyt (upstate PA as I recall). Hoyt is well known in muzzleloading circles in particular. The rifling is "Pope" and it has an 18" twist. If I did it again, I would use 16" twist for long range. I really l like 18" twist for some of my longer bullets that I like at long range matches. They will shot in 18" twist barrels well enough to win matches, but I'm always worried that I will lose one to instability if the winds get really choppy or strong.Bill in Oregon wrote:Gorgeous rifle Brent. Can't wait to see it fully finished. It's obviously quite functional enough as is!
I skimmed back through the posts here. Did you ever mention brand and twist of barrel?
Hope the wind gods smile on you at Raton.