What a bruiser!
05-07-2011, 01:53 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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What a bruiser!
I think I'll get one of these next. What do you think the availability and variety of projectiles will be like?
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/product...aspx?id=323940
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/product...aspx?id=323940
Last edited by pluckit; 05-07-2011 at 02:40 PM.
05-07-2011, 02:06 PM
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And after that, maybe one of these for a little squirel hunting.
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/product...aspx?id=326493
http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/product...aspx?id=326493
Last edited by pluckit; 05-07-2011 at 02:09 PM.
05-07-2011, 02:13 PM
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That's strictly a round ball barrel. In a .58 there's no need for anything else anyway. The 29" long .58 GM "replacement barrel" on one of my TC Hawken stocks has the same 1:70 twist. Took a nice doe with it last season as reported here: http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...wken-wins.html
That 42" barrel would make a heck of a flintlock. Are you thinking about a build Pluckit?
That 42" barrel would make a heck of a flintlock. Are you thinking about a build Pluckit?
05-07-2011, 02:36 PM
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Not a build. Just a replacement barrel and I'm interested in a BIG BORE. It would have been for my Renegade stock but I didn't know they made them for the Hawkins stock too. I'll check them out.
05-07-2011, 02:46 PM
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Clarification: The .58 replacement barrel is 1" across the flats. It will fit Renegade stocks and Hawken stocks that have a 1" barrel channel (those that were originally .54 or .58 caliber).
That barrel in your link is not a "replacement barrel" with a breechplug and all of the furniture like thimbles, under rib, and sights. It's a naked barrel.
That barrel in your link is not a "replacement barrel" with a breechplug and all of the furniture like thimbles, under rib, and sights. It's a naked barrel.
05-07-2011, 02:53 PM
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Got it. I changed the link.
Like another $70.00.
MAN! I'm really getting ahead of myself. I've only shot the .50 cal LRH 21 inch carbine once since I got it 4 months ago.
Like another $70.00.
MAN! I'm really getting ahead of myself. I've only shot the .50 cal LRH 21 inch carbine once since I got it 4 months ago.
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05-07-2011, 03:34 PM
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I would hunt black bear in a heart beat with that .58 caliber. I hunted them with a .54 caliber and was never too concerned. Of course I had a .44 mag as back up, but I was sure that .54 would have put a bear down. I even know a person that shoots black bear with a T/C New Englander .50 caliber shooting roundball.