I know what my next firearm is going to be :-)

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

 

[Three Foot Johnson]

That's our own "Prairie Daisy" at 00.25 - I recognize a few others that aren't Cowboy Action shooters.

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

Caution. Single shot rifles can be addictive. 

[Sixgun Sheridan]

9 minutes ago, Charlie Harley, #14153 said:

Caution. Single shot rifles can be addictive. 

 

So are muzzleloaders and cap n' ball revolvers. This past year when going out into the woods to shoot I've found myself grabbing my 1851 Navys more often than my ARs.

[The Blarney Kid]

Garth, if you get out to the Quigley look for me. My camp is a lean-to next to a red Ram lic. no. MZZLLDR.

[Pat Riot, SASS #13748]

That match really sounds like fun. I have been reading about it. 

[bgavin]

My last rifle is a Savage single shot in 223.
This is for prairie dogs, mostly.
It is paroled from CA 10-day jail on September 27.

In these days of chronic component scarcity, 223 is cheaper to shoot than the big bores.

Watching the above video, I was puzzling over those X-braces scraping the bluing off their barrels.

[Alpo]

If wood will scrape the bluing off a gun barrel, that was an awful crappy job of bluing.

[bgavin]

Thanks... I dunno... just asking the question.

[Three Foot Johnson]

It won't "scrape" the blueing, but it will wear it, of course. Even in padded slots in my gun cart, all my rifles & shotguns show blue wear at the contact point.

[Hashknife Cowboy]

I have taken 2 cow elk with my Quigley, something about the smell of black and a 400 grain lead bullet.  Highly recommend it!

[The Blarney Kid]

Most of the cross sticks have leather or felt where the barrel sits.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

They certainly are addictive!

My favourite is my .45-70 Pedersoli "Sharps" with a double set trigger, a tang sight and a Hadley Eyepiece.

 

[Waxahachie Kid #17017 L]

Thanks to the movie, and later the establishment of the Quigley shoot, I am waiting on my third Shiloh Sharps, to come in, any day now. I often wonder how many others, like me, finally just had to have one, and bought a Sharps because of the movie, and/or because of the Quigley shoot.

Going to the Quigley shoot is on my bucket list, for sure. It's all about fun, and fellowship, and competing with yourself, to see if you can even hit the target (or in my case, even see the target) with no scope.

I like it because, while everyone would like to win, that is not the main point of the match. They all seem happy for the winner, but it isn't the end-all/be-all of the gathering. It is the opportunity to gather with others with like-minded love for the rifle, and the atmosphere, and the sport. It is the camaraderie, the seeing of old friends, and meeting new ones. Of introducing the young ones to the sport of long range target shooting, with 19th century rifles, and black powder. It is the point where it becomes a family tradition to go to the Quigley shoot. It's an investment in fun. 

 

 

 

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 9/15/2021 at 10:01 AM, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said:

 

If it weren't for the plow front hat, the button down collar, and that turkey platter belt buckle that hombre would look just like ME!

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

16 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

If it weren't for the plow front hat, the button down collar, and that turkey platter belt buckle that hombre would look just like ME!

 

Are you bragging or complaining Forty?

[Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103]

Good Father, if that be your next acquisition, I would say with candor and with honesty:

Well chosen indeed!

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

7 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

 

Are you bragging or complaining Forty?

Neither one.  I'm just pointing out that he is an exceptionally masculine and handsome man.  

[Solomon Kane 18264]

I just sold a single shot, looking for another. Might have to trade my 44wcf ‘92 (made in 1895) for one. 

[Boulder Canyon Bob# 32052L]

The only problem with the Quigley Match is it's the same weekend as the ND/SD State shoot in Enderlin, ND, a shoot that is a must do.