.44-77 on Buffalo

[Yellowhouse]

Thanks for posting....sounds right down my alley! Whose mold are you using?

[pete]

Congratulations. A nice buffalo with an all around great experience. I went there with a friend several years ago and he shot a bull with his 7 mag. with a behind the head shot. Your experience seems to have had more drama and suspense. Did you check out the Fort Sedgewick sod house from Dances with Wolves that's actually made of fiberglass? For the benefit of the others the ranch is where the buffalo chase scene and Fort Sedgewick scenes were filmed.

[longcarbine]

bobw, hot hanging weight was 708 pounds, took it in
to the local butcher shop today and it weighed 675 after three days of hanging.
I'll get about 400 pounds of meat cut and wraped.

To the others, thanks for the questions about the mould. This one was
custom made and reproduces the original moulds for Sharps rifles. The maker
wishes to remain annonymous and I won't say more than that. What I will say
is that in my opinion an original style mould really completes the rifle and shooting
and hunting with bullets from one adds immeausrably to the experience.
I used to approach bullet casting as more of a pain in the butt that needed to be
endured to shoot the kind of firearms i'm intrested in. Casting with an original style mould
is as much fun as shooting them and I actually look forward to it.

Thanks

G. Larson

[longcarbine]

Yeah pete, I forgot to mention that about D W Wolves.
I was surprised to see the hut acutally made of fiberglass.
One can't really tell untill one gets close to it, it makes sense though.

Here is a picture of it.




G. Larson

[Yellowhouse]

It looks like you have a shooter for sure by the group shown. Are you using a lube cookie or felt wad?

[pete]

LC at the risk of sounding girlie I'll say that I like your coat. If I may be so bold what brand etc. is it?

[kamotz]

That's stuff worthy of a top spot on anyones bucket list.
Great hunt, pics, etc. just everything is perfect!

[longcarbine]

YH, I use a lube cookie, about 3/16"

pete, I got that coat from my wife about two years ago from River Junction Trading Co.
I think it was their mackinaw coat.

G. Larson

[pete]

That's a nice gift from your wife. I checked out their website and they have some nice stuff including coats. Maybe come birthday time. Thanks.

[Darryl]

Wow, that's really neat.
RDNCK is right - your boys will never forget that.
Those are memories that are priceless.

Nice gun, nice shot, nice Buff.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

[Yellowhouse]

A final question and we might leave you alone.

Does your rifle have the standard factory chamber or one reamed especially for PPB???

[longcarbine]

Pete, if you get one I'd recommed adding about four inches to whatever you measure out for sleave length
so when you shoulder your rifle the sleaves don't pull way up your arms. I had to send mine back and have
them lengthened after trying to shoot with it on.

YH, My rifle was chambered with orvilles pp reamer. IMO it's the way to go for shooting ppb's.
I'm probably not in much of a position to be offering advice but the closer one stays to the
original sharps loading instructions and keeping one's loading process simple, the better
the results will be.

thanks

G. Larson

[pete]

Thanks Lc I'll remember that.

[Ken Heier]

Gannon,
Just found your most excellent thread, and want to add my congrats to all the others. Excellent job on your part all the way around, including bringing the boys in on it. Great memories being built, plus I'm sure you'll have some great eating. Really neat.
A happy and prosperous new year to you and your family, and I look forward to seeing you at some shoots and gun shows.
Ken

PS: I also admired your coat. I recognized it as a Macinaw right away. Those were quite popular even when I was a kid, and they go way back.

[longcarbine]

Thanks Ken, good to hear from you and it was good to see you again at the gun show.
The boys and I were talking about it again tonight and that has really been the best part
of the whole deal; reliving the whole experience through their eyes. When they were
loading the first shell for the hunt I told them very seriously to make sure they didn't
load any crooked powder so I'd have straight shootn', they then tried to inspect every
grain of powder to get the straight sorted from the crooked. I had to stop them and
tell them I was joking or else it would have taken an hour to load a single shell.
Any way it was a good time.

Thanks again for your comments and a Happy New Year to you.

Gannon

Ken, if you need some patch paper PM me you adress and I'll send you some or else I'll get ahold of you next time I'm down your way.