Well - here's the reason for my user name - Shiloh. I surely love my bows, and I expect to keep hunting with them as long as I can continue to draw them all back.
But, I still have a passion for guns - especially those that shoot straight black powder.
This rifle in the picture below is a Shiloh Sharps Business Rifle in .45/70 Government. They are made in Big Timber Montana by a heck of a nice family.
I cast my own lead bullets in 30/1 lead to tin ratio with a bullet that I designed myself. I had a custom mould maker (Steve Brooks) cut me a bullet mould that drops a 525 grain flatnose bullet with at .310" meplat. I reload the cartridges with 70 grains of Swiss 1.5FG black Powder.
The sound that these bullets make when they hit a deer or pig is like somebody slapping the backside of a leather lazyboy recliner chair with a boat oar. It's a SMACK.
Shooting these things is absolutely awesome. The deep, low pitched boom of a large caliber black powder rifle and the resulting white smoke and smell truly is a traditional way of hunting to enjoy. Like bowhunting with Traditional equipment, it's a hand-on hobby which grows on you and never leaves.
I have another Shiloh Sharps Rifle - exactly like the one Tom Selleck used in the movie Quigley Down Under, except mine is chambered in .45/70 and the one in the movie was a .45/120.
Also have a Remington Rolling Block Replica in .50/70 Government which was built by Dave Higginbotham of Lonestar Rife out of Conroe, Texas. Sadly, Dave passed away in 2012 due to an horrible accident. I miss him dearly as do many in the black powder community. He was one true craftsman who really knew how to make Remington RollingBlock rifle sing.
Anyway, I just wanted to show you guys another side of my hunting. When I don't grab a bow - I only grab an open sighted black powder cartridge rifle, or a muzzle loader, as I have not hunted with a scoped rifle since 2007. That's not to say that I don't love those either since I have some nice toys in that arena as well.
But, I still have a passion for guns - especially those that shoot straight black powder.
This rifle in the picture below is a Shiloh Sharps Business Rifle in .45/70 Government. They are made in Big Timber Montana by a heck of a nice family.
I cast my own lead bullets in 30/1 lead to tin ratio with a bullet that I designed myself. I had a custom mould maker (Steve Brooks) cut me a bullet mould that drops a 525 grain flatnose bullet with at .310" meplat. I reload the cartridges with 70 grains of Swiss 1.5FG black Powder.
The sound that these bullets make when they hit a deer or pig is like somebody slapping the backside of a leather lazyboy recliner chair with a boat oar. It's a SMACK.
Shooting these things is absolutely awesome. The deep, low pitched boom of a large caliber black powder rifle and the resulting white smoke and smell truly is a traditional way of hunting to enjoy. Like bowhunting with Traditional equipment, it's a hand-on hobby which grows on you and never leaves.
I have another Shiloh Sharps Rifle - exactly like the one Tom Selleck used in the movie Quigley Down Under, except mine is chambered in .45/70 and the one in the movie was a .45/120.
Also have a Remington Rolling Block Replica in .50/70 Government which was built by Dave Higginbotham of Lonestar Rife out of Conroe, Texas. Sadly, Dave passed away in 2012 due to an horrible accident. I miss him dearly as do many in the black powder community. He was one true craftsman who really knew how to make Remington RollingBlock rifle sing.
Anyway, I just wanted to show you guys another side of my hunting. When I don't grab a bow - I only grab an open sighted black powder cartridge rifle, or a muzzle loader, as I have not hunted with a scoped rifle since 2007. That's not to say that I don't love those either since I have some nice toys in that arena as well.
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