Hey all, thought I would introduce myself, as well as my gear. I am a history enthusiast who loves to shoot at stuff that is pretty far away, and I don't claim to be anything else. I have owned a handful of long range sticks but had to sell them at different times to pay for medical bills and such. Currently my only "Sniper" style rifle is a 1903 that I found in a pawn shop. It was a sporter that I saw had some potential.
It looked like this when I found it.
After some work, and a decent amount of money it now looks like this.
Now I am working on getting a load that it will like before deer season. The scope is a Weaver K3 and the barrel has been cut back, so it's not legal for the Vintage Sniper matches, but there are some local matches that I could shoot it at just for the fun of it. To me, it's a great representation of the kind of guns our forefathers went to war with, and a great thing to be able to teach my kids some history with. Plus, the coolest deer rifle in the woods. The action is a 1919 RIA, the barrel is a 7-44. I am going to try to make a good load using 155 grain Amax bullets.
I know how to use the search function, so I will probably read a lot, and post a little. Thanks in advance for any and all advice/suggestions/critique.
Here's a family photo of my Battle rifles.
It looked like this when I found it.
After some work, and a decent amount of money it now looks like this.
Now I am working on getting a load that it will like before deer season. The scope is a Weaver K3 and the barrel has been cut back, so it's not legal for the Vintage Sniper matches, but there are some local matches that I could shoot it at just for the fun of it. To me, it's a great representation of the kind of guns our forefathers went to war with, and a great thing to be able to teach my kids some history with. Plus, the coolest deer rifle in the woods. The action is a 1919 RIA, the barrel is a 7-44. I am going to try to make a good load using 155 grain Amax bullets.
I know how to use the search function, so I will probably read a lot, and post a little. Thanks in advance for any and all advice/suggestions/critique.
Here's a family photo of my Battle rifles.
