stagpanther
New member
You know, I have two safes full of AR's that I've had fun building and shooting, as well as gobs of pistols, revolvers, bolt guns etc.--but no matter what I have and can shoot, nothing equals a good lever gun carbine for me for the most fun as the "essence of shooting pleasure" for me.
My favorite is my long-time woods companion, a rossi 16" carbine in 44 mag with a good hot load in it. I have beat the heck out of this gun over the years, also have gone through many convolutions of sights, mounts, scopes red-dots etc in the elusive chase to find the right combination that makes up for my poor eyesight (and poor technique ). I finally returned to where it all began and put irons back on--except I painted the stock front sight black and put a dot of day-glow nail polish on the metal bead--and installed a skinner peep where the rear buckhorn was. Skinner supplies various aperature sizes--but I eventually ditched them all and simply painted the peep without any aperature black (the stock silver ones create too much glare and what I like to call "eye paralax."
I stepped out for a few quick shots to see what needs to be adjusted--this 4" group was at 60 yds in blustery 28 mph winds and very cold snowy conditions, so for me that was pretty good--and hopefully I'll get better with practice.
My favorite is my long-time woods companion, a rossi 16" carbine in 44 mag with a good hot load in it. I have beat the heck out of this gun over the years, also have gone through many convolutions of sights, mounts, scopes red-dots etc in the elusive chase to find the right combination that makes up for my poor eyesight (and poor technique ). I finally returned to where it all began and put irons back on--except I painted the stock front sight black and put a dot of day-glow nail polish on the metal bead--and installed a skinner peep where the rear buckhorn was. Skinner supplies various aperature sizes--but I eventually ditched them all and simply painted the peep without any aperature black (the stock silver ones create too much glare and what I like to call "eye paralax."
I stepped out for a few quick shots to see what needs to be adjusted--this 4" group was at 60 yds in blustery 28 mph winds and very cold snowy conditions, so for me that was pretty good--and hopefully I'll get better with practice.