What do you think of this?

[mountaineer magic]

DOC-built 451 caliber English Sporting rifle with super fancy walnut halfstock, really an elegant piece of wood. You can see that the breech is a Manton with Drip Bar over the traditional flat spring lock. There is a pistol grip and Alexander Henry forearm. The lock is a Henry design too. The Kelly barrel is tapered octagon 30 inches long in 451 caliber with 1-20 twist and shallow 0.035 thou deep grooves,meant for long lubricated White (or Whitworth) type elongated lubricated bullets. These guns are terrific hunting rifles and are capable of 1000 yard target shooting. All furniture is iron, the buttplate is checkered wood, an English whim of the 1860's. There is an under-rib with two ferrules. The barrel is browned, the other iron furniture blued and the stock varnished English style. Sights are a Globe front and English style adjustable ladder rear- looks much like the adjustable ladder rear Springfield sight that was so popular from the 1850's on. (Springfield copied it from the original English Sporting-Target rifle sights)

Oh and best of all... It's not made in Spain

[Semisane]

That one makes me smile Chet. It's everything a classy caplock should be.

[kb1]

i think its a beauty

[flounder33]

I have looked (drooled) at them on doc's site. Are you going to get it Chet? Do you want to send it to Minnesota to have me test it for you to make sure it is ok?
Art

[Gimpy]

Shure is pretty.

[builder459]

It's so pretty, i would hate to fire it lol... Ray

[goatbrother]

Not cheap either is it??

[cayugad]

I believe I have looked at that on Doc's site. Sure is a pretty rifle. I even thought about getting it, but then what... another gun? I would bet with that barrel it would be an excellent conical shooter.

[arcticap]

Originally Posted by chetmarks

Oh and best of all... It's not made in Spain

Maybe that statment should have read:

"Oh and best of all....It's made in the U.S.A."

If it were made in China, or Somalia or Pakistan it wouldn't have been made in Spain either.
What's better...that it's not made in Spain or that it's made in the U.S.A.?
Made in Spain isn't really so bad is it?
The Spanish maker Ardesa makes competition muzzle loaders that are as good as what is shown above if not better.

[mountaineer magic]

Originally Posted by arcticap

Maybe that statment should have read:

"Oh and best of all....It's made in the U.S.A."

If it were made in China, or Somalia or Pakistan it wouldn't have been made in Spain either.
What's better...that it's not made in Spain or that it's made in the U.S.A.?
Made in Spain isn't really so bad is it?
The Spanish maker Ardesa makes competition muzzle loaders that are as good as what is shown above if not better.

You are absolutely right. I meant best of all it's made in the USA but worded it the way I did for reasons obvious to anyone who has been around for awhile. What I probably should have said was that it doesn't shoot powerbelts.