Greetings all. I'm just getting started posting on ML sites. I inadvertantly signed on to another site where mentioning those little plastic thingies you put around bullets gets you a mild reprimand. Nice folks over there and I did pick up some usable information, but they're kind of stuck in their ways. Anyway, thankyou "Semisane" for guiding me over to this site. I looked around for a bit before I registered & I think this may be a better fit for my present needs.

A while back I picked up a T/C Hawkins for a very good price. But then, if you get a bullet stuck in a barrel & then remove it by welding a drill bit on the end of a rod and don't stop till you start to break through the breech plug, it kind of spoils the value of your gun. Idiot! Him, not me.
The gun sat around a while till I discovered GM drop ins. I ordered the 50 cal. 1:28" twist because I wanted to shoot sabots. Between using 100 gr. 777 and the fact the gun really didn't fit me, I had real accuracy problems. The first thing I did was get rid of that T/C stock and build me a real nice thumbhole stock from a chunk of cherry I had kicking around my shop, complete with a Limbsaver buttpad. That made it more comfortable to shoot, but still didn't do anything for the accuracy. At least the fellows over at that other site did help me by letting me know I was using way too much 777. I'm not shooting great,yet, but I know I can make a deer dead if the opportunity presents itself in the next few weeks.
When I have more time, I'll come back for more & try to post a few pictures