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Originally Posted by John Rogers
I have a few, I think 15 or so and a lone Ruger 10-22 that was my late daughters. Several shoot 540 grain paper patched bullets and the rest 50 caliber lead round balls. My pride and joy is a 50 caliber with a 1.5 inch Douglass VV barrel and Lewis lock and trigger made by Web Terry of Gas City Indiana. He died in 2011 and several of his and his daughters records still stand for 10 shot groups in the NMLRA national matches. The draw back is it weighs 25 pounds.....tires me out after even 10 shots! I put together a 50 caliber using some of the $$$$ Donald Trump sent me the others are from getting a monthly cleaning
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So, John, you are far more knowledgeable about muzzle loading match rifles than I am, so I have a question for you - what do you think of the Pedersoli Mortimer Whitworth long range match rifle? That's a corner of the black powder world I have not yet explored, but one I think I may like to play around with. Back when I was shooting the mid and long range BPCR game, our matches were open to muzzle loaders as well, and a few guys were shooting them. Back then they were all originals, as replicas were not yet available. That, and Pedersolis really didn't have all that good of a name, but I understand they have upped their game considerably in recent years. Thoughts?