[Jeff Higgins]

Alas, I had one and got rid of it when I tired of the paper cartridge game. Used to get the nitrided paper from Dixie Gun Works; the mold came with the gun when I bought it. Casting the hollow base bullets for it wasn't all that fun, either. Never could get it to shoot well enough even to hunt with it, unless I swabbed the bore every shot. Kind of defeated the purpose, really. Oh well. That was before I really learned how to make black powder shoot in a breach loader. Maybe some day I'll try again. Shilo lists them once more in their catalog.

The Farmingdale guns are approaching original gun prices, last I looked. Wolfgang did a great job on them. At least with everything but the barrels; they seem to be hit and miss regarding consistant accuracy. We had a pretty easy time mopping up on them at the matches, using Schofstall's new rifles (after they parted company), with their Douglas or Badger barrels. The family running Shilo today has certainly improved their barrel making, which they still do in house.