Range Report: daily plinking

[North Country Gal]

Good looking gun, but, yeah, a target pistol it is not. Have to remember, these birdshead single actions were some of the original belly guns. That one is a "sitting at the table playing poker" kind of gun.

[RetiredSeabee]

Nice collection there Gene, who made the butt cuff for ya?

RP

I can’t remember. I purchased it off Etsy about ten years ago.

I believe that I have the answer to this. It was a gentleman on Etsy who is Native American I don’t recall which tribe. Gene sent him a Henry Mare’s leg butt stock so he could design and make a cuff for it. I had him make mine. His shop was Two Sticks Leather.
I just searched Etsy and could not find it so I assume that he is no longer available there.
He did very good work. And put his makers mark on the panel on the butt.

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[Sir Henry]

Nice collection there Gene, who made the butt cuff for ya?

RP

I can’t remember. I purchased it off Etsy about ten years ago.

I believe that I have the answer to this. It was a gentleman on Etsy who is Native American I don’t recall which tribe. Gene sent him a Henry Mare’s leg butt stock so he could design and make a cuff for it. I had him make mine. His shop was Two Sticks Leather.
I just searched Etsy and could not find it so I assume that he is no longer available there.
He did very good work. And put his makers mark on the panel on the butt.
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Bingo! It’s all coming back to me.

[Vaquero]

Thanks Gene, it is a nice piece.

RP

[Mags]

...
I just searched Etsy and could not find it so I assume that he is no longer available there.
...

I Googled Two Sticks Leather. Google gave me an Etsy link.
https://www.etsy.com/market/two_sticks_leather

[Sir Henry]

...
I just searched Etsy and could not find it so I assume that he is no longer available there.
...

I Googled Two Sticks Leather. Google gave me an Etsy link.
https://www.etsy.com/market/two_sticks_leather

Yes that’s the guy.

[RetiredSeabee]

...
I just searched Etsy and could not find it so I assume that he is no longer available there.
...

I Googled Two Sticks Leather. Google gave me an Etsy link.
https://www.etsy.com/market/two_sticks_leather

Yes that’s the guy.

Just checked that link and couldn’t find his shop. It gives Etsy shops and items that contains any of the words. A lot of cool leather items but nothing from "Two Sticks Leather"

Back to topic of plinking, Gene are you going to get one more session in today?
And wising you well for tomorrow.

[Sir Henry]

I Googled Two Sticks Leather. Google gave me an Etsy link.
https://www.etsy.com/market/two_sticks_leather

Yes that’s the guy.

Just checked that link and couldn’t find his shop. It gives Etsy shops and items that contains any of the words. A lot of cool leather items but nothing from "Two Sticks Leather"

Back to topic of plinking, Gene are you going to get one more session in today?
And wising you well for tomorrow.

Yes. I’ve picked out two Henrys in 22WMR. My house cleaner is here now so I’m hanging out in the motor home. This time tomorrow I should be under the knife.

[North Country Gal]

Yeah, but it's a very small knife. Good luck, Gene.

[Sir Henry]

I shot these two rifles today. They are both Frontiers. The top has the 20.5” barrel and wears a Malcolm Scope. The bottom has the 24” barrel and has a tang sight. Both are 22WMR.

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A few years back Henry offered the brass lite covers and I bought two. The lever is a custom made Rio Bravo.

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With the tang sight and long barrel the sight radius is 30”. If you look close at the top picture you can see the front sight is a globe.

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I only shot five rounds each offhand. Both are kind of unyielding and needs some sort of support like a tree or a fence. The Malcolm scope is mostly a novelty scope and has a narrow eye relief and is not very bright. Still it’s fun to dig out every now and then. The long relief on the tang sight makes it easy to aim and is limited by the action type for accuracy. When I complete my 100 yard range this summer I want to bench rest it.

Surgery is tomorrow so it might be a few weeks till my next report. These reports might not be the most exciting yet I hope they will encourage others to just go out and shoot.