My new Bull Pup

[Buckskins & Black Powder]

I picked this up today at a tiny gun shop in Woodland Park Colorado. We also got an AK47 with laminated stock for just a hair over $600 which was an awesome price.

Its the Prairie River Arms - Bull Pup in .50cal.

I checked at the store and yeeeep! It was loaded. Got home and pulled the nipple, found goex 2f in there and possibly a round ball? Fired it off and it didn't kick at all. Trigger is maybe 1/2lb. You sneeze and it will go off.

Cleaned it tonight and checked the bore, PERFECT! This gun looks as if it was loaded and then forgotten about. No marks whatsoever in the bore or even at the crown. Whoever shot it, shot it very little. The rifling looks amazing and crisp. Very narrow lands with wide grooves and maybe .010" deep rifling.

Stock is walnut and a thumb hole design which feels awesome when you shoulder it. Has a few dents and scratches but once i finish  the Apollo i will start on this stock. Gorgeous muzzy and one heck of a find!





Did the measuring trick and came up with a 1:45 twist, so its most likely a 1:48 deep groove twist. Round balls and conical should do awesome in it.

I also found that you can use AR15 - M16 style front sight and the entire rear sight piece on this rifle. I'd have to drill and tap a hole for the front mount however.

[Buckskins & Black Powder]

2 shots in the black were my first shots at 20 yards. Did one complete turn on the scope turret to bring me down close to the bulls eye LOL. Amazing how high she shot.





When i am able to get more powder i will do a video of the gun, loading and shooting and show how it all works. Pretty simple design really and surprisingly easier to clean than a bolt action/ plunger style. Just not much to get into other than the wood and it wipes off easily.

[briarpatch]

Never seen such a thing. Great idea, yes do a video.

[Semisane]

That is one weird looking little dude.  You ought to post a picture in the Precussion Rifles section of The Muzzleloading Forum to see how distraught a PC guy can get.   

[frogee]

All I can say is "IT'S YOU JON!" 

[Busta]

That is one weird looking little dude.  You ought to post a picture in the Precussion Rifles section of The Muzzleloading Forum to see how distraught a PC guy can get.   

That's where it belongs, it is not an inline!

[longcaribiner]

That brings up an interesting point,  What exactly is an inline.  When I first started in muzzleloaders, an in-line was any gun that didn't have a side lock or underhammer.     A box lock hammer gun was sort of iffy. 

Now we have bolt action in-lines, rolling block inlines, break open in-lines etc. 

[Busta]

That brings up an interesting point,  What exactly is an inline.  When I first started in muzzleloaders, an in-line was any gun that didn't have a side lock or underhammer.     A box lock hammer gun was sort of iffy. 

Now we have bolt action in-lines, rolling block inlines, break open in-lines etc.

longcaribiner,
 
For the record, I was being sarcastic in my previous post, but it is closer to the truth, than calling it an "inline".
 
An inline muzzleloader, is where the hammer/firing pin, nipple/breech plug, and barrel are all "inline" (on the same plane). This rifle has a bolster for the nipple, and a hammer/striker below the plane of the barrel. It is more closely related to a side hammer, or underhammer, than it is an inline.
 
Here are some examples of inlines from hunter-ed.com
 

 

 
hunter-ed.com
 
Most anything unusual or modern gets lumped into the "inline" camp. At least we can talk about this rifle here, without getting our panties in a wad.
 
When I started muzzleloading, there wasn't any such thing as an inline, at least not a modern commercially available one, other than custom.