Slufoot Stainless Super Smoker .45
May 3, 2011 22:35:09 GMT -5
Post by busta on May 3, 2011 22:35:09 GMT -5
This has been a dream of mine to have a 1:20 twist .45 caliber Huntsman. I bought a stainless 24" .45-70 barrel some where around a year ago with the intention of putting a breech plug in it. Well, it got put on the back burner until last fall when I seen a couple posts about the Slufoot conversion that uses a Savage breech plug. That got the wheels turning, but I didn't know at that time if he was doing them for just anyone. I later read about the one he done for his father, which led me to others that were having them done. In early March I finally got ahold of Slufoot, and he agreed to do it if I got the Savage breech plug. At first I was just going to get the plug installed and the crown lapped, but then decided to get the complete conversion. I supplied the thimble and the Universal Power Rod, which Slufoot customized to a collapsable ram rod.
I am a sucker for brown laminate stocks on a tip-up, and H&R/NEF never made a Huntsman with them. The wood looks so much better than the pics show. Now I have the exact rifle I have been waiting several years for.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I should be able to quit typing now. Slufoot did an awesome job, and I think you will agree.
And since the turkeys didn't want to talk today, I even got to squeak in a quick range session this evening. This was more of a function check of what might work to weed out some things, but it looks like I have something to work with in each of these bullets. Probably the best FIRST range session I ever had? That is until that dark rain cloud went over. Kinda put a damper on things. Can't wait to really wring her out!
I am a sucker for brown laminate stocks on a tip-up, and H&R/NEF never made a Huntsman with them. The wood looks so much better than the pics show. Now I have the exact rifle I have been waiting several years for.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I should be able to quit typing now. Slufoot did an awesome job, and I think you will agree.
And since the turkeys didn't want to talk today, I even got to squeak in a quick range session this evening. This was more of a function check of what might work to weed out some things, but it looks like I have something to work with in each of these bullets. Probably the best FIRST range session I ever had? That is until that dark rain cloud went over. Kinda put a damper on things. Can't wait to really wring her out!
. I think mine was number 17 and your's is 18. I really like the stainless. He does awesome work!! 