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hairtrigger Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Location: Illinois Joined: Dec 10^th, 2007	Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Feb 4^th, 2022 at 12:15pm	Print Post
	This .40 is on a win. HiWall (thick wall) coil spring action w/ Ben Rice D.S. triggers built circa 1995. The bbl. is a Ron Pence cut-rifled 7 groove 1 in 18” twist, #4 wt. 32””long. Wood is factory Win. Usually shoot it with Ideal #40392-295 grn. over 20.0 grns.of #4227. When I could still see iron sights, this Mike Stevens special wind gauge vernier tang sight worked great for me. W/ scope it is right on 14 lbs. & is one fine shooter. The target in the pix here was from a match at the old Aurora, Il. Club. It was shot @100 yds. off cross- sticks & was scored as 100x w/8 centers. All the guys I knew who used to shoot cross-sticks now require assistance to get back up on their feet so they now just shoot .40 cal. @ 200 yd. benchrest!


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #1 - Feb 4^th, 2022 at 12:48pm	Print Post
	You have certainly had a lot of fun and excellent and beautiful equipment to have had it with!


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JKR Participating Member Offline Posts: 48 Joined: Nov 2^nd, 2021	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #2 - Feb 4^th, 2022 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Sir, You certainly have some beautiful rifles! This one is my favorite so far. I admit to a soft spot for Highwalls. Thank you for the great pictures! JKR


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Premod70 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 864 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 16^th, 2016	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #3 - Feb 4^th, 2022 at 7:26pm	Print Post
	Nice rifle and target. Thanks for the load data, was the loads fixed or breach seated?


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hairtrigger Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Location: Illinois Joined: Dec 10^th, 2007	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #4 - Feb 6^th, 2022 at 5:50pm	Print Post
	Breech seated 1/16” ,usually w/ a floral foam wad down on the powder these days .More to keep me from spilling powder down in the action than any result on the target !


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benchrest shooter 5 Newbie Offline Posts: 9 Joined: Aug 15^th, 2011	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #5 - Mar 30^th, 2022 at 4:14pm	Print Post
	Hairtrigger, Sorry for the late response, but I to was a member in the original Aurora Club. Your rifle looks in excellent shape and the group you posted was also excellent; and though common sense seem to have it figured out any issues you may have had. I have also shot Ron Pence barrels in Benchrest Competition, they along with the rifles have been sold at this point. Take care.


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portside Full Member Offline Posts: 121 Location: kokomo IN Joined: Jul 8^th, 2009	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #6 - Mar 31^st, 2022 at 10:29am	Print Post
	Beautiful Dennis, both the rifle and the target. Dave


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Hairtrigger#21. My .40-50 S.S. M85 Win. HiWall. Reply #7 - Mar 31^st, 2022 at 11:16am	Print Post
	Totally agree and simplicity at its finest for both use and looks..

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