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Yesterday at 1:28pm
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Target rifle? Bear gun?
  
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Reply #1 - yesterday at 4:28pm
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pretty cool rifle. is it still in .58 cal.?
  
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Reply #2 - yesterday at 4:45pm
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According to the auction description it is. Better be if I ever shoot a bear with it. 

The barrel is octagon to round so not, I'm assuming won't be an issue bore. So the person who put this together planned to shoot bears and didn't want to miss so added a strap with a modern Lyman peep sight on it. Seems queersome to me. Still a neat rifle.
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Reply #3 - yesterday at 6:51pm
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I like the octagon to round barrel. That's a classy touch. I am sure the bear wouldn't care but classy still...



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Reply #4 - yesterday at 8:25pm
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westerner wrote yesterday at 4:45pm:
According to the auction description it is. Better be if I ever shoot a bear with it. 

The barrel is octagon to round so not, I'm assuming won't be an issue bore. So the person who put this together planned to shoot bears and didn't want to miss so added a strap with a modern Lyman peep sight on it. Seems queersome to me. Still a neat rifle.


Yes, it is rather queer. Maybe someone was looking for a gay old time hunting.
  
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Reply #5 - yesterday at 9:41pm
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Not that kind of queersome. Mighty queersome, mountain man talk. That grizzly bear only had three legs! He looked mighty queersome! 

This sight has been waiting a long time for a place to land. Might look right on the bear gun.
  
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Reply #6 - yesterday at 10:05pm
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I think that sight would be a nice upgrade. The existing is butt ugly.
  
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