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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #50 on: May 26, 2017, 07:28:32 PM »
I discovered you can click on the image twice and enlarge it each time.




Daryl checking it out!
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #51 on: May 26, 2017, 07:43:01 PM »
Really nice rifle. Thanks for sharing pictures of it. Wish you lived closer we would try it out on a big boar hog. Tim

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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #52 on: May 26, 2017, 09:09:57 PM »
What a pretty rifle,bore is spotless,for sure wasn't shot much if at all.
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #53 on: May 26, 2017, 10:53:13 PM »
Everything on that rifle is stunning, down to the screw on the trigger guard!  Thank you for posting such great pictures. 

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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #54 on: May 26, 2017, 10:55:15 PM »
Such wonderful craftsmanship.I have made a number of locks for Schuetzen rifles for
Helmut Mohr in Germany. He calls that style of bridle "Der Kreuzstudel" I call it a
nice,rigid 3 screw bridle. I think the Steve Garbe new Schuetzen rifle has a similar
mechanism.
MANY thanks for showing this marvelous survivor of a day long gone.

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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #55 on: May 27, 2017, 02:00:17 AM »
Congratulations on that wonderful shoulder canon, Taylor!
Let's see some pictures of you guys shooting it!
John
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #56 on: May 27, 2017, 11:37:08 PM »
Magnificent!!!! Every thing about it. Taylor, do you know what load combination was used to coincide with the sight markings? Lines, art and craftsmanship,, its got it all.
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #57 on: May 28, 2017, 05:02:28 AM »
When the mould gets here, Robby - we will find out when it needs to regulate, using GOEX as well as Swiss 1 1/2 - I have some of that I am setting aside for testing in the Lang rifle.
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #58 on: May 28, 2017, 03:11:44 PM »
Congratulations on that wonderful shoulder canon, Taylor!
Let's see some pictures of you guys shooting it!
John

I had a W.W.Greener 16 bore double rifle that when loaded with 90 grains of old DuPont
3fg and patched round balls was not violent and would make snake eyes in the target at 50 yards.
This was a cased outfit with rifle barrels,12 gauge and 10 gauge shotgun barrels,flask and mould
for a Greener patent two piece bullet.Everything had the same numbers as the gun.Also there was
a book titled "Gunnery in 1858" written by Greener. I traded a Holland&Holland double rifle for it
in .303 British,a neat little deer stalker with a ton of engraving.The man that had the Greener told
me he didn't want to be walloped by that 16 bore rifle due to fragile health. I sold the Greener
and my Henry barreled Whitworth in 1973 just before our second son was born and the money was
a big help to say the least.The Greener was in the same condition as Taylor's Lang and the H&H
was only slightly less over all.

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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #59 on: May 28, 2017, 09:15:27 PM »
 Good story, Bob- thanks.  Last time out at the range with my 14 bore, I found that 2F GOEX gave me higher speeds per charge, than-did 3F GOEX.  GOEX 3F did give higher pressures, but not speed.  What triggered this 'test', was back in 86, my rifle shot to the sights (as filed) close range, 25 and 50 yards with 82gr. 3f GOEX, but with more than 90gr., the patches I (.030" had bad burn and scorch marks,. some holes) was using did not hold up to more 3F, but I could far exceed those loads using 2f GOEX- all the way to 200gr. without any damage to the patches. Slower start, perhaps.

Couple years ago, I ran out of 3F for my trail-walk squib load of 82gr., which developed 1,225fps and shot to the sights. I tried 90gr. 2F and found I was hitting high. I reduced the charge to my old standard of 3 drams, or 82gr. and found identical shot placement as 82gr. 3F GOEX.  Only a few months ago(last fall), did I get around to actually chronographing this and found identical speeds at the low charges, between the older 3F and newer 2F.   I also found that the newer GOEX, in a charge of 140gr. was only 50fps slower than my old hunting charge of 165gr. 2F., but the lighter charge shot to the sights, as "filed-in" way back in the 80's.
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #60 on: June 27, 2017, 12:54:35 AM »
Daryl, just wondering if you have had a chance to try this rifle out yet?

Cheers

Gordon
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Re: English Sporting rifle - Joseph Lang
« Reply #61 on: June 27, 2017, 01:43:28 AM »
Daryl, just wondering if you have had a chance to try this rifle out yet?

Cheers

Gordon
There's a thread in the black powder shooting forum regarding Taylors rifle.