And ever since, this business of carrying/storing ammo in a plastic box had been keeping me up late at night. However I was able to find a big military style ammo box from Super Cheap Auto (the big one on the right). While finally was able to sleep at night, I still have a slight niggle about the box as itās not the āgenuine thingāā¦ so eventually I went to Peterās Military & Camping and bought two ex-army ammo cans.
Thought that it was obvious, get to the range, realise youāve forgotten the key, get pocket knife out and cut the plastic lock-tab. Box can now be opened , good thing they come with a couple of extra lock tabs.
A bit of both. Mostly cartridge rifles as long range muzzle-loading comps are almost non-existent here. Some of my first shooting was with kit muzzle-loaders my uncle used to make, Iāve also shot a lot of cap and ball revolvers.
At the encouragement of a friend from the U.S, ( who I visited with when he came to Adelaide in 2017 for the Long Range Muzzle-loading World Titles ), I bought a Pedersoli Gibbs long range in .45 cal. For the price it cost, the fit and finish is shithouse, lucky itās a very accurate rifle or Iād have taken it back and told the distributer to shove it up his arse. ( Unfortunately, there isnāt much choice here in Australia, thatās about it for a suitable rifle. )
Anyway, I shot good enough scores with it to qualify for the Aussie team and competed at the World Tites in 2019 at Bisley in the U.K.
This year, I actually shot a higher score at Easter in the 500 yard event than I did with my .45-90. Go figure.
( I think weāve run off the tracks on this post )
