The Capandball YouTube channel just posted a new range test about our rand new 1886 Sporting rifle in 45-70 caliber. We are really proud to see how well our rifle performed at both 50 and 100 m with hard kicking hunting cartridges. [gallery link="file" ids="441,442,443,444,445,446"]
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Range test of the Pedersoli 1886 Lever Action Sporting rifle
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Shooting the Pedersoli Mortimer flintlock Shotgun
Dear All, Here is another interesting article from the well known outdoor writer Toby Bridges. Please follow the link to read about the magic of patterning a muzzle loading shotgun for clay target shooting or hunting. First Shots With The Pedersoli Mortimer Flintlock 12-Gauge Shotgun The Pedersoli Team
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Terminal ballistics of the 19th century 45/70 cartridge
One of our rifles in action at the Capandball YouTube channel. The 45/70 cartridge is loaded with black powder and a heavy 520 grain lead bullet. Here is a sketch about the ballistic capabilities of the low velocity heavy bullets of the 19th century buffalo hunting era. Fired from one of our 1874 Sharps Sporting rifles fitted with our 6 power Malcom scope.
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"Hogzilla Killa" - all about our Lever Action Rifle
Check this new film about our 1886/71 lever action rifle published by The Adventure Cowboy
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Extreme accuarcy: Pedersoli Missouri River Hawken meets saboted bullets
Another excellent article by Toby Bridges: "In a roundabout manner, NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING played a bit of a role in the introduction of the 1-in-24 twist .50 caliber Missouri River Hawken rifle. At the 2005 and 2006 SHOT Shows, I had made it a point to pay the Davide Pedersoli & Co. display a visit...to kind of keep up on what the company had new, and to visit with my old friend Pierangelo Pedersoli - who now runs that gunmaking operation. A few years earlier, working with...
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Pedersoli Charles Moore: Gold medal at the MLAIC Pacific Zone Championships
Dear All, Here is a short report form an excellent shooter from Argentina: Mr. Andres Gelfo. Andres score a beautiful 98 in Kuchenreuter pistol event with one our Charles Moore percussion pistols. Here is his report wit many useful info: Well done Andres! Congratulations for the excellent results! "For the last years I have been a shooter of standard , sport pistol and centre fire pistol. In each of these disciplines I have been national champion in my country Argentina. I also been...
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The new Pedersoli Whitworth rifle
Some good news to post: we have just started the production of the iconic long range military target rifle of the mid 19th century. Sir Joseph Whitworth, an excellent engineer experimented with various rifling methods to extend the range of the muzzle loading rifle muskets. In the 1850s he designed a small calibre fast twist hexagonal bore rifle, that started the age of long range sport shooting as well. This rifle proved extremely effective in the hands of the Confederate sharpshooters...
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2000 m shot with a Pedersoli Gibbs .45 long range target rifle
Our Gibbs rifle has been successful in international long range shooting matches for many years. A shooter friend of us now took the performance of this rifle to a higher level. Replicating a legendary shot, Johan van Wyk from South Africa seized the challenge to test his own and the rifle's capabilities at 2 km distance. Here is the report of the shot from Lee Shaver: "Hi Guys, I received this email today from a customer friend of mine in South Africa. He had been in contact with me several...
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Hunting with Pedersoli muzzleloaders
Let me draw your attention to a few new content our users shared recently about some great memories they seized with Pedersoli muzzleloading guns. Turkey hunting with a Pedersoli 10 ga shotgun The first article goes into the very details of hunting with a muzzleloading shotgun. Toby Bridges, a well know expert of blackpowder hunting, guides you through the steps of developing a good load for your ML scatter gun. Click here to read the full article! Big game hunting with the Pedersoli...
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The birth of the 1873 Springfield Trapdoor rifle
The end of the civil war left huge quantities of surplus military equipment in the Government stocks. The war that took more than 600.000 thousand American lives saw a great number of new inventions on the battlefield including the repeating rifles firing self-contained metallic cartridges. The war ended and the Government with exhausted finances was not keen on spending money on anything that was designed for killing. While in Europe great changes were taking place in infantry tactics. The...
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Our Jager rifle and light infantry tactics of the Napoleonic wars
Here is a new video from the Capandball channel. Seems to me another nice time travel. Capandball is demonstrating the light infantry tactics of the early 19th century with proving the accuracy of our flintlock Jäger rifle in military conditions as well. Give this video time. It will worth it!
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Colse ups of the new Pedersoli 1886 Lever Action rifle
Pics taken at IWA 2015. The show is still on, so do not forget to stop at our booth! Here are some pics of our new 1886 Lever Action rifle. It will be available this year, early summer, so stay tuned! [gallery link="file" ids="308,309,310,311,312,313,314,315"]