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Post by buckskin billy on Nov 1, 2010 16:34:45 GMT -5
here is a early hatfield plains rifle. 54 caliber with a maple stock. i call it bruiser because it kicks like a mule reguardless of the load
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Post by patriot on Nov 2, 2010 20:16:12 GMT -5
I can say thats for sure ,sure is purdy though
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Post by highwater on Nov 4, 2010 11:54:18 GMT -5
yes it is
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Post by buckskin billy on Nov 5, 2010 16:43:51 GMT -5
thanks yall
welcome to the fire girdiolmmi
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Post by tsalagidave on Nov 22, 2010 19:30:20 GMT -5
I like the look of the Hatfields. They are one of the prettier factory made guns but I can't understand why they would make a stock that looks like it should be on a small caliber Eastern woodland gun and then add this big buffalo-stopper to it. I have seen a .40 cal Hatfield but 54? No wonder it digs into your shoulder. At least she's a joy to carry around.
I have the opposite. Easy recoil but hell to carry on a long trek. I have a custom full stocked plains gun in .54 with a GR Douglas heavy barrel on it. Damn thing weighs well over 14 lbs. but can handle 110g of FFg under a 530gr ball on a standing shot without breaking a sweat. Great shooter but it feels like a suitcase after you carry it a few miles in the heat.
-Dave
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Post by buckskin billy on Nov 22, 2010 22:44:16 GMT -5
she has a good balance to her, but she is rather heavy to carry. not as heavy as yours. mine is the only one like that , that i have ever seen. i did some looking on the internet a few years ago , cuz some one told me it was a italian made rifle, which hurt my feelings. what i found was hatfield sold the company to missouri rifle works. they made a few plains rilfe in 50 and 54 caliber. then from what i gather is they went out of business and sold out to pedersoli. my gun says hatfield on the lock and has 54 stamp above the breech on the barrel. i bought it second hand and the guy i got it from said it was sited in for 110 grains of 3f goex and a 535 round ball. the first time i shot that gun with that load it bruised my check bone hence the nick name. i have since found the gun likes between 55 to 60 grains of 3f. still kicks hard with that load but no more bruises
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Post by stillwater on Oct 4, 2013 20:48:27 GMT -5
I have an original Hatfield rifle. It isn't a plains rifle, it looks a a lot like the "Kentucky" style of rifles he originally built.
It is the same one that Pedersoli is producing now.
Bill
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Post by Gatofeo on Oct 13, 2013 13:07:00 GMT -5
"...the guy i got it from said it was sited in for 110 grains of 3f goex and a 535 round ball. the first time i shot that gun with that load it bruised my check bone ..."
A confusing statement. The .535" lead ball weighs about 225 grs. Shouldn't produce that much recoil, even with 110 grs. I presume you used the word "ball" in the older sense, to mean a conical bullet? This would explain the heavy weight and recoil.
I shoot my .50 CVA Mountain Rifle with a ball (sphere) that weighs about 180 grs. I've gone up to 120 grs. of FFG with this ball. Recoil is noticeable but not a bruiser. The Mountain Rifle is a relatively light rifle.
Not being a troll, but did I misread something here?
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Post by Beauhooligan on Feb 10, 2016 8:02:18 GMT -5
I have three of Ted Hatfield's rifles; two long rifles, a .34 flinter and a .50 caplock, and his first half stock Mountain rifle. It's 54 caliber and because of the long wait he put in a oval patch box with my initials on it. With 120 grs of Goex 2f and a Maxiball, it will destroy one's shoulder. It will also put a sudden stop to a 250 pound California hog. I was sorry when he told me he was selling out and quitting the gun business. Trying to manufacture side by side shotguns set him up to fail, but it was hooking up with Cabela's is what did him in. He couldn't keep up with their contractual demand, then Cabela's under cut him with their Blue Ridge rifles; line for line Pedersoli made Italian copies selling for considerably less than Ted could manage. I like the man and having him have to quit the gun business is a loss to us all.
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Post by Ol' Slim guest on Sept 8, 2017 15:11:36 GMT -5
I have two Hatfield muzzleloads, a flinter in .50 and a half-stock .54. Both are excellent shooters. These days Ted is designing and manufacturing tactical shotguns. He's been one of my closest friends since we both guided hunters in Alaska almost 50 years ago, and is a great guy.
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