"Trip to Little big Horn" Topic
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Trajanus | 03 Apr 2016 2:33 p.m. PST |
I have been gifted a "Props Department" Enfield Rifle made from a cast of an original weapon which will make a fine peice to hang on the wall. However, for whatever reason the barrel was made way over length and needs to be cut down to the proper 39". My question is where should this distance be measured from? The back of the tang where it's screwed into the top of the stock or what? As its a one peice mold I need an external reference point to measure from, what's the best place to take it from? |
docfin | 03 Apr 2016 2:48 p.m. PST |
Hi, myself and friend are planning to visit Big Horn, Gettysburg and a couple of battle ships. Anyone have any tips on visiting Little big Horne in September. |
Grelber | 03 Apr 2016 4:56 p.m. PST |
I was up on the Montana-Wyoming border at the end of September once, and got snowed on, so come prepared. I'd visited Little Bighorn the day before, and didn't need a coat. This is also cowboy hat country, and having your own shade on your head can be nice. The road from the Rosebud valley to the Little Bighorn passes north of the route Custer followed. One year, when I visited, the Crow's Nest (on privately owned land) was open to the public. The last time I was there, it was not--inquire locally if interested. Fort Kearny and the sites of the Wagon Box Fight and the Fetterman Massacre are about an hour to the south, while the site of the Rosebud battle is even closer. You could spend a morning at Kearny and nearby sites, while Rosebud is more a 30-45 minute thing. I don't know how much time you have to spend in the area, but the Buffalo Bill Museum several hours west in Cody, Wyoming, is worth a visit. Four or five separate museums in one: natural history, Western art, the Wild West show, and an impressive firearms museum, which includes weapons from the US and many European countries. They also have a bookstore with a huge selection of Western titles. Grelber |
Stosstruppen | 03 Apr 2016 6:35 p.m. PST |
I would very much recommend reading Fox's Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle, prior to your Bighorn visit. When looking at how the markers are distributed, it will make more sense why they are where they are. |
Wolfshanza | 03 Apr 2016 11:03 p.m. PST |
Definately recommend hitting Ft kearny and the Fetterman site. There is a museum at Ft kearny with some pretty good displays. Used to hit it every two years on my Sturgis run. |
Garryowen | 04 Apr 2016 3:37 p.m. PST |
Rather than Fox's book, I would strongly recommend Lakota Noon by Greg Michno. It is Indian accounts, but Greg adds a section at the end of each chapter that includes other evidence. Greg has some very strong counter arguments to a number of Rich's theories and reconstructions. Somewhat more expensive (as Lakota Noon is available in paperback and hardback) is Vanishing Victory by Bruce Liddic. I would say those two are the best you will find. I have been reading about the Little Big Horn for over 60 years and have visited the battlefield countless times. I know all three authors, Fox, Michno and Liddic. Tom |
Russ Lockwood | 05 Apr 2016 1:26 p.m. PST |
It's been a decade since I visited Little Big Horn, but I recall it was a still a relatively open spot. Sunny on the afternoon we got there, rainy the next day. Visitor's center and road along the ridge. Broken ground and ravines. Easy to understand line of sight descriptions once you're standing there. Small tombstones for casualties dot the battlefield. 'Nearby' (relative term -- 2 or 3 hours away from LBH) is Deadwood, Devil's Tower, Mt. Rushmore, Rapid City AFB museum, and if you find yourself in Custer, SD, a neat little county museum that was down the street (if I recall right) from a (closed) amusement park based on the Flintstones… |
docfin | 06 Apr 2016 9:09 a.m. PST |
thanks for input. nothing set yet but expecting to be there around 10th sept |
DJCoaltrain | 06 Apr 2016 7:16 p.m. PST |
If you mean the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket, then the overall length should be about 55 inches. I wouldn't mic it, production wasn't that precise back then. The Lee-Enfield bolt action .303 rifle began production in 1895. |
DJCoaltrain | 06 Apr 2016 7:20 p.m. PST |
I think Grelber and Garyowen have provided excellent advice. I've been there a few times and read several books about Col Custer and his demise, but I think all bases have been very well covered by the comments above. |
Early morning writer | 08 Apr 2016 7:22 a.m. PST |
Big Horn, Gettysburg, and battleships. That's quite a trip. I did the 3 hour Gettysburg tour – only took about 7 hours! |
docfin | 08 Apr 2016 10:13 a.m. PST |
well it's really a once in a lifetime trip, extremely unlikely to be repeated as I last went abroad around 16 years ago just hate the hassle of airline travel. intresting about the 7 hour Gettysburg tour how come it took 7 hours. |
docfin | 11 Apr 2016 9:14 a.m. PST |
How much time is needed to see the Big Horn site. we may head east to Rapid city if time allows. |
Old Wolfman | 20 Apr 2016 7:01 a.m. PST |
Got a Chiappa/Armi Sport repro 3 band one. Also have a repro 1842 Springfield smoothbore,same maker. |
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