Posted by Tallbrother_CO
on 9/14/2007, 1:32 pm
65.101.255.33
Several years ago I purchased a Harrington & Richardson Springfield Stalker.
It is a right-handed .45-caliber percussion rifle. It has a large conventional lock marked “Springfield”. It is lightweight and short like a carbine. I bought it thinking it would make a good youth rifle to be used when we train Boy Scouts or 4H members.
I recently decided to test fire it and found that the lock has three positions. Between the normal half cock and full cock there is another notch in the tumbler. When the sear is in that notch the rifle can be fired with much less trigger pressure than when the sear is in the full cock notch. Even though the main spring is not fully compressed the rifle fires in a normal fashion.
I was wondering if the rifle came from the factory this way, or was this an owner modification?
The rifle also has what appears to be a Krag Jorgenson rear sight. It is mounted close to the breech of the barrel and allows a much longer sight plain and it is adjustable and the adjustments are easily repeatable. The drawback is that the sight soon becomes fouled due to its proximity to the nipple. This would not be a problem when used for hunting due to the limited number of shots fired.
I do not know what the barrel twist rate is. I have shot the rifle with .445 round balls and it is accurate at 25 and 50 yards. I have not shot at a greater distance than 50 yards.
The rifle came with a Lee Mold .445-290 M. The mold is for a flat nose hollow base bullet. Any suggestions for a powder charge for this bullet?
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