Slug Guns and Muzzleloaders

[mikeo]

Mike, I knew and shot with Web for over thirty years. He started out making heavy round ball bench rifles and very early adopted the Morris action (Bob Morris) for his rifles. The rifles generally weighed in from 40-60 lbs. and we're .50 to .62 caliber. Web learned a lot of what he knew from Lloyd Resor who build quite a few round ball bench rifles and sluguns. In the 60's and 70's here in Friendship it was mostly Resor's and original rifles shot. Ron Wozney had the big Warner rifle here on year. from the 80's on Web Terry's and Ken Bresien's sluguns begin to take over from the Resor's and the originals. I have owned and shot both and I have to give the nod to Web, but I may be prejudiced. As far as production goes Ken was moe prolific and he produced quite a few barrels for BPCR as well. I'll shoot some pictures of the rifles on the line this week and post them on this site. Jim Lemon

Jim,

Thank you for your reply, your information regarding Web and the other makers was very interesting. It is nice to be able to know somthing about the maker of the barrel being used. My Terry barreled rifle was owned by Roger Bickel of Yuma. He started shooting the rifle in the mid 80's. He shot the rifle for several years at the NMLEA Winter Nationals in Phoenix and did very well with it. I bought the rifle from Roger a couple of years ago.
thanks again

mike