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The top 5 rifles under $600
These choices won’t put you in the poorhouse this deer season
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Sumter’s knife throwers
Hunting the old way
Channeling Jim Bowie
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DEER HUNTING TIPS
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THE COUNTY GUN
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Artificial reefs in lakes Marion and Moultrie
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The sport of black powder
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took a few good photos for this Lakeside magazine publication and ended up managing the whole thing. I guess some would call that the American Dream. Whatever it is, this is going to be a heck of a ride, but I can guarantee one thing: With a photographer at the helm, this magazine is going to be the sweetest-looking thing on the shelf you ever did see. Those of you who knew the former editor of Lakeside, Rob Cottingham, know that I have big shoes to fill. He was a bouncer at a bar, and he is literally way bigger than me. When we stand next to one another, we look like Scooby and Scrappy Doo. Rob came to me a year ago when I first started working for The Sumter Item and asked if I could shoot a Lakeside cover photo of the owner of Big Lake Duck Calls for him, and I obliged. I suddenly fell in love with the magazine and the community it covered. Rob and I dreamt up and sought stories for this magazine and talked about them on our long car rides to the lakes. Our mission was to make this magazine the best free outdoors publication in the South.
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Colt Shirley and his dad spear the fish out of the water The mission remains, but my cohort has moved on to another job. I am going to miss working closely with Rob, but I am thrilled to say he is still a contributor, and you will continue seeing his byline in Lakeside. In this issue, Rob and I took on our cover story. We ripped down the Wateree in an airboat at 4 a.m. following bow fisherman and harpooner Colt Shirley. The boy is a great shot. He can fill a boat with fish by shooting them out of the water, like the Indians used to. This issue is a tribute to the old sporting ways and those who insist on hunting in primitive forms. We even feature an axe-throwing champ who lives right here in Sumter. While we are talking competitors, tell us what you think about our top five economy-friendly deer-hunting rifles. We hooked up with a gun expert and about every gun store we could get hold of to put it together. This is a great issue, and our staff worked tirelessly to put it on the shelf. Enjoy it. Happy deer hunting, happy striper fishing, and Happy Thanksgiving,
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Spear and bow fisherman Colt Shirley shows Lakeside what it’s like to fill a boat with fish from the front of his airboat in the early morning hours on the Wateree.
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the top 5 RIFLES under
This list was compiled by gun expert Gerry Arruda, Chip Humphries of Simpson Hardware and Sports, James Montalbano of Jim’s Gun Shop and Jim Flick, Jr. of William’s Sporting Goods. 4 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE
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What good is your high-dollar rifle if you can’t see the big boy poking his antlers out of the bean field hundreds of yards away? It’s not. Put your money in the glass. Here are five rifles under $600 that will give you more spending room for what goes on top. We reviewed these guns before scope and gun combos are included, breaking it down to the barebones rifle.
Marlin X7
The price of this gun paired with the fact that it can group rounds within 1 inch of each other, from 250 yards down range, are what make it our No. 1 economy deer hunting rifle. The X7 is as accurate as its more expensive counterparts, and it shoots the largest variety of ammo on this list. The only drawback to this gun is the blind magazine. Some shooters will find it cumbersome to reload and eject rounds.
features
• Centerfire bolt action • Pro-FireTM Adjustable Trigger • Fluted bolt • Two-position safety • Red cocking indicator • Pillar-bedded black synthetic with raised cheek piece and Soft-TechTM recoil pad • 22-inch precision button rifled, target crown (six grooves)
Simpson Hardware and Sports price at the time of publication: $299
Remington 783
This was a very close second. That is because it’s basically the same gun as our No. 1. It’s no secret Remington produces both of these guns, and some years the 783 is oddly more available than the X7. The 783 shoots a wide variety of ammunition, and it is extremely accurate. The box magazine on this rifle is quick and easy to load. It’s nothing fancy, but it works like a charm. Remington 700 owners complained the bolt on that gun was a tad clunky; that is not the case with the 783. The bolt is really smooth, and it even has a simple bolt release on the bottom of the bolt: Push the release, and the bolt slides out. Bottom line: It is slightly more expensive than the X7, but it will fly off the sales racks in the coming months. William’s Sporting Goods price at the time of publication: $425
features
• Free-floated carbon steel contour barrel • Non-glare matte black finish • Button rifling • Black synthetic pillar-bedded stock • Detachable box magazine • Capacity 4+1 • Super Cell recoil pad • Crossfire Trigger System – adjustable from 2.5 to 5 pounds • Trigger comes from factory set at 3.5 pounds • Weight (unloaded) – 7 1/8 to 7 1/4 pounds (.308 is 7 1/8 pound, long actions are 7 1/4 pound) • Barrel length – 22-inch standard, 24-inch magnum barrels • Twist rate – 1:10 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE 5
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• AccuTrigger • Detachable box magazine • Synthetic stock • Carbon steel barrel • Black matte finish
Savage Axis II
Some have said this gun is ugly. But this isn’t a beauty contest. Savage has found a way to put a modest price tag on a gun built with the same tradition of accuracy the company has been known to hold through the years. The Axis II also features the Accutrigger, the adjustable trigger just about every other gunmaker emulates. The downside with this gun is that the bolt is slightly clunky compared to other guns on this list. Jim’s Gun Shop price at the time of publication: $350
features
• AccuTrigger • Detachable box magazine • Synthetic stock • Carbon steel barrel • Black matte finish • Drilled and taped for scope mounts
Savage Model 11
Ringing in with the highest price tag, the Model 11 has very few downsides. It has a composite trigger guard. That’s it. If you love metal, you might not like that. The Model 11 has a bolt that slides like butter on a hot pan, unlike the Axis II, which is slightly clunky. Savage has perfected the production process so that each gun is efficiently made with extremely precise headspace, making its rifles some of the most accurate on the market. William’s Sporting Goods price at the time of publication: $600
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• New bolt-action design • New detachable box magazine • New integrated trigger design • New composite stock designs • Top tang safety • Bolt unlock button • Precision button-rifled barrel • Fast-cycling 60-degree bolt lift • Inflex Technology recoil pad
Browning A-bolt III This is a big boy rifle at an affordable price. It is a culmination of features from the Legendary A-Bolt rifle and Browning’s flagship gun, The X-Bolt. It’s got a lightning-fast 60-degree bolt throw, so you might be able get that follow-up shot – if you need it (you also have more room for a bigger piece of glass). Unlike the I and II, this gun can be loaded and unloaded while the safety is off, which makes the gun safer. Downside: No adjustable trigger. The trigger comes with a poundage of about 3.5. William’s Sporting Goods price at the time of publication: $550
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very close horse race, and there is no Secretariat. I would hate to be the shopper making the decision to purchase an economyclass bolt-action rifle because the competition between today’s gunmakers is ferocious. It was difficult to narrow it down to just five non-combo (scope not included) rifles. When it comes down to it, the choice to purchase one of these guns is all about personal preference, but these are guns that aren’t going to send you to the poorhouse that can stand with guns that are priced much higher. OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE 7
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The 18th Annual Carolina Downhome Blues Festival will be held Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 2-4. This year’s festival will take place in historic downtown Camden in various sites. The Carolina Downhome Blues Festival is known for its variety of blues styles from all over the world – from acoustic to Zydeco to Blues Rock. Times vary each day. For information, call (803) 425-7676 or visit http://fineartscenter.org. Cost: Thursday, free; Friday and Saturday, $15.
The Community Theater’s teen production performance of William Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be presented Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 16-19, at Wood Auditorium, 810 Lyttleton St., Camden. Performance dates and times: 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for students/seniors/military. For information, call (803) 425-7676 or visit http://fineartscenter.org. The Camden Community Concert Band will kick off its 201415 season with the annual Fall Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Rectory Square, 310 Rectory Square, Camden. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be held at Camden High School. Enjoy this free two-hour concert with family and friends. Call (803) 425-7676 or visit http://fineartscenter.org for more information. Revolutionary War history buffs won’t want to miss the Revolutionary War Field Days being held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 1-2, at the Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site, 222 Broad St., Camden. Cost per day: $8 for adults; $6 for seniors/military; $4 for ages 6-12; free for children younger than 6; or $25 per family (two adults and three children under 12). For more details, call (803) 432-9841 or visit http://www.historic-camden.net. The United Way Chili Cook-Off will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Camden Town Green. Need more details? Call (803) 432-0951 or visit http://www.uwkc.net. The Camden Music Association of Kershaw County will present its Fall Choral Showcase at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at Lugoff-Elgin High School, 1284 U.S. 1 S., Lugoff. For information, call (803) 4257676 or visit http://fineartscenter.org.
BERKELEY COUNTY The 3rd Annual Halloween Festival will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, at the Regional Recreation Complex, 418 E. Main St., Moncks Corner. A free event for ages 8 and under, the festival will include “street and treat” with local merchants, a costume contest, games and other activities. Call (843) 899-4708.
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The Town of Moncks Corner will host a Town Festival and BBQ “Cooker of the Year” competition. This two-day event will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7-8, at the Regional Recreation Complex, 418 E. Main St., Moncks Corner. The event will include entertainment, vendors, Battle of the Banks “chili cook-off,” children’s area, the Cruisin’ in Style Golf Cart Show and more. The golf cart show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday in the parking lot of Pointe North Community Church, 110 U.S. 52 Bypass, Moncks Corner.
ORANGEBURG COUNTY Everybody loves a fair! The Orangeburg County Fair will be held Sept. 29-Oct. 5 at the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds. Call (803) 534-0358 or visit www.orangeburgcountyfair.org. The Town of Elloree will hold an Arts & Antiques Festival on Saturday, Oct. 11. The festival will showcase antiques, arts, crafts and the best of local artisans, businesses and restaurants. There will be local artist paintings, antique appraisers, music and food vendors. The annual bake sale, art auction and the Edisto Cruisers Antique Car show will be at the Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center, 2714 Cleveland St. Event hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Elloree Museum Low Country Boil will be held 6 for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13, at the Elloree Heritage Museum & Cultural Center, 2714 Cleveland St., Elloree. Friends of the Edisto Rock the Park will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, at Edisto Memorial Gardens, Riverside Drive SW, Orangeburg. FRED is a vital and vibrant nonprofit working solely to save the Edisto River and keep it clean and flowing. Enjoy music, food, information, a silent auction, various vendors and activities for children as well as adults. The 17th annual Taste of Orangeburg will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19, On the Square, Russell Street. Enjoy a variety of delicious foods provided by restaurants and vendors from around the city. There will also be live entertainment throughout the afternoon. Admission is free. Food tickets may be purchased at ticket booths located around the square. The alternate location in case of rain will be the cattle barn at the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds. Call (803) 531-6186 for details. The Norway Cotton Festival is fun for the entire family. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, attendees will enjoy vendors, crafters, games, a car show, Cow Drop Contest, entertainment, parade, a carnival and more. Event is held in the middle of town, U.S. 321 (Savannah Highway), Norway. Call (803) 263-4371.
The 12th Francis Marion / Swamp Fox Symposium will be held Friday-Saturday, Oct. 24-25, at the DuBose Campus, Central Carolina Technical College, 3315 Sumter Highway, Manning. Explore the Revolutionary War Southern Campaign with Francis Marion. Friday’s events will be held from 2 to 9 p.m., and Saturday’s events will be held 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Register early. Visit www.francismarionsymposium. com.
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Trick or Treat on Main Street in downtown Manning will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31. Looking for fun for the whole family? Catfest, an annual event that offers food, games and activities for all ages, will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Laurence Manning Academy.
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“SAXsational!” featuring Rob Verdi will be held 7:30 from 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Sumter Opera House, 32 E. Calhoun St. Verdi’s latest musical project invites your high school concert band, jazz band or local community band to share the stage with him. This program includes custom musical arrangements that showcase a variety of rare saxophones.
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Musician Delbert McClinton will be in concert at the Sumter Opera House, 32 E. Calhoun St., from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17.
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Carolina Backcountry Harvest Day, featuring living history demonstrations, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Sumter County Museum, 122 N. Washington St. Call (803) 775-0908.
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Porches of Sumter will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2. Tickets for this event will be sold by the Greater Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Various foods will be served on the porches of 10 different homes that border Memorial Park. Front Porch Junkies will perform, and beer and wine will be served in a designated area of the park.
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Tim Thompson throws a tomahawk at a target at the L&R Lock Co., where owner Billy Cox taught him and other employees the sport of knife and tomahawk throwing.
Channeling Jim Bowie Sumter’s tomahawk and knife throwers by RAYTEVIA EVANS ray@theitem.com 10 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE
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Billy Cox watches his employee Scevein Cowley throw a tomahawk at a target while taking a break from work at the L&R Lock Co.
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umterite Billy Cox grew up playing games that today’s children most likely know nothing about. The materials needed to play: hatchets and knives. “We didn’t have all the games kids have today. We were country kids, so we always had access to knives and hatchets, and we even made our own knives,” Cox said. “So I guess we were about 6 or 7 when we got our first pocketknives, and little kid games is how it all started.” From that point on, Cox became interested in knives, hunting and different types of guns emulating the likes of Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and James “Jim” Bowie. Cox remembers his grandfather talking at a bar about extracurricular activities that involved men mastering the art of shooting and throwing axes and hatchets at a target. “Back then, everybody was a good shot, and this goes way back to the colonial days, and accuracy was the name of the game,” he said. “They were better hunters because they got close to their game because they couldn’t afford to miss.” As for axe throwing, Cox said becoming a champion axe thrower goes back to a time when there were huge competitions with more than 200 people participating in everything from shooting and axe throwing to knife throwing and tomahawk throwing. “I was interested, so I went and just looked at first, and I said, ‘I can do this,’” he said. With a lot of practice, Cox honed his skills and has won
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numerous competitions through the years. Some important details he has learned are that you have to be consistent, and when throwing a knife or tomahawk, the less wrist you use in your throw, the better. In competitions, participants are asked to throw at a target. Often it is made more challenging by having the thrower attempt to hit a particular part of a playing card on the target. The competitions are based on a point system. “It takes hours and hours of practice to be able to hit a target and then be able to hit a playing card,” he said. “And you want to have a balanced knife. A balanced knife has a more consistent turn to it. Ideally, it should be balanced, but you can learn to throw everything.” Cox’s love for and knowledge of weaponry and firearms goes hand in hand with his company, L&R Lock Co., where he and his employees make lock-and-trigger mechanisms for various firearms. The company has a few clearinghouses that make orders with them, but a large percentage of its customers are based in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, where Cox said they have only flintlock and traditional muzzleloading seasons. “We’re in the lock-and-trigger business, and we’re kind of a niche business because we have customers from Germany to Australia, South America, and of course, across the country,” Cox said. Even though his company only makes lockand-trigger mechanisms for firearms, Cox’s knowledge of guns and the history of their evolution is expansive. Cox is capable of crafting many parts of different types of firearms and displays some historical firearms in his shop in the Sumter area. Though he doesn’t hunt squirrels or throw knives and tomahawks as often as he used to, Cox’s son and his employees have picked up the skill and indulge in the sport. They throw for sport and even have made up games during their free time. Cox said the last time he competed, his son actually performed better than he did. In true frontier fashion, Cox has passed along a traditional skill is both useful and enjoyable. “They all kind of caught the bug,” he said.
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The tomahawk must spin at least one full rotation before hitting the log and sticking.
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The player gets 1 point for sticking the tomahawk in the log, 2 points for cutting the playing card and 3 points for cutting the playing card in half.
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here’s a lot to be learned from those “face-palm” moments in the field. A lot of us are too prideful to share the laugh with fellow hunters, but it’s in those moments that we are refined into solid and mature deer hunters. It’s our passion, our purpose and our calling. It’s about skill. It’s about devotion. It’s hours upon hours of stalking, tracking, studying and obsessing. There are many things to know and many more to learn; however, I can’t stress enough the importance of familiarizing yourself with your weapon of choice before even considering taking it for a kill. Every shot we take should be taken with complete confidence, or no shot should be taken. We should also remember that deer hunting requires work. Knowing that you are the one who put all that work into the buck hanging on your wall is the ultimate trophy. I’ve killed dozens of deer using these tips, and they will hopefully lead you to the skinning shed year after year. 1)1 STALK YOUR PREY Some think I’m crazy, but I camo up year ’round and pick a tree, find a hill or just lie flat in a wheat field. This will familiarize you with the deer’s diet, movement patterns and bedding areas. Know your deer, because let’s face it – cameras can only tell us so much. 2)2 BE A TREE
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Camouflage is of utmost importance, so don’t settle for what is on sale. Purchase quality camo that is quiet and blends well with your surroundings. For those steamy hot late summer hunts, when you can’t bear to wear a face mask and gloves, utilize face paint. Paint your neck, your arms and any exposed skin. Blending in the correct way will leave you in some almost too-close-forcomfort encounters with mature bucks.
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I have taken guests hunting, and it never fails that they always sound like a wild bull walking through the bean field. Nothing annoys me more. Take your time, and use slow body movements and careful foot placement while making that trek to your stand. Tread softly, and be a ghost.
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FIND DEER CANDY
Here in South Carolina we are abundant with persimmon and muscadine clusters as the season opens. The deer demolish it as soon as it hits the ground and will even shake the tree for some goodies. What is your deer candy? Find the sweet spot on your land and utilize it while the fruit crop is plentiful.
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Frank Holloway is a living historian who prefers to hunt the old way in Sumter and Clarendon counties with primitive weapons and colonial period clothes.
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The Sport
of Black Powder Hunting the old way by MATT WALSH matt@theitem.com OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE 21
Billy Cox pulls the trigger on a flintlock rifle he uses to hunt squirrels. The spark created by the flint and steel ignites the charge in the chamber, and fires the bullet.
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rank Holloway collects wasp nests from his friends. The vacant bug homes ignite better than paper – perfect wadding for his Flint Lock Pennsylvania Long Rifle. Holloway, of Sumter, hunts with black powder almost exclusively because for him and other Midlands hunters, the old-style weapons make hunting as exciting as it was 200 years ago when people hunted to survive, he said. “Sometimes I sit down under a big Cypress tree in the swamp, hold my gun in my hands and think, ‘This is how my great-grandfather would have done it,� Holloway said. “You can’t imagine how many families were fed using a gun like this one right here.� Firing just one shot from a flintlock rifle is a hefty task, and the rifle is accurate in a deer hunt from only 50 to 100 yards. “For me, there’s nothing exciting about shooting a deer from 300 yards away with a big scope on a gun,� he said. “They can’t even smell you from that far away.� It takes Holloway 30 seconds to load and fire his flintlock. He
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Frank Holloway shoots a flintlock pistol at his Sumter home. “In a hunt, you usually have to wait for the smoke to clear to your result,” he said. 24see OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE
measures out 90 grains of 2F black powder in a small horn and pours it down the muzzle of his rifle. He packs the black powder down and follows it with a dime-sized piece of wasp nest, a .54-caliber ball and another piece of nest. The rifle is then cocked, and a small amount of gun powder is poured into a little pan just above the trigger. It’s a domino effect; the flint strikes the powder in the pan, which ignites the powder charge in the chamber and fires the bullet.
Living history
The culmination of sounds and the putrid smell of sulfur followed by a puff of smoke and a 2-foot flame that shoots from the muzzle make these guns the awe of hundreds of historical festivals and reenactments across South Carolina, including Camden’s Revolutionary War Field days in November and Clarendon County’s Francis Marion Living History Encampment in February. The living historians take spectators back in time with the splitting crack of musket fire and the velvety plume of white smoke that gives them a glimpse of what a battle looked like during the colonial period. Holloway is also a living historian who has participated in various events depicting one of Francis Marion’s militiamen, and when he hunts, he prefers the old way, he said.
He does not wear camouflage or cover himself in deer urine to hunt. Holloway’s signature look includes a foxtail that identifies him as a fighter serving with the Swamp Fox. “I like to kill deer with a bullet I made, wearing period clothes in the old way,” he said. “There is nothing like going toe to toe with an animal using a primitive weapon. It puts you on equal terms with them.” Holloway has been hunting with black powder weapons since 1970 when his wife got him a black powder kit, he said. “Once the black powder gets in your veins, that’s it,” he said. “You’re hooked.”
Fragile explosion
Black powder is potassium nitrate, sulfur and charcoal. A mixture of these ingredients creates a fragile substance that is so combustible that static electricity can be fatal. A raindrop can ruin a charge in a loaded black-powder rifle if it drips down the muzzle. The gun will have to be cleaned and reloaded, Holloway said. Another black powder enthusiast, Bruz Crowson, recalled a hunting trip to a Hickory Top swamp he made with two friends. It was on a morning thick with the hot Carolina dew permeating the marsh OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE 25
as it does just before fall. He and his friends were in a line about 50 yards apart when a buck emerged from the fog. It trotted safely past the men without recognizing the clapping of the three misfiring flintlocks. That one got away. Once a hunt is over, it is extremely important that the black powder gun is thoroughly cleaned. Cleaning the gun is a fundamental aspect of black powder hunting just like pulling the trigger because the substance is so corrosive that a buildup can prevent the gun from firing, Crowson said.
A little more modern
Primitive hunting is not just flintlock muskets and bows. There are modern inline muzzle loaders as well that fire with a hammer and primer in the center of the breech as opposed to a lock-and-pan mechanism on the side of old long rifles. These guns also use pellets that have gunpowder in them, instead of bits of wasp nest. Some of these guns can even fire rifle powder, a modern, cleaner substance that creates more pressure than black powder. Shooting rifle powder in a flintlock will blow up in your face, Holloway said. “If you have a primitive weapon hunt, it should be with the old stuff like flintlocks, none of that modern crap,” Crowson said. Crowson took up shooting black powder weapons in the 1960s while on a paper route. He found his inspiration when one of his customers, Billy Brunson, was fashioning homemade bullets — mini balls — over a fire. He sold his grandfather’s Ford 8-cylinder car for $50 to buy his first black-powder gun, a .58-caliber Remington Zouve, he said. Eventually Crowson took it a step further and bought a cannon — also a muzzle loader.
Primitive arms hunts
Crowson was known for holding primitive weapons shoots in the Wateree swamp where hunters would fire at targets from 25 and 50 yards away. He held the shoots to get the enthusiasts together and create new ones, he said. Fewer people use black powder to hunt because of all of the regulations, Crowson said. It costs about $25 a pound. Most hunting stores don’t carry it because they must obtain a special permit to store it, said Ray Hoshall, chief of licensing and permitting at the South Carolina State Fire Marshals Office. “I can count the number of stores that sell black powder in South Carolina on one-and-a-half hands,” Hoshall said.
“You are very limited with black powder because it’s a class 1 explosive.” Class 1 explosives are identified by HAZMAT as items that are designed to function by explosion, and they must be sold, shipped and contained safely, according to state and federal procedures. As laws and regulations become more stringent, black powder becomes harder to obtain, so people tend to shop for synthetic forms of the substance, Crowson said. Laws and regulations have not stopped primitive hunters in the Midlands. Last year, 500 people came to the Santee National Wildlife Refuge for a primitive arms hunt for a week in the midst of the federal government shutdown, Santee Biologist Susi Ponce said. Ponce keeps the records of visitors coming in and out of the refuge. The primitive arms hunts usually last three weeks in the Santee, and about 700 people attend, Ponce said.
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Many of the flintlocks in the primitive hunt are probably equipped with locks made at Sumter’s L&R Lock Co. The country’s largest maker of locks and triggers. “We had to take our name out of the phonebook because people kept calling us when they were locked out of their houses and cars,” L&R Lock Co. owner Billy Cox said. The lock is the plate, hammer and pan portion of the gun where the flint strikes the steel to create the spark that fires the rifle. The company makes 2,500 to 3,000 locks and triggers by hand for customers all over the world. Some of its customers have won national shooting competitions, including the Indiana National Championship Fall Shoot in Friendship, Indiana, using the Sumter-made locks. The guns are as accurate as modern weapons, and shooters can group several rounds on a target so close together, they can be covered with fingernail, he said. Cox, a Sumter native, brought the business back to his hometown in 1986 after he purchased it from a North Carolina company. The company had six types of locks and four types of triggers then. Now, it has more than 50 types of locks and more than 12 types of triggers. He was inspired to buy the company after a life of building and shooting muzzle loaders and emulating his childhood heroes, David Crockett and Daniel Boone, he said. He likes to hunt squirrels and hasn’t hunted with a modern weapon in more than 20 years because he prefers the challenges the muzzleloaders bring to the hunt, he said. “You have to get as close as you can and stalk your game,” he said. “If you miss, the hunt basically starts over.”
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Striper Time A look at how this year’s striped bass season might play out by JIM HILLEY jim@theitem.com
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he striped bass population in the Santee Cooper Lakes should be large enough to catch and keep this year after legislation was passed six years ago prohibiting fisherman from taking more than three fish that were larger than 26 inches from the lake. It takes about six years for a striper to grow 26 inches, and there has been a lot of striper activity leading up to the season, which opens Oct. 1, Santee Cooper veteran angler Don Drose said. “From the signs I’ve seen,” said Alan Spence, owner of Spence’s Guide Service (www.spenceguideservice.com), “we’ll have a good year.” Alan Lamprecht, who manages fish in the lakes for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, also said he thinks striper fishing will improve this year. “It’s definitely going to be better,” he said. “People are going to be seeing bigger fish, and they ought to see a pretty good fall. It ought to be a very fun time on both the lakes and the rivers.” Striped bass fishing has seen some lean years in the last decade or so. “Stripers 10 or 12 years ago was a phenomenal thing here,” Spence said. “People would come down the weekend after Thanksgiving; there would be a lot of boats here. “But for some reason they just disappeared,” he said. “We had a large number of stripers lost. The rumor was they actually left the lake. They actually got in the locks and left for the ocean.” Lamprecht said big fluctuations in the striper population are not unusual. “There are very noted boom and bust years in striped bass history,” he said. “We’ve seen some really good recruitment years and really poor ones.” He said there are a lot of factors that influence the number of stripers in the lakes. “We’re finding at Santee Cooper that water flow has a lot to do with it,” he said. “Nutrient load has a lot to do with it. Competition with other fish species has a lot do with it, and fishing pressure, if we harvest too many and they don’t reach maturity, it affects it also.” He said that while the stripers do reproduce naturally in the Santee Cooper system, that does not always produce many fish. “They go up the Congaree and the Wateree and reproduce every year,” he said. “But some years they go through the motions, and we don’t get anything out of it. The little fry and the eggs just don’t survive well. “Some years all the stars align, and we get a really good reproductive year.” The survival of the fish during their first year of life is key to good numbers, he said. DNR also has a stocking program.
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“Our facility might be able to produce 2 or 3 million,” he said. “They are released at the size of 2 or 3 inches. We stock the lakes, not just Santee Cooper, but also Lake Murray, the Savannah River lakes, Lake Greenwood gets some fish, and if we have some surplus, we’ll put them in the Cooper and Santee rivers below the lakes.” “Capt.” Chris Heinning, who owns Capt. Chris’ Fishing Guide Service (www.captchrisfishing.com), said he is also hopeful for a good season. “The population is real good,” he said. “They have really come back, and there a lot of fish in the lake, but they have a 26-inch size limit, so it has been hard to catch a keeper in the last couple of years. Hopefully that will change as the fish mature.” Spence said stripers have to be released immediately if they are not big enough to keep. “Once you catch one, you get your picture, and you let him go,” he said. “If you hold one for five minutes, he’s dead. They are the only fish in the lake you cannot put in a live well. You put them back in the lake, or it kills them.” Spence said most guides use live bait. “Years ago, there was a lot of chasing schools,” he said. “They would see the fish breaking water, and they would go in and cast plugs and jigs and soft plastics to them. The schooling activity has really fallen off in the last six or seven years. I think a lot of that has to do with the bait fish in the lake.” Lamprecht agreed schooling is affected by bait fish. “Schooling is really strange,” he said. “Sometimes you’ll have a lot of fish out there and not really see any schooling. It’s really dependent on the bait fish population.” He said the bait fish population fluctuates in numbers and composition. “We have about six species we could consider bait fish, and depending on how they are behaving is whether you see that schooling activity or not,” Lamprecht said. “One fall you won’t see that schooling activity, and there are lots of fish in the system. The next year, you see lots schooling, but there aren’t that many fish. It’s really not a good index of how many fish are out there.” Spence said another key to catching stripers is the line weight. “They are very fast, powerful fish and line shy,” he said. “If you try a heavy line like you would for a catfish, there’s probably 95 percent chance you’re not going to get one. You go for a light line.” He said they are not afraid of boats, however. “I have seen them come up and take bait right up beside the boat,” he said. “If you have good electronics, you find the bait fish, and if the stripers are running, you’ll find the stripers,” Spence said.
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BEST TIME/PLACE: You will have the best luck catching striper three weeks before and three weeks after Thanksgiving, when the water is between 55 and 70 degrees. The fishing will get better as the water cools down. LIMITATIONS: Fish must be at least 26 inches in length; anglers may only take three fish each.
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BAIT: Small minnows and small jigs can be used.
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Flathead Catfish by MATT WALSH matt@theitem.com
BAIT: Big, hardy, live baits and live perch are ideal.
BEST TIME/PLACE: Fall is the best time to fish for these predator fish. This is a time when they school together in clusters before going dormant for the winter time. They will situate themselves in the deepest part of the water where there is still oxygen (approximately 4050 feet). LIMITATIONS: None
Blue Catfish BAIT: Gizzard shad and perch can be used.
BEST TIME/PLACE: Fall is a great season for blue catfish, and they can be found feeding on mussels on the ridges of the lake. They don’t like the muddy areas. A clam bed on the bank is a good indicator that blue catfish are in that area. LIMITATIONS: None
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ainwater harvesting is not a new trend. As a matter of fact, there is recorded evidence that folks have been collecting rainwater for later use since 560 BC. How do you collect rainwater? The answer is easy: Rain barrels. Rain barrels collect rainwater that runs off the roof of a structure and stores the water. A rain barrel typically holds 55 to 80 gallons of water. There are many styles and types of rain barrels. To catch the most water, folks are told to cut their drainpipes that come down from their gutters and direct the water into the rain barrel. No gutters? No problem. You can position your rain barrel under a corner of your roof where the roof makes a “V” shape. The water will run to the corners and then down into your rain barrel. After all, the folks back in 560 BC didn’t have gutters either. Sumter Stormwater Solutions is the local Carolina Clear consortium in Sumter County and the City of Sumter. Carolina Clear is Clemson Extension’s water quality program that works with municipalities to educate the public on stormwater issues and encourage public involvement in the practices of preventing stormwater pollution. Rainwater harvesting is one of those practices. SSS started a Rain Barrel Art Contest two years ago that encourages schools in Sumter County to participate in decorating rain barrels with an Earth Day theme. The schools were then given the option to install these barrels on school grounds and use the water collected to irrigate school gardens or landscapes. I have had the pleasure of working with numerous schools in Sumter County that see the benefit of rain barrels. These are innovative schools that care about their environment and take extra time to instill in their students the desire to be good stewards of their communities.
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I am also working with a school in Williamsburg County. We are going to have a rain barrel workshop for after-school students to construct their rain barrels, then they will install the rain barrels around their school and outside of their greenhouse to water their gardens and flower beds. Constructing a rain barrel is fun for all ages. The rainwater you catch is great for around the house or school usage, but it also helps reduce the amount of runoff from your roof. During and after a storm when there is more rainwater than the ground can soak up or infiltrate, the water simply runs off into the nearest storm drain, water body or ditch. When stormwater enters a storm drain, it is taken directly to a local body of water. It is not treated to remove pollutants. There are a lot of pollutants that are carried along in stormwater – for instance, bacteria from dirty diapers that are littered along the roads and ditches, fertilizer that was put out too close to a rain storm or too much for the plants to utilize, pet waste from your favorite furry friend and much more. If you are interested in joining Sumter schools to find solutions to stormwater pollution and would like to start by installing rain barrels at your school, or if you would like to install rain barrels at your home, contact your local Clemson Extension office or call Jolie Brown in Sumter County at (803) 773-5561. We also offer online resources explaining rain barrels and how they work, their construction and installation at www.clemson.edu/ carolinaclear. Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to people of all ages, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital or family status and is an equal opportunity employer.
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Colt Shirley holds a fish he shot out of the water with a bow and arrow before the sun comes up on the Wateree. Colt and his dad rip down the Wateree early in the mornings to find fish when they are closer to the surface of the water.
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f you’re a fisherman in Kershaw or Sumter counties, chances are you’re familiar with many landings available along the rivers that run through the area. Usually, they’re the quietest places after midnight. Despite the chirping of all the crickets, every raindrop and splash by a frog can be heard clearly down there. Anglers can really lose themselves in thought floating down such a quiet riverbank with only the pull of the line to bring them back to reality. That is, unless the Shirleys are out. When Colt Shirley and his father, Brent, decide to go fishing, they go all out, thundering down the Wateree in nothing other than an airboat. For quite a ways down the river, you can hear the engine as it chugs at idle speeds or revs to a ferocious roar when the men pick up the pace. To say it’s noisy would be an understatement and a question of a rather subjective nature, but there’s no doubt they’re having a whole lot of fun. Each trip is the perfect escape for the two men. “I love getting out here,” Brent said, speaking loudly over the engine. “There’s nothing like getting out on the river,” Colt said. “You get away from everything.” Usually when they’re out on the airboat, they’re fishing, but you won’t see a rod and reel in either man’s hands. Instead, Brent and Colt choose two of the most rustic methods of fishing – spears and bows and arrows. The father-son duo work as a team during each outing, with Brent typically piloting the airboat and using a flashlight for spotting while Colt is usually standing at the bow ready to snag a fish. The rivers
in the area provide the best venues for the pastime. “When the water’s low, you can almost see straight to the bottom,” Colt said. “Such visibility really helps when you’re fishing the way we do.” “At the right times, you can see pretty far, too,” Brent added. “You can see the bottom for about 15 yards ahead when the water’s at its lowest point.” While his father uses a spotlight, Colt often uses an LED clip-on light on the bill of his hat. The two sources combined give Colt enough light to work with while keeping things challenging. His window to snag a fish is usually only one to two seconds. As soon as he sees the flash of a fish’s scales, Colt quickly turns his body, then pulls and releases the arrow like an automated gun turret. If he’s successful, he simply pulls in the fish by the rope attached to the arrow. If not, he resets his arrow and patiently waits for the next opportunity. Fishing with a bow and arrow might seem outdated, but Colt makes it look easy and proves the method to be quite effective. In less than a half hour, he has two or three fish. “On a good night, we can easily catch 20 goodsized fish,” Colt said. “It took a lot of practice, a lot of trial and error before I got any good at using the bow.” Colt said the three main elements to a successful trip are a good light source, a low water level and a good night’s rest. “As long as you have those, you’ll have a fun time, regardless of how many fish you catch,” he said. He also strongly recommends checking Department of Natural Resources regulations before
It took a lot of practice, a lot of trial and error before I got any good at using the bow. 40 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE
Colt Shirley pulls a catfish out of the water he shot with a bow. He uses both a spear and a bow to catch catfish off the front of the airboat.
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They’d left me by the sandbar, sitting in the dark, holding my catfish with the gig, waiting on them to come back. Later, when I got back on the boat, we started seeing all the snakes and other critters that were out there that night. Brent Shirley docks the airboat after a morning of fishing with his son.
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each trip, as the rules change from one body of water to the next. Airboats aren’t allowed east of U.S. 17. Though his son prefers the bow, Brent prefers using a gig. “A gig is essentially a spear with added prongs on it,” Brent explained. “Some have three prongs, others have five. We made our own, and I use a five-pronged gig.” As for how the men got into the fishing methods they use, Colt said it was simply the result of making a change through observation. “Dad and I would go fishing all the time,” he said. “While we’re out here with a rod and reel in our hands, we’d see fish pass right on by. So we just decided to try it one night. We just did it.” After the first night with spears and bows, the Shirleys were “hooked.” It’s become one of their favorite outdoor pastimes, a great way to liven up the thrill of fishing. “We’ve been on a few hundred trips, at least,” Colt said. “We started doing this when I was a teenager, about 13 years ago.” Out of all those trips, Colt remembers one experience particularly well. “On one of the first trips we went on, I remember snagging a catfish with a gig,” Colt said. “I didn’t know what to expect; I just jumped off the boat and wrangled the fish. As I’m doing this, Dad and the other boy that came with us were already after another fish. “I noticed it was a beautiful night but then realized I was standing waist deep in water in the pitch-black night,” he recalled. “They’d left me by the sandbar, sitting in the dark, holding my catfish with the gig, waiting on them to come back. Later, when I got back on the boat, we started seeing all the snakes and other critters that were out there that night. “I’ve carried a knife on my side every trip from then on.” The rugged, seemingly primitive nature of fishing with spears, bows and gigs is part of what makes it so enjoyable for Colt. “One of the first times we tried it, a buddy of mine, Clay, and I went out on an old canoe with a lantern bungee-corded to the front for light,” Colt recalled. “It’s so basic and rugged. I’d liken it to the way Native Americans would’ve done it – a canoe, a fire and a spear.” The pursuit element of the sport makes it more addictive for the Camden native, as well. “You’re not sitting there waiting on a fish to bite a hook,” he said. “You’re chasing them down, actively hunting them.” The outings are so much more than just fishing trips for the two men, who also enjoy the wildlife they encounter during their trips. Brent has a personal favorite. “I love seeing the muskrats scampering around out here,” he said with a grin. For those who haven’t had the privilege of riding down the river on an airboat, it can be quite a rush. It’s an entirely different way to experience the water. If they’re fishing, the boat moves pretty slowly, but Brent enjoys opening it up a little bit. He didn’t give a figure for the airboat’s top speed. Instead, he smiled. “It’ll throw you back in your seat, that’s for sure,” he said. Though a fishing trip isn’t usually deemed a success until you catch something, for Brent and Colt, it’s about the freedom of being out on the airboat, blasting – or coasting – down the river. “In most boats, you have to stay in the channel,” Colt said. “In an airboat, you can pretty much get anywhere you need. It’s beyond fun, and then you throw in the spear- or bow-fishing … there’s nothing like it.” “I got my first airboat in 1973,” Brent said. “Even after all these years, it still gives me a high every time I get in.”
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History of Spearfishing Spearfishing with barbed poles (harpoons) was widespread in Paleolithic times. Cosquer Cave in southern France contains cave art more than 16,000 years old, including drawings of seals which appear to have been harpooned. There are references to fishing with spears in ancient literature, though in most cases, the descriptions do not go into detail. An early example from the Bible is in Job 41:7: Canst thou fill his [leviathan] skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? The Greek historian Polybius (ca 203 BC–120 BC), in his Histories, describes hunting for swordfish by using a harpoon with a barbed and detachable head. Greek author Oppian of Corycus wrote a major treatise on sea fishing, the Halieulica or Halieutika, composed between 177 and 180. This is the earliest such work to have survived intact. Oppian describes various means of fishing including the use of spears and tridents. In a parody of fishing, a type of gladiator called retiarius carried a trident and a casting net. He fought the murmillo, who carried a short sword and a helmet with the image of a fish on the front. Copper harpoons were known to the seafaring Harappans well into antiquity. Early hunters in India include the Mincopie people, aboriginal inhabitants of India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, who have used harpoons with long cords for fishing since early times. Source: Wikipedia
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A hot Vermont Spice Cake cools down after it was made at Baker’s Sweets in Sumter.
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separately. Nelson’s team also used both maple syrup and maple flavoring for the frosting. And while she and her team are picky about some ingredients – butter over margarine and 100 percent pure extract over imitation – others are less important. “We’re cost effective over brand specific,” Nelson said. “Now, the decorators do have a powdered sugar they prefer because it doesn’t come in as clumpy, and we might use one flour over the other because it’s what’s the best tasting. That’s the best part of the job; you get to try everything. Sometimes that means you leave on a sugar high.” She does have a few tips for those trying this recipe at home. One, use spray flour on cake pans, especially if they have grooves, such as a bundt cake pan. Two, let the cakes cool completely, at least to room temperature, or, if you have time, refrigerate them. “You can’t stack hot cake,” Nelson said. “Let it rest long enough, or it can’t sustain its shape.” Meanwhile, the frosting should be room temperature. So let’s get started.
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The County Gun
Local gun shop offers Clarendon and Sumter county commemorative .22-caliber rifle by BRISTOW MARCHANT
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Jim Montalbano shows off the Henry .22 that is ready to be engraved with the county markings on it.
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n 2013, the U.S. Census Office estimated Sumter County had more than 108,000 residents. The census didn’t ask, but it’s a good bet many of them are hunters and or gun owners. But out of that hundred thousand, only 25 in total will be able to lay claim to the commemorative, specially engraved Sumter County rifle. Jim’s Gun Shop at 561 Bultman Drive, Sumter, is offering the limited-edition rifles made to order from the Historical Armory in Fort Collins, Colorado, a company that offers a wide range of intricate images engraved in the metal and wood of the rifle body. “They make a personalized one for hunters, for Vietnam vets, for firefighters, for the Civil War,” said James Montalbano – the Jim in Jim’s Guns. “They have a lot of different designs.” The Sumter County rifle is a Henry .22LR manufactured by the 150-year-old Henry Repeating Arms Co. of New Jersey (motto:
“Made in America or Not Made at All”), offered in the models H001 and H004 “Golden Boy.” The main difference is whether the metal receiver comes in black or gold. The Sumter County seal is one of several state and county commemorative designs offered by the Historical Armory. The company’s website says it hopes to eventually offer a gun for each county in the nation. Sumter’s design, carved into the walnut of the rifle’s buttstock, features the familiar face of Gen. Thomas Sumter bracketed by the American and South Carolina flags. In the background are the clock tower of the Sumter Opera House, the historic Sumter County Courthouse and the South Main Street federal building. Featured in the foreground are a buck, a Gamecock, a cannon and, yes, a Confederate flag crossed with a Union flag in the lower left corner. In the opposite side of the stock, the buyer can have a personal OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2014 | LAKESIDE 57
engraving of up to three lines of text in a ribbon design. If the examples provided by the manufacturer are anything to go by, this will usually include the owner’s name. The wooden forearm is engraved with the county and state name, while the metal receiver includes a U.S.A. design and the rifle’s number in the limited-edition series. The armory can make a commemorative rifle direct to order, but Montalbano has several Henrys in stock that are popular sellers, he thinks because of their lever action and old-fashioned “Western” design. “They can’t make them fast enough. They make a .17-caliber I’ve been trying to get for seven months,” Montalbano said. “At one point, they were giving Winchester a fit, saleswise.” If you buy over the counter at Jim’s, the gun, which retails at $648, can be sent off to be engraved, with a total cost of up to $1,000. Montalbano will even send your rifle off to be engraved if you already own the model. The gun seller has already received eight inquiries after the rifle – only 17 may still be left – but he admits there’s a high wait time involved. It can take up to 21 weeks for designers to do the engraving work and then ship the order. Residents of other counties can search out their own commemorative Henrys. In the Lakeside area, Berkeley, Dorchester, Clarendon and Williamsburg have their own designs. Kershaw and Lee, on the other hand, don’t have editions available yet, but that could change if local gun collectors start asking for them, as Montalbano well knows. “It’s a promotional thing, so if they get enough orders, they’ll probably make more,” he said.
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