leadman
08-23-2015, 11:20 PM
Awhile back I posted that I had been drawn for antelope here in Az. I wanted to use my H&R Huntsman I bought in the mid 1970s as I had taken my first elk here in Az with it in the mid 1980s. It was not to be as the bore had gotten pitted on another elk hunt and it just does not shoot good anymore. The patches are being torn either during loading or firing, sabots not working either.
So Friday I went to the Sportsmans Warehouse and bought a T/C Impact 50 caliber muzzle loader rifle. Also bought some of the rather expensive saboted jacketed bullets and 209 primers. I had a new Nikon 3X9X40 with BDC I installed on it but found there was little room the get my finger on the hammer. This gun has a jacket the slide back along the hammer to release the barrel so it can swing down. So I robbed a Leupold off one of my other rifles and this works better.
I wanted to clean the preservative out that was in the bore and found the bore to be leaded from the breech to the muzzle. Took about 4 hours of cleaning to get it out. I wonder what T/C is using when they test fire the guns.
Took it to the range this morning and took 2 shots to get it sighted in at 25 yards. Took the target out to 100 yards and put 3 bullets in about 2" with 100 grs. of loose Pyrodex RS Select. The group was a little low and to the left but I took the target to 200 yards. I should have corrected the sighting error at 100 yards. It was hot and I had other things to do so I left and went to the SW and bought some of the Pyrodex pellets.
I'll take it back out this week and use the pellets and refine the poi to 3" high at 100 yards.
I am very happy with the gun as it gave me no problems at the range and shot well. I think the pellets and the sabots will make a great hunting set-up but I will do my plinking either with a roundball or the Lee REAL bullet. I have the Lee 2 cavity mold that drops one of each.
Hunt opens on 9-4 so time is short. Just hope the temperatures drop to a survivable level by then.
Even though my old H&R is an inline the technology in this new gun is a real aid to good shooting.
Did meet a guy next to me that had purchased a new Remington 700 muzzleloader that is rated for 200 grs. of powder. He did not say what problems he had but he sent it to Remington and they sent him a check for what he had paid for it. Not good. He bought a CVA to replace it and the hammer on it would not stay back at times when cocked.
So Friday I went to the Sportsmans Warehouse and bought a T/C Impact 50 caliber muzzle loader rifle. Also bought some of the rather expensive saboted jacketed bullets and 209 primers. I had a new Nikon 3X9X40 with BDC I installed on it but found there was little room the get my finger on the hammer. This gun has a jacket the slide back along the hammer to release the barrel so it can swing down. So I robbed a Leupold off one of my other rifles and this works better.
I wanted to clean the preservative out that was in the bore and found the bore to be leaded from the breech to the muzzle. Took about 4 hours of cleaning to get it out. I wonder what T/C is using when they test fire the guns.
Took it to the range this morning and took 2 shots to get it sighted in at 25 yards. Took the target out to 100 yards and put 3 bullets in about 2" with 100 grs. of loose Pyrodex RS Select. The group was a little low and to the left but I took the target to 200 yards. I should have corrected the sighting error at 100 yards. It was hot and I had other things to do so I left and went to the SW and bought some of the Pyrodex pellets.
I'll take it back out this week and use the pellets and refine the poi to 3" high at 100 yards.
I am very happy with the gun as it gave me no problems at the range and shot well. I think the pellets and the sabots will make a great hunting set-up but I will do my plinking either with a roundball or the Lee REAL bullet. I have the Lee 2 cavity mold that drops one of each.
Hunt opens on 9-4 so time is short. Just hope the temperatures drop to a survivable level by then.
Even though my old H&R is an inline the technology in this new gun is a real aid to good shooting.
Did meet a guy next to me that had purchased a new Remington 700 muzzleloader that is rated for 200 grs. of powder. He did not say what problems he had but he sent it to Remington and they sent him a check for what he had paid for it. Not good. He bought a CVA to replace it and the hammer on it would not stay back at times when cocked.