I'm with the thinner patch/smaller ball crowd. If you need a short starter, your load is probably tighter than necessary for hunting accuracy.
Type: Posts; User: waksupi
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I'm with the thinner patch/smaller ball crowd. If you need a short starter, your load is probably tighter than necessary for hunting accuracy.
Forum: Our Town
We shoot year round. Monthly muzzle loader shoots, and in the winter, we have sporting and military rifle matches. We cancel the sporting and military matches if it gets below 20 degrees. For muzzle...
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All the guns in all the movies. ;o)
Forum: Cast Boolits
Most advertised as hard cast, are too hard for the intended purpose.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
The stock doesn't look all that bad. I would soak some rawhide and stitch it around weak areas, like the old ones were repaired. That way, you save the integrity of the original.
Forum: Military Rifles
Are you working the bolt as intended on a Mauser? Treating it like a rented mule?
I've had a couple rifles I relieved the extractor cut a bit to allow easier feeding, but you pretty much have to...
Forum: Our Town
Don't make the mistake of feeding them. They get too pushy if you do!
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I would think at the proper heat it should work okay.
I've been making my own pike spoons for years from old tablespoons. MUCH better action than commercial spoons, and they catch lots of pike.
I...
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Good write up, and good job of not killing the snake.
I remember many years ago a little cafe on the Mississippi, advertising "The worst food on the Mississippi River". They had excellent smoked eel...
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
I use the $15 ones off Ebay, they work fine for most people. They are handy to stick in the pocket to take to gun shows.
I was surprised last summer to let a couple other gun builders and a...
Forum: Our Town
I saw similar up in British Columbia, at Ft. Steele. Mixed rain and snow, all the non-natives had on every stitch they owned. The natives were in shorts, sandals, and t-shirts, apparently perfectly...
Forum: Cast Boolits
The question should be, what can I get a fast accurate second shot with? You will have less than a second to find out if you have a social engagement with a bear.
Forum: Cast Boolits
Wally Bator designed several boolits for us over the years. All of them are good designs. I think a couple companies have added them to their catalogs.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The hardest thing to come by if you are an old fart, is eyes good enough to do the job. I still have my copy of Monte Kennedy's book on checkering, including some of his old cancelled checks. ...
Forum: Our Town
No notices in Montana, though I would get a notice from the RCMP for my PAL renewals. RCMP asks for a current background check to renew. I sent them a copy of a recent FBI background check, since I...
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I use 'Healthy Feet" for my shoes, they have fitting charts. They also have 6EEEEEE in some styles for my busted up feet.
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I've seen winter kill make floaters. Call your county extension agent and ask him about it.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
It sounds like you may be over priming if you have a lag.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
Must have changed over the years, I have some that are regular files.
Forum: Gunsmithing Tips & Tricks
The cheap ones from Harbor Freight work just fine for the purpose.
Forum: Cast Boolits
I live 40 miles south of the park. I use air cooled wheel weights. There are so damned many tourists in Glacier in the summer, you can surely run faster than one of them.
You are aware of the entry...
Forum: Our Town
The yard sales were great for a couple years after Y2K!
Forum: Muzzleloading.
A decent flint lock will cost you $240 without anything else included.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I believe the original post answered that question. As does your own post.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |