Shooting 2 balls is no big deal, but a WARNING. Do NOT permit any airspace to be between the 2 balls, that is highly dangerous - Like in 'bomb'. Rather than use 2 balls, just go to a bigger...
Type: Posts; User: Cornfused
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Shooting 2 balls is no big deal, but a WARNING. Do NOT permit any airspace to be between the 2 balls, that is highly dangerous - Like in 'bomb'. Rather than use 2 balls, just go to a bigger...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
A Brown Bess is fun but not 'practical'. Minimal sights limit hunting accuracy to real close, true cylinder bore for shot has big groups very quickly, LONG barrel is clumsy (But I don't like...
Forum: Factory Rifles
Lucky guy!
The FN Mauser was maybe the best Mauser version. Savor it.
Forum: Factory Rifles
I restocked a 722, short action version of 721. 700 stocks are not quite 'drop in', maybe not worth the extra trouble, considering the cheap stamped trigger guard.
Forum: Factory Rifles
The Leupold 1X4 is a great scope, and at low power enables you to shoot with both eyes open, giving you a super-wide field with the cross-hairs appearing to be just floating in the air, if you have a...
Forum: Single Shot Guns
Why do you want to do it??
The 30-06 will kill 'most anything in North America.
The .35 Whelen is a good cartridge but not quite the equal of a 9.3x62 Mauser. Why settle for second best? If I...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Well, Karen, you have sure gotten a range of views with a simple question. The answers you've gotten reveal more of the responders than perhaps they are always aware of.
1. I assume as a 'given'...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I agree about the drill bits.
If you don't have a lathe, I used a plastic funnel - Trimmed it a little bit to fit better, held the big end against the billiard ball and drilled thru the funnel...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
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Well ......
That is not necessarily a lethal hit, sort of like blowing off a jaw bone.
Behind the ear is better.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Ooops. My bad.
Thanks for straightening me out.
The bigger question of why it would be a good idea to use a minie belongs to another thread and probably has LOTS in the archive.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Why would you want to?
1 in 60 inch twist is great for round balls, 220 grain ball is great for whatever it hits and its trajectory is lower than a minie.
What could be better??
Forum: Muzzleloading.
Congratulations on just walking away.
This brings up a 'Dirty little Secret'. Some people, a small minority, have guns who shouldn't - this guy is one of these people.
I never go to a public...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
1st - Target shooter or hunter? Too many target shooters go hunting - 6 inch group on deer or bigger animals at 100 yards is fine.
2nd - sights and gun. With round ball and open sights I NEVER...
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BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
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HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
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