I would just play silhouettes , the target size sets the difficulty 40,60,77,100 meters is common we sued to do it muzzle loader , 22 pistol and 22 rifle
and of course Shutzen style (standing no...
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Forum: Cast Boolits
I would just play silhouettes , the target size sets the difficulty 40,60,77,100 meters is common we sued to do it muzzle loader , 22 pistol and 22 rifle
and of course Shutzen style (standing no...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
how do you cook the 170gr lee flat nose , stand them up by the nose ? in a holder of some sort or by the base? , I have been thinking about powder coating some of the 170s I have aluminium gas...
Forum: Coatings and Alternatives
my 9 and 40 in my convection oven only need about 10 minutes if I don't get them out soon after 10 they start to darken in color , it is possible my oven is hotter than the setting.
convection...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
you also have to pay every 2 years to keep your certification after paying 30 dollars for the first registration of your certification.
I took NRA Range Safety Officer this fall.
you should...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I called mine VT3BW that way I didn't forget my ratio 3 parts venison tallow 1 part Bees wax
I had a very fat doe several years ago 10-12 years now that I think bout it and made a bunch and just...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I am a county 4-H shooting sports instructor and I am also on the state training team and teach the 4-H adult muzzle loader certification.
our county 4-H shooting sports program has a little over...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
looking at the drawing for it , it sure looks a lot like the 410gr hornady FN Great plains bullets I used to like that they discontinued about 2005.
shot a deer end to end with that bullet with...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
if it doesn't turn out easy a week in a glass jar with 1/2 ATF 1/2 acetone with a lid on it is a good place to start.
a 6 pointed socket that fits very tight , you don't get a lot to grab...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I did a little searching it seems that both the 1/3 RA 1/3 HP 1/3 Murphys and the Balistol and water have both been called Moosemilk.
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I must admit I got the recipe as a good patch lube and on range cleaning solution , then years later heard it called Friendship speed juice as it was popular at the Friendship shoots I assume
I...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
I use friendship speed juice swab between shots and in elephant , diamond back , Goex and most recently purchased 25# of Schuetzen , I have only burned a pound or so but not an issue
what did...
I am going to preface this with these have a purpose just 5% actually use them for it.
7mm rem mag
7mm stw
7mm wusm
300 win mag
300 weatherby mag
maybe I should just stop and say Magnum are...
Forum: Cast Boolits
in 22 pistol Silhouettes we shoot pistols to 100 meters targets are at 40 , 60 , 77 and 100 meters.
50 yards is a standard competition distance for National matches pistol shooting.
center-fire...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
if your primary goal is season extending that knight bighorn is a nice gun , mine is the western with the musket cap ignition , no one requires that around here so I picked it up very reasonable , I...
Forum: Our Town
work through the seller , amazon has the power to move fedex.
Forum: Our Town
well you actually give me hope that my German Shepard can make it a few more years , she is 12 and the vet started preparing us for her passing , thing is she has hardly even started slowing down.
...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
people tend to come to muzzle loading in one of 2 ways.
season extenders and Rendezvous
you started as a season extender as did I and got bit by the bug
I have inlines and side locks
go...
Forum: Military Rifles
the original post talks about SHTF and civilian use by comparing it to Military use.
this seems apples to oranges for comparison.
at 200 meters you can't even see someones face without...
Forum: Military Rifles
Hodgdons newer powder CFE-BLK seems to work well from supers down to subs , worth a try it is a very fine ball powder.
I have only done much with supers but it is working very well for that.
that is a huge sprue , my Lee round ball molds especially my 6 cavity round ball mold leaves a small flat hard to even call it a sprue
if a lead round nose 30-30 bullet resting on a large rifle primer doesn't risk setting anything off I don't see a round ball denting a 209 primer the lead is soft and more likely to flatten against...
Forum: Muzzleloading.
either is fine I favor 50s because I have a .490 6 cavity lee mold from track of the wolf what ever you get the track of the wolf 6 cavity mold is mighty nice for feeding them.
Forum: Cast Boolits
MORE SPEED , 223 55gr soft points at 3200fps makes for impressive visuals on water jugs
we sold pumpkins when I was younger , any that wern't looking so good we took back to the shop and shot out...
Forum: Cast Boolits
bringing my old post back to life , It took me a while to actually get the little saw , the wife had other plans the night I was planning to run an get the saw.
I did work up some loads and found...
Forum: Hunting with CB's
Wisconsin DNR did that also , till some one hit it with a car , then they told us how young males sometimes travel several hundred miles.
they changed their statement to they represent a...
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 |