Still yet to shoot paper. Took her to the turkey shoot. Steel cut out of turkey head and neck as target. We start at 100yrd. If no one hits after 3 rounds we go to 50yrds. I managed to hit the target 1st try at 50 and win a turkey. Certainly a positive result given not having shot it before. And guessing what to load. Looking forward to load development.
Congratulations on the lucky shot!
Kevin
Knowledge I take to my grave is wasted.
I prefer to use cartridges born before I was.
Success doesn't make me happy, being happy is what allows me to be successful.
For a .45 caliber I've always had good results using 60 grs of 3fg with a .440 roundball and ticking lubed with wonder lube or bore butter. I just wound up with an real early T/C hawken because it had a williams click adjustable peepsight on it and a lyman 17a front its also a .45 caliber. It had one of those if you don't buy me your an idiot price tags on it so home it came.
That sounds more like a Winning Shot rather than a Lucky Shot
Well lucky the rifle seems to use the same point of aim as my usual rifle. There was a junior shooter that tried all weekend to win a bird. Unfortunately he did not. However he was next to shoot after the match was over. Shot his “hot load” at the swinger and finally a solid hit that actually broke the target. I used that as a opportunity to give him my turkey as a reward for his excellent shot.Originally Posted by LAGS
Very nice. Hopefully he will be back and you can get him to work up a target load for his rifle..
Kevin
Knowledge I take to my grave is wasted.
I prefer to use cartridges born before I was.
Success doesn't make me happy, being happy is what allows me to be successful.
The youngster has improved a lot in the past year. His grandfather brings him. Grandpa does not know much about shooting beyond knowing grandson really likes it. Levi gets a lot of support and advice from a lot of us. He felt great with his shot and the collective cheer and praise he received.
For me it was the best part of the day.
This is a very cool story, I think the gun is beautiful. I’ve been looking for an original like this, that is a shooter for some time. You won a turkey shoot with it, you’re getting a young man interested in shooting, it couldn’t get any better in my opinion. Keep up whatever your doing!
Blessings to you fine Sir, he will never forget the gestures and memories!
Nicely done, congrats.
Slim
JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.
A range report. She likes .440 balls, .017 patch with bore butter lube and as far as testing so far 55 gr 3f. Target at 50yrds with a bit of a front support rest. Think the spread of the group is on the operator not the rifle.
Looking good, sounds real close to the load I'm using. Are you swabbing between shots or after every fifth shot?
At this point after 5 shots. Going to try after each shot on the next trip out. 1st shot seems consistently the best so maybe a clean barrel will tighten everything up.
It might, you can also creep up the powder charge a little bit and see what that does too. I'm going to do more testing with my 150.00 T/C hawken tomorrow and see what i can find out about it.
[QUOTE=1Hawkeye;5636512]It might, you can also creep up the powder charge a little bit and see what that does too. I'm going to do more testing with my 150.00 T/C hawken tomorrow and see what i can find out about it.[/QUOTE
Good luck. Finding what your rifle likes is half the fun. Also can be 1/2 the frustration. I’m old enough that constantly finding the same hold is a challenge, the old eyes ain’t what they used to be. Peep sights or a scope would help but not a viable option on this rifle as I do not want to modify it in any way.
Very nice muzzle loader. A talented smith put that beauty together.
Thanks. I agree the wood to metal fit is flawless. Would have been nice to have a name on it but the work itself shows master workmanship. If it had been signed I probably could not have afforded it.
I agree it reminds me of a Vincent pattern Ohio rifle.
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