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« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2011, 09:39:58 PM » |
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I have a 54 cal lyman plains rifle that was a kit and a 20 guage northwest trade gun. I use 90 grains 3f in the 54 with a cast lead ball and 3f in my trade gun for the load and in the pan. Got a few deer and an elk with the lyman.  trade gun when it was new a few years back.   |
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MountainMan
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« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2011, 12:02:15 PM » |
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Nice...especially like the Trade gun. I've got a few friends with Trade Guns and seen them do some great shooting with `em. I'd have never thought a smooth bore could be accurate, but they certainly are.
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MountainManIndy
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« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2011, 04:34:24 PM » |
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CanyonMan... Thanks for sharing... BTW good pictures... (looks like you got some nice table-fare)... Yep... seriously enjoying making the 'big boom'... with the flintlock. I have a Traditions modern muzzleloader as well - that uses the 209 (shotgun) primers... but seriously the 50 Cal. Hawken flintlock replica is 'addicting'... Yer- trade gun looks promising - haven't gotten into the smooth bores though.. still enjoying the accuracy out to ~100 yards or so... All the BEST!  ~Indy |
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« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2011, 07:21:22 PM » |
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Cool stuff.... I have done some blackpowdermyowndamnself... had a few black powder long guns for sale at DT10 in Wyoming.. I do like the boom and the smoke... I also have an Old New Army Ruger that I can load up as much as is too much  .. In other words you cannot overstuff it. Take a bear with it.... Dude.. |
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MountainMan
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« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2011, 11:23:23 PM » |
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At rondy, the most fun IMHO is the 4X4 shoot. Teams are squadded up and on the signal you start trying to cut a wooden 4X4 placed at 20 yards in half. Shots have to be placed between two tape bands about 12" apart. Some guys double and triple ball [load a patched ball and then ram one or two unpatched balls down on the load]. Some fanatics sit up the night before and rub their balls on a wood rasp to roughen them and cut more wood. If you can snag a guy shooting Minie ball, all the better for penetration. THEN when it's close to being cut in half YOU CHEAT and have a guy with a big bore load down and surreptitiously shoot the top end and try to snap it off and hop the Judge doesn't find a ball impact dent. Winners get the first round of celebretory whiskey, then the losers get a drink. Shooting done for the evening, it's time to get down to SERIOUS drinking and mad rips on the Bugle. The worse sounding your performance the greater your prowess. Simple.
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Combat-Trout
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« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2011, 08:07:25 AM » |
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That sounds like an awesome shoot. BP and good friends always makes for a great day. I've got a 54 Hawken, fun and nice out to 100. This reminds me that I need to get back out on the line.
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"At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that 'news' is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different--in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness." - Robert Heinlein
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MountainManIndy
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« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2011, 12:15:56 AM » |
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Howdy All, So - Mountainman - where do you go to rendezous? The 4X4 shoot sounds like a hoot... whether ya win or not... All the BEST! ~Indy |
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"All that is necessary for the Truimph of Evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
If you read and speak English - thank a teacher. If you write and speak your mind - thank those who serve in the military.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you want to be immortal - either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing about" - Ben Franklin ['or don't die' - Woody Allen]
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MountainMan
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« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2011, 12:31:16 AM » |
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Well, the HART CANYON Rondy is held in Tehachapi, CA in April each year. It's a "period correct" rondy. Been there a few times. Primitive is "work intensive" and I don't get in that mood too often. The other one I like is the SESPE Rondy held at the Ojai Valley Gun Club, near Ojai, CA. That's more of a "shoot" and NOT period correct. They have the 4X4 shoot...a lot of fun!
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MountainManIndy
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« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2011, 06:27:38 PM » |
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MountainMan... Thanks for the come back... I'll have to look those folks up... for next April... the 4X4 sounds like alot of fun ... along with, I suspect, other endeavors  All the BEST! ~Indy |
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"All that is necessary for the Truimph of Evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
If you read and speak English - thank a teacher. If you write and speak your mind - thank those who serve in the military.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you want to be immortal - either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing about" - Ben Franklin ['or don't die' - Woody Allen]
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« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2012, 02:25:32 PM » |
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You should see the looks  I get Dove hunting with my .62cal smoothbore |
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MountainManIndy
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« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2012, 01:54:47 PM » |
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Mischief~ - before or after you out shoot your compadres  All the VERY BEST! ~Indy |
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"All that is necessary for the Truimph of Evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
If you read and speak English - thank a teacher. If you write and speak your mind - thank those who serve in the military.
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If you want to be immortal - either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing about" - Ben Franklin ['or don't die' - Woody Allen]
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« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2012, 08:00:20 PM » |
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Mischief~ - before or after you out shoot your compadres All the VERY BEST! ~Indy Both,however,the ohhhhh's and ahhhhhs's come when the smoke clears and the dove hits the ground. Keep your powder dry and your flint sharp |
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