MosinRob

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Got my first doe of the season yesterday. By the time I was done taking care of everything, I was too tired to post. Shot her about 20 yards away. Was very happy to get some meat in the freezer. I use the Schwacker 125gr. I know a lot of people say bad things about them. This is my 3rd deer with them and I love them. I dont think I ever had a deer bleed out as much as she did. I took a slightly quartering away shot. I love that you can do that with these broadheads unlike rage and other types. I didn't even change into hunting clothes. Grabbed my gear, camo jacket and hat. Still wearing my work clothes lol. Entrance Exit Some blood trail

A encore has a tighter barrel to begin with when compared to like a knight or traditions. So the 250 or 290 should shoot fine. Now when you look at your powder charge, 110 of bh209 has a lot of energy behind it. In my experience, when using over 100 gr of bh209. It likes a heavier bullet to stabilize it better. My opinion is the 290's will give you a little bit better groups. Now how much? That depends on your particular gun. They are all different. Hope this helps you.

i think you'll find better groups at 70 grains with ff then 80. My .54 renegade loves 67 grains and my .50 loves 72. Try the lower charge and it might be better. Renegades I find dirty a little more easier then hawkins. So I swab every shot, but try every 2-4 shots and see how she groups. before loading your first shot, fire a cap. Then dump 20-40 grains down the barrel and shoot it into the air. Then you'll really know her throat is clear.

Thanks to all who showed up and for supporting us in the various ways that you did. It was great the few that popped in and said hi. See you at the next one!

Great turnout today. Was very busy lol. Perfect weather for it. Please stop on by and say hi

Hey guys incase you missed it today, the show was a lot of fun. All kinds of vendors and activitys for the young and old, newbie and seasoned. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/expo.htm Come on over to the Garden State Black Powder Associations Encampment and learn how things were done in the old day. Try your luck throwing a Tomahawk or shooting a longbow. Come see me and shoot my 10 gauge black powder shotgun! Everyone loves the Cannon too. I'll post two videos from today's cannon fire. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/expo_gsbpa.pdf

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As Rosey stated always store muzzle down after cleaning and always fire a cap before your first load. As for me, I fire one cap with the muzzle inches away from a blade or grass or leaf. Make sure it moves. This tells you that everything is clear from cap to muzzle. Then I dump between 30-60 grains of powder down the barrel, cap and fire. I put no projectile in the gun. This is a blank charge. Then I take a spit patch and run it up and down the bore one time. Now the gun is ready to be loaded and fired. You may ask why the empty charge. To me, consistency is accuracy. Just like bow shooters that use anchoring points and shooters who dig their feet into the ground to keep their feet in the same position. By pouring the powder and shooting it then wiping, I keep the barrel the same with every shot. So after every shot I spit patch. You will find people that say to never wipe the bore or say only when you can't get the bullet out or when the shots are rising. To me, what they are saying is the bore is changing and making them less accurate with their gun. Now with that said, with black powder rifles everyone has there own way and no one person does it the "right" way. I know plenty of people who shoot very accurately with their smoke poles and never patch it or very little. It's actually one of the great things about BP shooting and what levels the playing fields

ball puller, c02 discharger, or ffff

Sorry, thought you guys were going this past Thursday

So how'd you guys make out?

they stopped making them but you still see them around, Remington buckhammers

Peeps are good in some aspects to me. I have one on one of my tc Cherokee's. I like a peep better for .32 cause hunting for squirrels with it allows me to see more of the animal. Target wise I like my irons. you don't need the claw if you don't want to buy one. A flat head screw driver will work fine. Yes I agree. Im kind of weird on thing being I don't like to use what everyone else is using. So since you cant buy R.E.A.L in stores you have to cast them or buy from someone. So I like being different. Also why I don't own a gun in .308 and .30-06 lol. The most accurate conical and conical gun I have is my Navy arms hawkin. Its a .58 and I shoot a 630gr stake buster minnie out of her

You need to go to dixions rather than cabelas. They are like 15 min before cabelas. they only do traditional muzzleloading. They will give you a little booklet on muzzleloading and will get you everything you need to get started. http://www.dixonmuzzleloading.com/

no tools really required to take the barrel off. There is a wedge towards where the barrel meets the front of the stock. Pull that out, take the ram rod out, and pull the hammer back. The barrel and breach come right off.

I tried Maxi's once and they shot good. I find most rifles shoot the R.E.A.L conical the best.I have them for my .50's, .54, and .58. Lubed with Wonder Lube 1000 Plus and bee's wax

Muzzleloader has some science to it. Every gun is differn't. I actually shoot that exact gun and with patched round balls it will shoot as accurate as you are all day. For mine I use 67gr of goex ff with a square .020 patch and .530 round ball. Now for you. I would recommend getting some .530 round balls and either .015 or .018 lubed patches. General rule of thumb is 1.5gr times the caliber. So 1.5x54=81. So start with 75 grains. Go up and down in 5gr increments about 25 grains. Take 5 shots at each increments and see where she likes to be. Usually between 60-75 is where they like. Caps, get yourself some #11 caps. Before shooting always fire 2 caps at a blade of grass or leaf to clear the nipple. After the cap goes off, the grass or leaf should move. If it does not, check the gun because there is a clog somewhere. While shooting you will need to see when she likes to be cleaned. I swab between every shot with mine. Some guys only do it until they cant push it down anymore, others do it until it starts rising. I have reasons why I swab every shot but most dont agree with my logic. If you like, I could meet you at old bridge on a sunday and take you through the steps. I'll give you some round balls for free. I cast my own so it costs literally nothing. For cleaning when you get home, I take the gun apart. I put the nipple in a citrus parts soaker. Then I take the barrel and in the sink i pour room temp to warm water down the bore. I do not use hot water because it will cause flash rust in the bore very quickly. After I dump the water down the bore I fill a mop bucket with soapy water and with a patch and jag I pump the soapy water up and down the bore. After this I dump the water out and rinse it to get the crud and soap out. Then I pour water down the bore to get all the soap out. Then fill the bucket with clean water and pump it threw. After that I take a few dry patches and run them down to dry as much as I can. Then I take Butch's bore shine and send a few patches down the bore until the patch comes out clean. Next I take the last couple used patches and wipe down the area around the nipple and stock to get all the residue off. I take a screw driver and wrap the patch around it to get the hammer and snail real good. After that I take sea foam deep creep on a few patches and run them down the bore. after that I wipe down all metal parts with the seafoam. Take the nipple out and clean with a wire brush. The rifle is then stored on a paper towel upside down for 2-3 days so all the excess oil flows out the gun instead of into the back of the gun clogging you when the rifle is used next. Feel free to ask more or pm me

Father in laws ram

Thank you sir. I love them. Fun hunt, beautiful mount and good eating too

Dropped my ram off to MCB Taxidermy about 6 months ago. This was my first experience with Mark. He's quite a Character but he does pretty good work at very low prices. I went to his house today to pick up the Ram. I had him fix a few minor things I found but all in all he did a good job so I'd recommend him.

So I have a friend who seems to be slowly getting out of muzzleloading. He gave me a shout and asked if I had any interest in a .32 squirrel gun. I already have a .32 but what's one more. I said sure how much do you want. He said $450 but He would make it worth my while. Every other time I ever bought from him he gave me about triple in value from what I gave him so i wasn't worried. So I showed up today and we start talking. After a while he says we'll lets get down to the rat killing. He gave me a .32 hawken with a .45 barrel. A .32 Cherokee, and a .50 flintlock. This is my first flint lock so I'm so happy. He also gave me all the trimmings from .32 maxi mould to POUNDS of powder, balls, possible bag patches just so much. I'm just so ecstatic I had to share.

I film some of mine but its usually with the eye glass camera or the one that attaches to the gun/bow

Anyone use CCI #11 magnums? Good, bad? How do they compare to Remington #11?

as a collector, a big old goose egg $0. as a toy, i'd give it $50-75