Ugly Sauce
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Wow. A rifle to die for. That could almost make me change my single-shot, muzzle loading ways. !!!It would wake you up! The .405 in the 1895 is not bad, even with a steel buttplate.
Wow. A rifle to die for. That could almost make me change my single-shot, muzzle loading ways. !!!It would wake you up! The .405 in the 1895 is not bad, even with a steel buttplate.
That one was one of the first runs of .270's that didn't sell so they sent them back to Miroku to rebarrel them to .405WCF. Serial number 12! I shot sub-MOA 100yd groups with the buckhorns.Wow. A rifle to die for. That could almost make me change my single-shot, muzzle loading ways. !!!
Then I win the prize. I often hunt, trek, hike, and play with maps and compass in a grizzly recovery area (Harvey Creek grizzly recovery area, GMU113, North Eastern corner of Washington state) with a .62" flintlock. Do you want to live forever??
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That is funny. I have ridden motorcycles most of my life too. But my need for speed has caused a couple serious accidents and after a bad one 3 years ago my family has banned me from riding motorcycles. I am 76.Oh no! No apology necessary! I kind of got a kick out of it, and muzzle loaders, especially flintlocks, are not for everyone. Neither are single shots. From a logical perspective, they certainly are not the best choice. But either is riding a motorcycle, which I've done all me life.
A smokeless muzzleloader? tell me more. What powder do you use and is it a special rifle?I never warmed up to front stuffers but I love me a good single shot! Between rifles, pistols, shotguns, and 2 muzzleloaders I have 15 of them. Actually both my black powder muzzleloaders are for sale because I just ordered a smokeless muzzleloader for MN muzzleloader season. Feel free to call me a heretic.
I have a large knife, and a preference to die in the wilderness, rather than the side of the highway, or a hospice bed.I suggest that he/she/it also have a large caliber/multi-shot handgun at vey least.
Yeah but I bet you have one stashed away that you sneak out on once in a while. I think I've even seen it.That is funny. I have ridden motorcycles most of my life too. But my need for speed has caused a couple serious accidents and after a bad one 3 years ago my family has banned me from riding motorcycles. I am 76.
A smokeless muzzleloader? tell me more. What powder do you use and is it a special rifle?
Thanks that's very interesting.Been reading about it for a decade and finally pulled the trigger on getting one. The most common way to make one is to take a break action 45/70 like an H&R or CVA scout and they drill out the chamber end and thread it for a steel breech plug. To load it you either push a .452” diameter bullet down the .458” caliber bore, or use a 40 caliber bullet in a sabot. Common load is like 55-60 grains of IMR4198 under a 200-250 grain sabot or a 250-300 grain .452 bullet. If using .452 diameter bullets they make adjustable sizers to size down the bullet till it is a friction fit in the bore. When fired the bullet obturates into the rifling so it seals up and grabs the rifling. There are a few gunsmiths that do conversions and also a few that make new barrels from scratch for Encore's, Omegas, remington 700's, ect...
Smokeless Muzzleloading
Loads, tips, and shooting for the Savage muzzleloader, SMI smokeless and other muzzleloaders approved for smokeless ONLY. Warning! Smokeless powder loads are not for use in any other muzzleloaders.www.modernmuzzleloader.com
my family has banned me from riding motorcycles. I am 76.
I've always thought the thanksgiving hunt was the best tradition! Used to always go in the morning, be home afternoon for the big dinner. Now I've been banned from that, "family obligations". (which means helping with dinner and cleaning up the house, opening the patio, firing up the wood stove, being the "good host", etc., etc.) Dang! However, so my new tradition is hunting the following day, and taking a big turkey sammich. !!! That turkey sammich, and cooking up some strong coffee out in the woods is my new "second Thanksgiving".BTW, I still go pheasant hunting by myself on Thanksgiving morning. It's my tradition.
No sir, I never have fully recovered from busting my ankle up so badly - at least not yet. The orthopedic surgeon put metal plates on both sides, and then put screws clear through both plates to pull things back together. After a couple of months and a bunch of physical therapy, the surgeon went back in and took everything out and declared me "healed."Wow, an ankle injury is one of my most feared injuries. Do you ever fully recover from that?
As an aside theres also companies making them as purposes built guns as opposed to conversion.....they tend to be..... expensive....Thanks that's very interesting.