Today was the last day/close of the early ML Elk hunt. No dice. Now the modern-rifle season will be on soon (I think starts the 16th) and will run it's course, then some late ML seasons.
Ready to rock the last day of "any elk" early muzzle loading elk season. Yep, got the BIG gun on me hip. .54 Caliber...makes me feel warm and fuzzy all day.
Yeah, sun is already up. Dang!
This coffee break brought to you by the Plains Pistol, .54 caliber. Stoked with 60 grains of 3fg under a patched ball. Why? Because I can.
Normally I load it with 70 grains of 2fg, but using 3fg I thought I'd load it "light". Ha ha ha. Ammo load out was six loads in paper cartridges. Fast. Tear-pour-ram-cap and Ka-pow. Capper hanging around my neck for instant access. Also, as you can see, I modified the flash cup so it would not interfere with the capper. Still keeps the soot in the cup and off the breech. But the pistol is very fast to reload.
Carries really nice, for sitting on the ground the holster slides on the belt so I can pull it to my front. Plus it has a lot of "cant". And she don't weigh a lot, about 42 ounces, right in the same weight-zone as my 1860, Remington, EL Patron, etc.
This winter I plan to give it a make-over. Going to put a brass cap on the pointy end of the handle...I really never liked the shape that it is. Also, can't take all the writing and warnings and crap all over the barrel anymore, so I'm going to address that. "De-farb" it. That will involve removing all the blue, but I think it will look good "in the white", and then a natural grey will develop. But man, the left hand side of the barrel requires a book marker to read it, ".54" and "54 Caliber" is on it twice. The markings run all the way from the front sight to the rear. Then where the belt hook was (I hate belt hooks) it's ugly, !! I need to get/make/devise some kind of side plate. A mini-serpent side plate would sure look cool. !!! And I will also replace my bow-handle grip material with some buckskin. Hawg will appreciate that!
Thanks for listening! Next hunt will involve snow.