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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: Sabotloader on May 15, 2014, 02:46:01 PM

Title: In the Rock Pit - Crushing Rock
Post by: Sabotloader on May 15, 2014, 02:46:01 PM: Yesterday was a great morning to get out - so I headed to the Rock Pit with my Western Edition Mountaineer. I wanted to complete my project of getting the rifle sighted in with the new bullet that I had gotten from Bull Shop Dan. In Idaho we are required to use open sights and full bore lead conicals and I was switching from the my normal .503x460 grain Bull Shop to a lighter faster version a .503x350 grain lead conical.

When I got to the rock pit I set up a paper target @ 75 yards and completed the sight in that I was happy and confident with. After that I brought the paper target back in and walked 6 clay pigeons out to the rock wall to complete the shoot. The wall ranges about 100 yards from my portable bench.

I am shooting 110 grains of T7-3f ignited with a #11 Mag cap, I have in the past used a shot card under the bullet to keep the intense heat of the burning T7 from melting the bottom of the lead projectile. But for the last several months I have been using a MMP 50 cal. Sub Base instead of the card for the insulative effect plus adding to the capture of pressure behind the sub base.

It only took 5 shots to complete the paper project - then it was on the to real fun - shooting something that would break. I set six birds on the wall and began a systematic shoot down... The first 6 were so much fun I set up another 4 and worked them down to nothing.

Here is a composite picture of the shoot...

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Title: Re: In the Rock Pit - Crushing Rock
Post by: oneshot12 on May 15, 2014, 05:09:16 PM: looks and sounds like you have it all worked in to just where you want it to be . Good shooting :bash: still working on my project will let you know how it goes once done . keep it up Pard :IBCOOL: nice to see one of us can get out and shoot hahahahaha
Title: Re: In the Rock Pit - Crushing Rock
Post by: Sabotloader on May 15, 2014, 05:44:23 PM: Quote from: oneshot12 on May 15, 2014, 05:09:16 PM
looks and sounds like you have it all worked in to just where you want it to be . Good shooting :bash: still working on my project will let you know how it goes once done . keep it up Pard :IBCOOL: nice to see one of us can get out and shoot hahahahaha

Ya But!!! you got to go turkey hunting and I didn't - to busy with softball - so now I am onto squirrel hunting with a 17 HMR..

This picture is with the 22LR - the 17 is just like this only believe it or not it is cheaper to shoot than a 22 and I can find shells for it...

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv130%2Fsabotloader%2FArchive%2FVermineShoot.jpg&hash=7e0fac4c2503d0d384abc264abfc46af5f734948) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sabotloader/media/Archive/VermineShoot.jpg.html)
Title: Re: In the Rock Pit - Crushing Rock
Post by: oneshot12 on May 15, 2014, 07:58:11 PM: :) maybe so but looks like you are still gettin some shooting in this spring any ways hahahaha looks pretty darn good from here !!!!!!