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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: MagKarl on August 01, 2008, 09:10:57 AM

Title: PRB hunters?
Post by: MagKarl on August 01, 2008, 09:10:57 AM: Anyone around here hunt with traditional patched round balls? Seems most of the posts are inlines and conicals, pellets, etc.

I shot my best group yet this week and thought I'd brag a bit and show what traditional gear can do. 5 shot group, 50 yards, standing offhand. .530 balls, 0.015 patch, 70 gr Goex FF black powder, Lyman Great Plains caplock that I built from a kit.
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: CP on August 02, 2008, 11:02:21 AM: I shoot round balls. They can be frustrating.
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Post by: CP on August 02, 2008, 11:03:24 AM: But with a bit of work and practice they can be accurate.
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Post by: MountainWalk on August 02, 2008, 11:05:15 AM: While i dont ML here in Wa, in AR, when i did, all i shot was patched round balls. I never felt they lacked anything.
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Post by: Slenk on August 02, 2008, 01:27:40 PM: .54 PRB& Fintlock. Works for me.
Slenk
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Post by: MagKarl on August 03, 2008, 08:15:34 AM: Nice group CP. Great to hear you're hunting with flint Slenk, my next one will be.
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Post by: Slenk on August 04, 2008, 06:41:20 AM: This is the .54 that I built . Then got cataracts and couldn't see the sights. Having the surgery now.
Hope to Shoot & Hunt with her next year though.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi30.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc324%2FSlenksstuff640%2FMvc-028s.jpg&hash=ecc80ae660a6edde10c54729924a20be7d9bfd6a)
Slenk
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: bucklucky on August 04, 2008, 07:51:15 AM: Gee, I shoot better groups with my bow off hand at 50 yards :chuckle:
Just playin guys ;)
That is something I have been wanting to do one of these hunting seasons is kill a bull with an ol' flintlock and round ball . Pretty cool to see guys still hunting this way! Good job on the group, seems like a tough gun to group well with. Especially if you are used to modern rifles.
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: CP on August 04, 2008, 09:29:06 AM: A friend of mine shoots both a bow and a Knight Bighorn. He claims that the bow is more accurate out to 100 yards. I haven’t seen him shoot either but I have no reason to doubt his claim.

Well, maybe the 100 yard part.
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: bucklucky on August 04, 2008, 09:36:27 AM: I was just being a smart ars :chuckle: with the bow remark. ;) Shooting "off hand" with my bow ;) :chuckle:
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: MagKarl on August 04, 2008, 09:41:21 AM: Let's hear about that rifle build Slenk. I had a great time putting mine together even though it was a kit and most of the rough stuff is already done, just a lot of fine tuning and finishing work. I think it turned out pretty good though, better than factory GPR's anyway.
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: CP on August 04, 2008, 09:56:28 AM: That’s beautiful, I love the wood.

Here’s mine:
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: Slenk on August 04, 2008, 04:50:55 PM: Quote from: MagKarl on August 04, 2008, 09:41:21 AM
Let's hear about that rifle build Slenk. I had a great time putting mine together even though it was a kit and most of the rough stuff is already done, just a lot of fine tuning and finishing work. I think it turned out pretty good though, better than factory GPR's anyway.
Pretty nice job there MagKarl & CP . I have a twin to CP's rifle.
My First muzzleloader was a CVA kit in 1970 built several kits sense then .
Then started building from scratch. The gun in the picture is .54 cal 36" Green Mountain barrel , Large Siler Lock Kit(tuned by me) Stock was a piece of maple plank that a Friend brought from Kentucky for me.
I made all the other fixtures, butt plate, trigger guard, patchbox, and ramrod Ferrel's,and sights. Nose cap is poured pewter. Have some more Photo's I'll Dig out if you guys want.
Slenk
Title: Re: PRB hunters?
Post by: bucklucky on August 04, 2008, 11:34:30 PM: Good job on the guns guys!
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Post by: CP on August 05, 2008, 06:20:05 AM: That’s impressive work Slenk. I hope the surgery goes well and you are out and shooting again soon.
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Post by: Sagedawg on August 05, 2008, 07:31:24 AM: Very nice rifles guys. Ive thought about building one but just never gotten around to it. My sidelock is a TC renegade, but the only things Ive done to it is to blackout all the brass,convert it to musket caps and changed to a snythetic ramrod. The wood as mentioned is beautiful.

Sage