Auction Goodies

Hit an estate auction yesterday morn, had a few good laughs and ate carrot cake for breakfast..LOL... and found a few treasures for my ML hobby :)

Picked up a Lee Melting Pot, 5lbs of lead and 3 lbs of #4 shot for $25 ;

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It took me a minute to identify the FFFg Black Powder...I didn't recognize the label, I've only ever seen the Red/Black tins of Goex. The one Can is full, never been opened and the other is 1/2 full...great deal at $5.

The date stamps on the bottom says they're from 1977....

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They even threw in a box (almost full) of wad cups.....I use these in my 12 gauge ML barrel. They hold about 1 1/4 oz of shot. I find they give me a better pattern at 25 yds than just pouring the shot in over the powder wad.

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nice find .just never know .now burns some powder and make smoke Dutch

..not to mention making my own .45 balls now...LOL...

MikePal

Glad to hear you did well at an estate sale.
Sometimes you can find good values at a reasonable cost or discount.
Because my muzzle loading is so specialized shot-shell components are about the only useful items for me. #4 shot would be definitely welcomed for my favorite pheasant load.
Just have to find a good location again for pheasant’s not so far away, chuckle.


Ed

Estate Sale Mike gets all the good deals . Damn . LOL:thumbup:

TD

Good today bad tomorrow. United Nations is proposing a world band on lead bullets.

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Originally Posted by ET1

MikePal

Glad to hear you did well at an estate sale.
Sometimes you can find good values at a reasonable cost or discount.
Because my muzzle loading is so specialized shot-shell components are about the only useful items for me. #4 shot would be definitely welcomed for my favorite pheasant load.
Just have to find a good location again for pheasant’s not so far away, chuckle.


Ed

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Not to hijack the thread, but ET1, are there any pheasants left in your area? I used to live on Western Hill in St. Catharines in the late sixties and early seventies, and there were LOTS of pheasants in the 12-Mile Creek valley. We would start hiking around Kinsey Street and go out to Jackson's Flats or the Scout Camp and kick up lots. People tell me they are mostly gone now. Of course, you couldn't SHOOT them down there, but at least there were birds. And about eight jillion raccoons, too, LOL!

Kilo Charlie

Yes many moons ago 12 Mile Creek Valley was a pheasant hot spot but with human population expansion the ideal terrain for pheasants was lost and birds just disappeared.
You might not even recognize this area if you were to visit. All the grass fields and vineyards are gone. Of course city limits have expanded to encompass this area as well for expanded sub divisions.


Niagara On The Lake also used to be a hot spot and there is only a few sparse pockets that still hold birds. Trying to get permission to hunt unless you know someone is like winning the lottery.

A club in Thorold use to released pheasants for a few years behind BeaverDams along Seaway property and that was great hunting for a few weeks every year. Now with so many hiking trails going through there the Seaway no longer allows hunting on their property. Hence the pheasant release program was stopped.

In West Lincoln I understand that there are still a few release sights but kept very quiet for club members only. If you happen to stumble across a group hunting a specific area you may get lucky and shoot a few released birds.

For many years I used to be happy just to get 3-birds. One bird was put away for Christmas dinner and the other 2 enjoyed with friends. Now I would settle for 1-fat pheasant a year to enjoy.


Ed

Congratulations, Mike! You sure do find some treasures.

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Good today bad tomorrow. United Nations is proposing a world band on lead bullets.

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ohh thank God you said United Nations, they are about effectual as the Green party in making policy changes...LOL...

I'll have to melt and mould enough lead to cover the grandfather clause :)

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Congratulations, Mike! You sure do find some treasures.

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Hey Pete...I was pleased to find the 3Fg at that price....I wanted to compare it to the 2Fg Goex I picked up last year at the gun show. See if the results from the finer powder is that noticeable at 50yds with the .45.

I also noticed a plethora of porcupines while out hunting deer....I think the .45 and I will have to go out and reduce that population some while the weather is still agreeable :)

Looking forward to the "Porky" report!

I don't know if you caught it on another thread, I had a porky crawl up the tree next to me while I was out hunting..he hunkered down and took a nap 4' from me. I had to laugh..I could even hear him snoring..didn't have the heart to shot him :)

Nice pickup

Mike seems to know where every auction is, where all the good stuff is and when.

I have been paying attention to the paper but hunting has filled my weekends the past little while.

Mikepal I like the fff in my 45. They say to reduce the load by 10%.

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Mikepal I like the fff in my 45. They say to reduce the load by 10%.

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Yea that's what I read too....if your using 70 gr load of 2fg drop it to 55 for 3Fg...so, not only does it burn cleaner, higher velocity, but also saves you some powder with each load..:thumbup:

I was able to buy 3 types ( 1Fg thru 3Fg) of the Goex powders this year....I'll have to spend a week next spring trying them out and see how they perform in my .45 Kentucky.

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Originally Posted by MikePal

I don't know if you caught it on another thread, I had a porky crawl up the tree next to me while I was out hunting..he hunkered down and took a nap 4' from me. I had to laugh..I could even hear him snoring..didn't have the heart to shot him :)

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Yes, I saw that. Hilarious! Once, when I had a ground blind under an apple tree, a porky sat above my head eating apples and raining down debris on me.