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December 9th, 2019, 06:09 PM
#11
Nice going, congrats to the both of you
"Everything is easy when you know how"
"Meat is not grown in stores"
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December 9th, 2019 06:09 PM
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December 9th, 2019, 06:16 PM
#12
nice and tender stuff there buddy. better eating than that tough old buck anyways.
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December 9th, 2019, 08:46 PM
#13
Well done. Venison is far better tasting then the paper tag.
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December 9th, 2019, 11:17 PM
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December 10th, 2019, 06:52 AM
#15
Congratulations! What is your load? For my .50 cal cap & ball, I use 85 grains of FFG.
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December 10th, 2019, 08:00 AM
#16
Originally Posted by
hollywood
Congratulations! What is your load? For my .50 cal cap & ball, I use 85 grains of FFG.
I did not want to adjust the sights (filing the groove deeper or shortening the post) so I went with the load that hit dead on elevation at 50 yards. That load was 100gr of Pyrodex RS, I went with Pyrodex as it is a propellant and not an explosive, so it was easier to get through my sources but very similar to true BP. I seated a Speer 0.490 round ball patched and lubed with Wonderlube. All that was touched off with a CCI magnum #11 percussion cap.
The barrel length is 33 1/2in, there is some decent bang when this thing goes off, ha ha ha.
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December 10th, 2019, 11:25 AM
#17
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December 10th, 2019, 05:58 PM
#18
Has too much time on their hands
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December 11th, 2019, 09:16 AM
#19
Congrats on the deer!
That half-second hang fire is scary as hell. Glad all left the woods safely.
FYI a yearling is a 1.5 year-old deer. That's a fawn, born this spring.
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December 11th, 2019, 10:57 AM
#20
Originally Posted by
benjhind
Congrats on the deer!
That half-second hang fire is scary as hell. Glad all left the woods safely.
FYI a yearling is a 1.5 year-old deer. That's a fawn, born this spring.
We always said yearling, fawns have spots, but I know what you mean.
I shot a baby, not a problem with that for me.
Nothing scary about the hang fire, just keep it pointed in a safe direction, annoyed that I did not follow the deer while waiting though, she was well within range and not moving too fast.
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