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Anouncement's. / Re: No line...
« Last post by Red Badger on April 24, 2024, 06:11:07 PM »I am looking into it... give me some time... I know mine is working .... There are some settings which can cause it not to work...
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Your Favorite Rifle / Re: Powder
« Last post by flintboomer on April 24, 2024, 02:14:10 PM »Note:
I don't hesitate to switch powder brands except if it is really old because some of the old stuff is either "hotter" or sometimes simply not very good quality. Last weekend another shooter was trying to use some old stuff that he had been given and it would barely work at all. I don't remember what brand it was but I didn't recognize it.
I don't hesitate to switch powder brands except if it is really old because some of the old stuff is either "hotter" or sometimes simply not very good quality. Last weekend another shooter was trying to use some old stuff that he had been given and it would barely work at all. I don't remember what brand it was but I didn't recognize it.
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Your Favorite Rifle / Re: Powder
« Last post by Hanshi on April 23, 2024, 10:47:21 AM »After a few years the Zouave got sold/lent/gifted/ it just got gone. About 20 years ago I replaced it with a US M1841 in .54; this jewel is here to stay. It's killed deer, is extremely accurate and well made. But it weighs 10.5 lbs.
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Your Favorite Rifle / Re: Powder
« Last post by flintboomer on April 23, 2024, 08:55:02 AM »My Zuove musket prefers 2f but doesn't always get it. Everything else gets 3f no matter what the caliber is.
Do I use 3f in my 54, 58 and 62? Yes and it works fine because I'm not hunting elephants with them, just targets and deer or elk.
Do I use 3f in my 54, 58 and 62? Yes and it works fine because I'm not hunting elephants with them, just targets and deer or elk.
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Your Favorite Rifle / Re: Powder
« Last post by Hanshi on April 22, 2024, 02:19:23 PM »Long, long ago before all the ice melted, leaving us the Great Lakes, piles of boulders and the Chalupa thingy that sucks goats; I had to buy my powder locally one can at a time. I carried home whatever he had in the vault, 2F, 3F. I used them interchangeably in my rifle and didn't know any better. I was satisfied as long as the gun went bang at the pull of the trigger.
I actually hit some of the things I aimed at. Though it was a .58 I killed squirrels with both minie and prb (my preference). I never thought to use it for deer.
I cast ALL my ammo from scrounged lead so shooting was fairly cheap. This was good because I'm cheap, always have been. I tended to hang around weird people..........or, as I've overheard, "why do they hang around this really weird guy"? It got worse and worse so that now I have flintlocks scattered all around.
I actually hit some of the things I aimed at. Though it was a .58 I killed squirrels with both minie and prb (my preference). I never thought to use it for deer.
I cast ALL my ammo from scrounged lead so shooting was fairly cheap. This was good because I'm cheap, always have been. I tended to hang around weird people..........or, as I've overheard, "why do they hang around this really weird guy"? It got worse and worse so that now I have flintlocks scattered all around.
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Your Favorite Rifle / Re: Powder
« Last post by hotfxr on April 22, 2024, 11:28:41 AM »I use 3fff for everything 50 cal and under, and as primer. my .54 I use 2ff. Of course for Mighty Bruce (the cannon) I use a cannon grind which I guess would come out to -2ff.
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Your Favorite Rifle / Powder
« Last post by Hanshi on April 22, 2024, 11:03:12 AM »Just curious as to what powder(s) you use in rifles, smoothbores and pistols. I got into the habit long, long ago of using 3f for everything. It simplified it all and worked out very well. I always tried to keep a small supply of 4F for prime and a bit of 2f for particular uses.
What about everyone else? What grades of black powder and what grades of subs are used by you all?
What about everyone else? What grades of black powder and what grades of subs are used by you all?
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Your club / Re: Spring Rendezvous
« Last post by Hanshi on April 22, 2024, 10:13:49 AM »I've only been to two (2) rendezvous in my life and was there for just one day. Fun? YES!. I shot in the woods walk event and bow & arrow shoot. These things are much fun. I'll never likely go to another one, it's just beyond my ability now to be that active.
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Your club / Re: Spring Rendezvous
« Last post by flintboomer on April 22, 2024, 07:19:29 AM »Results from the 2024 Beaver Creek Freetrappers 2024 Spring Rendezvous:
We shot rifle, pistol, smoothbore and novelty plus knife and hawk and fire starting.
Rain was forecast and we did get some light rain but it wasnt a bad day overall.
Participation was light, we only had 11 shooters.
Overall:
Chris D 1st
Ron D 2nd
"Doc" 3rd
My nephew beat me on almost everything but I came in 2nd except for knife and hawk which I somehow won.
It was a good day.
We shot rifle, pistol, smoothbore and novelty plus knife and hawk and fire starting.
Rain was forecast and we did get some light rain but it wasnt a bad day overall.
Participation was light, we only had 11 shooters.
Overall:
Chris D 1st
Ron D 2nd
"Doc" 3rd
My nephew beat me on almost everything but I came in 2nd except for knife and hawk which I somehow won.
It was a good day.
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Anouncement's. / Re: No line...
« Last post by flintboomer on April 22, 2024, 07:00:24 AM »I used to peruse the posts by clicking on "show unread posts since last visit" to pull up an update of the latest.From the home page scroll down looking for green diamonds on the left side and then click on the right side where it shows the latest post.
That feature does not seem to be working. I get a message of "no unread posts since last visit", so I assumed that no one was posting anything at all. But looking at the individual pages, I see there have been some recent posts.
Something is definitely wrong in Denmark.
Yes, this problem is making it difficult for anyone who is looking for activity on the site.