Today was the last shoot of the year for the local BP club I shoot with, the Illini Muzzleloaders. It was the annual meat/prize shoot.
The match was 38 shots at steel swingers, 2x2 wood blocks, clay birds and suckers. Them little bitty dum-dum suckers the bank gives out to kids. All the targets were offhand 25-75 yards.
I shot the match with my .54 GPR cap gun. In that rifle I always use my regular hunting load of 80 grains 3F Goex, .020 Ox-yoke pre-lubed patch and a .530 home cast ball.
Usually I run a spit patch and a dry one after 10 or so shots. Today I decided to see what would happen if I didn't. Noting happened! I just shot all 38 targets and saved some patches. It didn't get hard to load. Accuracy never went away. I was over 20 shots in when I shot the suckers at 25 yards and hit 2 of 4.
Both the GPR and I were in fine form today and we won 1st place! 31 hits out of 38 shots. Came home with a CVA .45 pistol, 3 pounds of buffalo burger, and a pack of chilli fixin's for my trouble. :thumbsup: Had a blast doin' it too.
The match was 38 shots at steel swingers, 2x2 wood blocks, clay birds and suckers. Them little bitty dum-dum suckers the bank gives out to kids. All the targets were offhand 25-75 yards.
I shot the match with my .54 GPR cap gun. In that rifle I always use my regular hunting load of 80 grains 3F Goex, .020 Ox-yoke pre-lubed patch and a .530 home cast ball.
Usually I run a spit patch and a dry one after 10 or so shots. Today I decided to see what would happen if I didn't. Noting happened! I just shot all 38 targets and saved some patches. It didn't get hard to load. Accuracy never went away. I was over 20 shots in when I shot the suckers at 25 yards and hit 2 of 4.
Both the GPR and I were in fine form today and we won 1st place! 31 hits out of 38 shots. Came home with a CVA .45 pistol, 3 pounds of buffalo burger, and a pack of chilli fixin's for my trouble. :thumbsup: Had a blast doin' it too.