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Heading north to the big timber in a few days to hunt the last three days of the muzzleloader season. Three of us in a remote cabin. We each bring a breakfast, a supper and assorted snacks, personal beverages, etc.
Forecast is pretty cold, overnight lows are single digit.
We all use percussion Hawken/Plains style rifles, I'm the only one with a .54 (a Lyman GPR). We usually harvest a deer or two despite the growing wolf population. Considering the forecast, I suspect I'll be enjoying my coffee very much.
Anyway, for those of you still hunting, best wishes and hunt safe.
Best regards, Vic
 
Here in Pa. , our M/L flintlock season starts Dec. 26th. . Couple of us are planning to go to N.C. Pa. , and chase the deer around a bit. Last Sat. , I encountered the buck of a lifetime , at 20 yds. , and didn't see him again , in the few days I hunted him. I researched him , and found where he poops , sleeps , makes his scrapes , and his buck rubs. Who knows, might be able to fill the peep sight on my flint lock , with his shoulder , yet. He had a "forest" of points on his rack , and I'm still jazzed up , just remembering his image. ........oldwood
 
Good luck on your hunt.

If you search the flintlock forum here for "peep sight" you'll find all kinds of discussions and photos of home made and commercial peeps. One of my favorites for flinters is the Johnson peep from Muzzleloader builders supply. Here's a pic of one on a Hawken I built:

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Good luck. Hope you get a biggun’ and enjoy your time in camp. Remember, we like pics.🙂
 
Trader , we have no cell svc. here , so don't have a way to pic and send an image. Anyway , 20 or so years ago, I saw an old original long rifle with a simple peep sight on it. Last yr. , I built an ultra light , about 6+ lb. .50 cal. long rifle , to replace the .62 cal. I was using. My eyesight has gone so bad , I had to go with a peep sight , on a new long rifle . It has a blade sight for the front , and no traditional rear sight . The peep is simply a bent pc. of 3/32" sheet metal , with a slightly smaller than 1/16th " peep hole in it. To hold the sheet metal sight on the tang of the breech plug , I used two #4-40 thread machine screws spaced in line w/ each other about 3/16" apart , and installed up through the sheet metal , so it is as unobtrusive as I could make it. It was aligned by eye , involving centering the sight to the breech plug tang. I used a straight 7/8 " oct. 37 "barrel , so the front sight was filed down , and drifted in it's dovetail for windage adjust. The peep sight hole was adjusted slightly up above the top flat of the barrel to cut down on warm weather heat wave mirage , if it should be a problem. I counter drilled the muzzle side of the peep hole to a thin funnel shape to make the hole as efficient as possible. First trip to the range , I was elated. Target....visible and in focus. Front sight post , same result. Group at 50 yds. , 3.5 " I'll take that any day for deer.
Hope this is more clear than mud. Drop me a note , if I can help.......... :thumb: ..oldwood
 
TraderVic said:
Heading north to the big timber in a few days to hunt the last three days of the muzzleloader season. Three of us in a remote cabin. We each bring a breakfast, a supper and assorted snacks, personal beverages, etc.
Forecast is pretty cold, overnight lows are single digit.
We all use percussion Hawken/Plains style rifles, I'm the only one with a .54 (a Lyman GPR). We usually harvest a deer or two despite the growing wolf population. Considering the forecast, I suspect I'll be enjoying my coffee very much.
Anyway, for those of you still hunting, best wishes and hunt safe.
Best regards, Vic
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This camp is located in Northern Wisconsin about 30 miles SW of Lake Superior. We're all retired and don't hunt as far off the trails as we used to. We don't drag deer as far as we used to when we were younger. This year we'll have about 6" of snow for the hunt. Two years ago we had to use snowshoes to stay up on the 30" of snow we had. What a difference.
 
oldwood said:
Trader , we have no cell svc. here , so don't have a way to pic and send an image. Anyway , 20 or so years ago, I saw an old original long rifle with a simple peep sight on it. Last yr. , I built an ultra light , about 6+ lb. .50 cal. long rifle , to replace the .62 cal. I was using. My eyesight has gone so bad , I had to go with a peep sight , on a new long rifle . It has a blade sight for the front , and no traditional rear sight . The peep is simply a bent pc. of 3/32" sheet metal , with a slightly smaller than 1/16th " peep hole in it. To hold the sheet metal sight on the tang of the breech plug , I used two #4-40 thread machine screws spaced in line w/ each other about 3/16" apart , and installed up through the sheet metal , so it is as unobtrusive as I could make it. It was aligned by eye , involving centering the sight to the breech plug tang. I used a straight 7/8 " oct. 37 "barrel , so the front sight was filed down , and drifted in it's dovetail for windage adjust. The peep sight hole was adjusted slightly up above the top flat of the barrel to cut down on warm weather heat wave mirage , if it should be a problem. I counter drilled the muzzle side of the peep hole to a thin funnel shape to make the hole as efficient as possible. First trip to the range , I was elated. Target....visible and in focus. Front sight post , same result. Group at 50 yds. , 3.5 " I'll take that any day for deer.
Hope this is more clear than mud. Drop me a note , if I can help.......... :thumb: ..oldwood
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Would it be possible to get a picture of the peep sight you describe? I have an early T/C Hawken, bored out to .54 and would like to get a peep set-up for it.
Thanks,
MikeW
 

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