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    PRB...Not for me

    The best I can do for you is a faulty old man's memory. On the Discovery, or History or Learning Channel there were a series of shows called the Battlefield Detectives. Using metal detectors they searched battlefields for projectiles buried on the field. They were primarialy looking for...
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    The Most Versatile Hunting Caliber

    Here our big game seasons, Deer, Bear, Boar and Deer again run in a continous string, so I find my .50s to be the most versatile. I do have a 28 gauge smoothy, and a .36 caliber varmint rifle for whatever's left over. :thumbsup:
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    PRB...Not for me

    How then were archeologists able to pick up, in their own words, "a great number of conical bullets" on the battlefield at Saratoga?
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    My first muzzleloader was?

    Bob needs to change his handle to "older'n dirt'" Laws he's 10 years olden'n me. :hatsoff:
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    BP speed goat

    I'm tryin' to figure out how you got my face in yore picture, I've never hunted in Montana. :rotf:
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    My first muzzleloader was?

    A CVA synthetic stock Bobcat. My youngest son gave it to me for Xmas 4or years ago. He spent $60 for the rifle, I spent about $100 for the stuff to go with it. :shake: It shoots great, but is ill balanced. I'm gonna mate the barrel on my underhammer frame, along with a T/C .56 smoothbore barrel.
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    general muzzleloading questions

    You too can shoot real black powder, and most folks here will recommend it. You can find several suppliers on the internet. I use Graf & Son, they sell both Goex and Grafs (a private label on a can of Wano powder). You can mix F grades within an order to suit yourself. There is a $20 hazmat fee...
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    impregnated wood ramrods

    I bought one on Auction Arms a couple of years ago. The seller may still advertise them there. I did notice that I couldn't withdraw it when the barrel wedge was in place, it must be thicker than the plastic, flexible, original. Sure is pretty though, and I haven't hunted with the gun, so my...
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    deer-motor vehicle collisions

    See if the projectile is big enough, velocity doesn't need to be very high. :surrender:
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    Todays barrel length to short

    So now we know, barrels are shorter these days so photographers can git close enough to capture details. :shake:
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    Twist to fast

    My White Mountain Carbine shoots prbs acceptably with 50 grains of FFg Wano and an 0.018" patch. I haven't done any real development as I also have a Renegade with a 66" twist. :v
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    How many use...

    I like to look around after each step, then squat and do it again. About every third squat, I'll pivot and look behind, ol' mossyhorn has learned hunters don't do that, so he'll circle around and follow you. If I have to travel some distance, like on a logging road,I'll make noise with my feet...
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    Hunting on heavily hunted public land?

    That's the classic method for getting elk out of black timber. Disturb the herd in there and the lead cow will take them into another drainage through her favorite pass. The oldtimers have these routes named, and know NOT to take the lead cow, her successor will have a different opinion. :wink...
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    Roundballs and Shoulder Shots

    If I can hit the offside shoulder after the ball passes through the lungs and aorta I'll do it every time. You can't expect to knock a deer down braking a couple of ribs and having the ball pass through, essentially air in between. It may happen, but you can't count on it. A solid hit on a big...
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    Really new at this

    Cone the muzzle, throw away that short starter. Use a loading block, it'll position the ball and patch in the coned muzzle and you can thumb it down far enough to use a choked up ramrod. :wink:
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    Really new at this

    Not mine but I wouldn't tell any .45-70 fanatics their guns won't kill moose. :rotf:
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    T/C Hawken + Renegade rumors are FALSE.

    Why don't you git one of the .56 smoothy barels and have it bored and rifled. Surely a .58 or .62 bore wouldn't weaken that 1" barrel too much. :wink:
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    Really new at this

    I have a CVA with a 48" twist, as are most T/C barrels. It shoots prbs well, and the Buffalo 245 grain Ballets nearly as well. I've not tried the shorter Power Belts or R. E. A. L. s in it as I've another rifle better suited to conicals. But I'd try the 245 Power Belts in a 48" twist, and the...
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    Peashooter selection

    Regardless of the caliber, think hard about the use of the rifle. If you'll be hunting small game, you'll want accuracy with light charges. If you want varmints, heavier charges are desirable. Twist rate will affect the charge weight, the faster the twist, the lighter the accurate charge can be.
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    Enhancing iron sights

    The problem with that sight is it tends to shoot away from the light. Remember move the front sight away from the direction you want the ball to go? The sourdough, a sight without a bead, can be angled like that and avoids the dendency. A thin groove with white paint tells you where the sight is...
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