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  1. Preacher Dave

    How Far Can You Make Successful Kill Shots ?.

    I would tend to agree with your supposition and suggestions of how to find your distance by shooting at a paper plate. I know that my offhand distance is considerably shorter than when I'm using a shooting stick or rest.
  2. Preacher Dave

    Hawken vs Renegade butt end

    My Renegade Hunter, single trigger model, has a butt width of 1.5" and trigger pull of 13 1/8". My Hawken has a butt width of 1.4" and trigger pull to set trigger of 13 1/8" and to set trigger of 14".
  3. Preacher Dave

    My son's first muzzleloader deer

    Excellent, congratulations on your successful hunt together.
  4. Preacher Dave

    Cherry wood for a stock…good or bad

    That should make a very attractive stocked rifle.
  5. Preacher Dave

    new .40 cal Gillespie NC mountain rifle

    Outstanding figure in the wood! You have something there, hope it shoots as good for you as it looks.
  6. Preacher Dave

    My foray into the flint world.

    Pretty slugs you cast there @Blogman.
  7. Preacher Dave

    My foray into the flint world.

    Sort of a normal progression I think for a lot of us, going from percussion to flint. I have never been tempted to go any further than the flinters and avoid the wheel locks.
  8. Preacher Dave

    When hunting do you dress the part?

    I have in the past donned early garb to include leggings and mocs. I had a quite extensive wardrobe for reenacting the F&I / pre-revolutionary war period. I enjoyed being historic whether small game or deer hunting. When we first had the requirement to wear hunter orange during muzzleloader deer...
  9. Preacher Dave

    First one of the year

    Nice shooting there @Boomerang ! Glad you could get out and give those tree rats some lead. It's just too stinking hot here in Missouri for me and will have to cool off a bit before I'm willing to fight the ticks for some squirrel meat.
  10. Preacher Dave

    Fall Managed Deer Hunt

    I have been fortunate to have had our hunting group selected for an upcoming Managed Deer Hunt at the Drury - Mincy wildlife conservation area near Branson, Missouri for October 26 & 27. The fall muzzleloader deer hunts were always a special time for me in Missouri and I was disappointed when...
  11. Preacher Dave

    Buying a custom or semi custom flintlock rifle

    Good advice. The best makers have a backlog and that is what takes so long. Once the good makers start on a custom build they usually don't take that long to complete the project. But the wait to work your way to the top of the list can be measured sometimes in years!
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