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  1. hanshi

    Fur Trade History

    For those of you who are E. A. Poe fanatics, among his many stories is one about John Astor, Hudson Bay Co and others most of you know of very well. Since all this wasn't "way back" history for Poe, he probably had an excellent familiarity with the principals involved in the era. Anyone else...
  2. hanshi

    SPG vs mink oil

    I use TOW mink oil and Hoppes #9 BP lube exclusively for patch lube. From what I've read, SPG is very similar. Anyone compared the two for both loading and accuracy? Inquisitive minds want to know. :idunno:
  3. hanshi

    How Many Shots to Group

    The powder measuring thread sort of begs the question as to accuracy. I didn't want to hijack that thread so what about the question? Generally, I've always been a 5 shots to a group - sometimes 10 shots - shooter. Lately. I've been rethinking on that. With larger calibers especially, I've...
  4. hanshi

    Lube Testing

    I've been shooting a .490" ball and .025" denim patches lubed with mink oil. Now, this is a Rice, round bottom barrel with the muzzle untouched. Loads very snug but seats easily with the wood ramrod. Wiping was not needed and load after load was fired without problems. A .40 X 38" "B" weight...
  5. hanshi

    Floaters

    Didn't want to hijack the .50 eyeglass thread so I want to ask, anyone bothered by floaters? They're the worst, unfortunately, in my dominant eye. It's similar to, thought not nearly as bad, looking through a screen. Plus there are two dark dots. I'm constantly getting fooled when I think I...
  6. hanshi

    Busted: deer route changed

    The forest near the private land I hunt on was clear cut a couple years ago and it has resulted in fewer deer using trails near my "stand" and a change in travel habits in general. Opening day, last Saturday, I saw nothing until a deer came up behind my position. That put it down wind, bad. I...
  7. hanshi

    Which load makes sense?

    My .62 smoothbore shoots well with patched and bare ball loads. At the range today I was very short on ammo and only had 12 rounds. First I loaded a .606" WW ball like this: 100 grains of 2F, a card wad, a lubed 1/2" fiber wad/ball/card wad seated as one unit. Three shot groups at 50 yards...
  8. hanshi

    Where to find C&B revolvers?

    I've been looking for a supplier - for a future purchase - which stocks a very wide variety of revolver models. Cabelas is pretty good but generally lacks the smaller models. Something on the order of the Colt 62 Army pocket police or even one of the tiny .31 caliber revolvers. Even a...
  9. hanshi

    Rifle Trigger Weirdness

    Reading Mountain Dewd's posts concerning his .40 poor boy inspired me to ask about the trigger in my .40 Lancaster. Most of the time when the trigger is set and the front trigger is pulled there is a little "click" but the cock doesn't fall. However, if I simply set it again it (so far) fires...
  10. hanshi

    Mink oil results

    After asking about and receiving various opinions on "Mink Oil", I ordered a tin of it from TOTW. On arriving at the range I started off lubing the patches first thing. I would shoot, load, shoot, etc. No wiping of the bore was done - which I would normally do in the woods - and after 6...
  11. hanshi

    My Poorboy has been shipped

    Just received word that my long awaited Tn Poorboy has been shipped. I should be holding it in my fat, grubby, sweaty little hands on the 23rd, Tuesday. .32 x Rice 38" rb swamped barrel. The lock is from Chambers. 5 more days of misery. :td: The builder will not be divulged and many will...
  12. hanshi

    Smothbores ARE Accurate

    A couple of years ago I killed a big doe with my flint .62 smoothbore and decided yesterday to check that load at the range...again, but not since about a year ago. That load consisted of a .600" lead ball, 70 grains of JBP and a Hoppes lubed patch .015" flannel. Groups at 50 yards were...
  13. hanshi

    An "Almost" bird

    It's been almost two weeks ago that I made it out for turkey. The woods resounded with gobbling. I set up and commenced calling. For a bit I even carried on a conversation with at least three gobblers (no idea what we said). Anyway I did catch one's attention and brought him up close three...
  14. hanshi

    Season Evacuation??

    Yesterday was our opening day and I was out in the woods soon as I could make it. I set up in two different locations over the course of the morning. Not one gobble; not one cluck; not one turkey. And I heard only one (1) shot all morning long. Were they all evacuated before the season...
  15. hanshi

    One or two Lock Bolts

    I'm having a Tn poorboy .32 built. Everything is picked out but the question of whether to have one or two lock bolts still bothers me. Is there any need for just one bolt and is there any advantage to having two.
  16. hanshi

    Trophy

    Just speaking for myself but it needs to be said. Any game taken with a muzzleloader (especially a flintlock) in fair chase is a trophy and deserving of respect. Never, ever browbeat yourself over "just one squirrel" or "turned out to be only a button buck", etc. You are doing something...
  17. hanshi

    Interesting Find

    I didn't want to hijack the "cheap horn" thread so decided to start a new one. I found this horn at the Salvation Army Thrift Store a few days ago. It is thin and lightweight with the spout threaded and screwed into the horn tip. The tip of the spout screws out leaving a larger opening for...
  18. hanshi

    .50 Velocities

    My rifle (.50 x 38" swamped Rice round groove barrel) is sighted in at about 100 yards. The load is Jacks Battle Powder (70grns) and it's accurate with 1700fps. Both my adjustable measures say it's way more than that but a check on an electronic scale says 71grns. I wasn't expecting such high...
  19. hanshi

    JBP & Goex

    Finally getting my lazy self in gear I made a trip to the shooting range today for the sole purpose of chronographing a few loads using Jacks Battle Powder. JBP offers a real choice to shooters who prefer to buy American powders. JBP is made by Goex and costs significantly less than standard...
  20. hanshi

    Tn. Barrel

    I'm in a quandary - lived most of my life in one but that's another story - concerning what barrel I should for a Tn Poorboy. I'm tired of having to hang my head in shame when the subject of .32 flinters comes up. the one I have is percussion (a nice one, though). I'm thinking of a Tn poor...
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