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    I think im ready?

    Finally made it out to the range with the Pedersoli 10ga dbl this am after the crappy MN weather kept me indoors for a week longer than I wanted. Tried various loading including the Skychief. Ended up getting very solid patterns with 65gr ffg T7, 2 op cards, cork wad topped with another op card...
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    Looking for a wad punch for 10ga

    Looking for a wad punch for my 10ga Pedersoli fixed "choke" dbl brrl. 10ga bore should be .775"? I haven't mic'd it yet, but I can get a .875" (7/8") punch easy enough. That would put my wads .100" bigger than bore. I'm thinking of trying mainly cardboard of different thicknesses so the extra...
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    Shot safe for my Pedersoli 10ga SxS?

    I discovered i have several pounds of Nickel Plated #5 1/2 shot. As I posted a few weeks back I'm going to start from scratch and do some serious pattern board testing for spring turkey with my 10ga SxS Pedersoli. Is this nickel plated shot safe for the chrome lined brrls of the Pedersoli...
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    10ga Pedersoli SxS help

    I own this firearm and it's a blast to shoot. Shot some small game and such with it as well as some pheasants and a turkey or two. I dont feel I've ever truly got it to pattern well or at least comparable to what I see on here? I have all the wads, cards, shot, etc and am really gonna try to get...
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    Velocity vs Penetration vs Expansion

    I shoot a 54cal 36" brrl Leman rifle loaded with 100gr ffg T7, op felt wad, and a .530 Hornady rb/.015 patch TOTW mink oil lubed. It's a pretty stout load that shoots light out. 90gr also shoots well. Mainly shoot deer, but bear, pronghorn, and elk are all on menu. I've recovered many rb on far...
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    More help with 10ga Peder Cyl/Imp Cyl brrls

    I know I've beaten it to death, but it's been a long time? I've shot alot of game with my SxS Pedersoli. I use ffg T7 cuz I am a long way from true black so I run what I can get? I've noticed less powder and heavier than recommended shot charges seem to do the trick as well? Especially for...
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    Backcountry Weathrproofing of rifle

    Hey all, been away for awhile, but not out! Drew a slew of tags for this fall, and the first will be CO muzzy season with a deer tag. Opens Sept 12. Will be a high elevation backpack hunt where we will park truck at 10,300' and will camp at roughly 11,600' amongst several basins we've done well...
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    Bear Oil patch recipe/recomendations

    Ended up shooting a nice boar up here in MN this last Sept and I harvested alot of fat off of him in hopes of rendering it down and making my own patch lube. I currently use TOTW Mink Tallow Oil for its durability in both warm and cold weather. Ideas on rendering bear oil down, what to add to...
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    Lee REAL 54cal 300gr

    Was wondering if anybody knows where I can get a mold or 2-3doz of these bullets? Doing a bear hunt this year, and I've heard they shoot decent in slow twist roundball 54cal barrels? I'd be more than willing to pay appropriately if someone would do me a favour? My gun is sighted in with...
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    PRB for fall black bear

    Hey everyone, been away for awhile. So this fall I'm planning on cashing in on my numerous MN bear points and plan on hunting our fall bear season. It's alot of work driving the 6hr( one way) trip every weekend and lugging bait, hanging stands, cutting logs, etc but well worth it. I'm wanting to...
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    Ball puller question

    I've always wondered how I'm supposed to pull a ball out of my ml if I only have one end of ramrod jag ended? Takes too much torque to turn without a double threaded adapter end and a short starter/T handle to drive puller screw into ball??? Jag end will fit through thimbles but not past retainer???
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    Reason to reload?

    Slow day in deer stand last Sunday and a coyote wandered into range so I decided to save a couple pheasants. I reloaded and have had same load in rifle since. Rifle is a TVM Leman 54 perc. Drum system I shoot 100gr of ffg T7 through and a prb with a dry felt op wad. Gun has remained in the...
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    Round ball differences

    I've always shot Hornady round balls and never had a qualm with them. I shoot prly golf ball size 25yd groups, lime size groups at 50yds, baseball size at 75yds, and softballs at 100-125yds. No complaints here... I've came across some posts from other forums on inconsistencies within a box of...
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    Buffalo Ball-et 54 cal?

    I shoot a TVM 54cal Leman Rifle zeroed at 75yds with about a 2" drop at 100yds shooting 100gr of ffg T7, TOTW Mink Tallow lubed .015 patch and .530 Hornady rb. I recently came across the 310gr Buffalo Ball-et and it's supposed to shoot good in slow twist barrels. Was thinking they'd be a good...
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    Backcountry rifle care/necessities

    Will be packing my 54cal Leman into the mountains of CO for mule deer in '17 with a lil luck in the draw. Plan is to ensure I have a bone dry rifle before leaving MN. I'll pop a cap or two to make sure nipple is clean of debris before loading day before opener. I have to pack everything in so I...
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    Pedersoli queations

    Locked up some new Turkey hunting land and my mind shifted back to my Pedersoli. 10ga perc double with cyl/mod bores. I truly don't feel I've ever perfected it. I shoot ffg T7 in all my sidelocks due to ease of getting it so that's a constant variable. I've shot a lot of different combos with it...
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    Velocity/Trajectory queation

    I shoot a TVM 54cal Perc Leman with a 36" brrl. I use .530/.015 and a felt over powder bore button with 95gr ffg T7. Shoots very well but the results I get are contradictory to every ballistic chart I've ran. I'm assuming velocity is around 1850fps? With a 50yd zero I should have about a 6" drop...
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    Going to CO

    Drew our ML either sex elk tags this year and burned up 3pts in the process. Gonna hunt the 54 TVM Leman Perc. She is fond of 95gr of ffg T7, op felt wad, and a .530 ball with a TOTW mink oil tallow heavily lubed .015 cotton patch. 36" brrl on rifle and I have no idea of velocity it puts out...
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    POI vs POA of 10ga double

    After working up a Turkey load in my 10ga Pedersoli I noticed pattern after pattern always would shoot about 3"-4" off center towards the barrel side it was fired from? Is this normal? I've heard of filing muzzle and such and would rather not do that! I've also read somewhere how barrels are...
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    Felt wads

    Its that time to start patterning the 10 dbl Pedersoli for turkey season. In the past I've always used an op wad, 1/4" lubed fiber wad which I split off a 1/2" fiber wad, shot, and an os card. It shot way better unblown patterns after I split the wad in half than shooting it total length. Well...
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