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  1. Britsmoothy

    The unthinkable!

    Overloading, yep, 1oz of shot in .45 smooth rifle would have some to go weak at the knees. But let's use 4f too! That's what I did today. 60gn was a bit to much though so dropped to 50gn. Just four shots for two squirrels and a rabbit. Good times. Jess enjoyed the afternoon too.
  2. Britsmoothy

    #4 buck in the trade gun.

    I got me a buck today with the trade gun and #4 buck shot! I fancied trying something different. Just me and a flintlock, no modern gadgets, just a face cover. I also wanted to try #4 buck in the trade gun. Worked out well. i removed two pellets. One looked pretty good after it's ordeal but the...
  3. Britsmoothy

    Two pieces of shot...

    ....from my pheasants. Don't look like they need no fancy so called cushion wads! 😊
  4. Britsmoothy

    Poor Big Ted!

    Nearly never got a look at a pheasant this season! I nearly passed out cold last night when I suddenly remembered Big Ted the ten gauge hadne been out this pheasant season, that incidentally finishes next week! So I readied the gun and bag the night before, finished work at two today, rushed...
  5. Britsmoothy

    I used 3f today.

    I fired six shots and got five head of game. Using a 12g I just loaded an ounce of mixed shot, shot I salvaged from old rotten cartridges someone gave me. My usual method of thin cards and a blob of lube between them. Using just 50gn of SNIA black silver from Italy the gun was going off like a...
  6. Britsmoothy

    In the squirrel woods.

    Nice afternoon hunt. Load chain was around 55gn of 4f and a big ounce of #5 shot. Tree thin cards plus one on the shot. Got two, one jumped the shot and another was fortunate as my prime had gone damp!
  7. Britsmoothy

    I know a chap selling a Derbyshire guns....

    ....Brown Bess. I've never seen it but know the chap. He is alright. Based on the Midlands UK If I am breaking the forum rules please remove this thread but as it's the UK I'd thought I'd give it a shot. PM for details if anyone in the UK is interested administrator allowing of course. B.
  8. Britsmoothy

    Today's challenge.

    Was to be a pheasant or two with a muzzloader. A challenge in its own right but it had been ages since I last used my .45 smoothbore. Weirdly I used #5 shot today also. I normally don't go larger than #6 and favour #7. I tipped about 50gn of 4f powder, a thin card, two more thin cards with a...
  9. Britsmoothy

    The hips don't lie!

    COVID last week has left me with a legacy of aches and pains. Every bone including teeth hurt still and it's getting me down, the hips especially hurt! Everything is hard and the drive to get out is waining, especially to go get this season's first pheasants. Well after a long night out with...
  10. Britsmoothy

    Dirty ten today.

    So the 10g that was not cleaned after shooting a goose a few days ago was taken to the field today for a few crows and pigeons. No rust had occurred. Just loading with a couple of thin cards between powder and shot and nothing on top I got 15 birds. Only missed four I think. I also would...
  11. Britsmoothy

    Musket caps stash!

    Found a stash of muskets caps down my local...send me a message for more information.
  12. Britsmoothy

    As another year passes...

    I get this year's goose with a muzzloader, again, I am delighted to say. A goodly skein fast on the wind and a little higher than I like! The 10g was loaded with 100gn of 4f, yes that's correct 4f, and 2oz of #3 tungsten matrix. Two thin cards and one thin leather as a wad. Before I left home I...
  13. Britsmoothy

    I've gone modern!

    Modern as in I've bought commercial wads! Ok not through choice, a purveyor that knows I use muzzloaders made me an offer I couldn't refuse. They did well. I got10 pigeon and 11 crows. Some spectacular shots and some lousy misses. In particular one attack pigeon was coming for me and in defence...
  14. Britsmoothy

    .577 anyone?

    In my local shop today and found these. If interested ask me for the shops details, it's also a post office! He won't want much for them. I'm not sure how many there is. Probably get a close count from the picture
  15. Britsmoothy

    One hazelnut to many!

    Went squirrel hunting this morning. Yesterday was a wash out with heavy rain all day. More was threatened this morning but for a window early doors so I pryd the .45 from the cabinet and we set off. At the first hazel Jess stopped abruptly! Uh ho I whispered! It came charging out of the hazel...
  16. Britsmoothy

    Hares.

    Later today, God willing, I've got to shoot some hares. European brown hare that is. I don't want to! I like watching them. A farmer that gives me the run of his farm has asked me to thin the hares. They have become prolific. I could use any manner of modern firearm but I'm gonna if as I don't...
  17. Britsmoothy

    Good news#2

    Horton guns have developed a lead free material very similar in properties to lead. A glimmer of light in the gloom... https://www.hortonguns.com/?p=671
  18. Britsmoothy

    I'm going soft!

    I was in a gunshop today after a drive out with my wife and he remembered I do some muzzloading and offered me these wads he had come across. I yielded, better be good !! He also had his last two packs of caps. Rws 1075. A bit long but I'll make them work ! Beggars can't be choosers.
  19. Britsmoothy

    Good news....

    ....for some. You might be seeing less of me! Britain, brainless Britain is on the cusp of banning lead ammunition. This is going to force me off the web, if I want to continue hunting with my muzzloaders that is. I will be forced to continue illegally if no provision is made for certain...
  20. Britsmoothy

    Lead fouling.

    Ever wonder how to get lead out of a barrel? It's easy. Just use water. The hotter the better.
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