Tack Driver Shooting....

[Zonie]

I own a tack driver. It's really a lot better at smashing fingers than it is at driving tacks though.

 

[oldwood]

Mr. Maniac.........My weak , and sick mind has come up w/ a way to drive tacks w/a m/l rifle w/ every shot. Here's what I came up with. Git some of the wide flat head tacks and double sided sticky tape. This is where we depart from tradition. Probably , say at least use a .45 or.50 cal ball ,punch the tack through the tape and wrap the tape around the ball ,tack w/point up. Tack base can sit on the sprue cutoff flat on the ball . Loading , put powder in bore , patch the ball as normal. Use a ramrod w/ the screw in r/r tip removed so the sharp end of the tack goes in the empty hole. This m/l rifle will surely be a "Tack Driver" Mr, Maniac , my intention was not to steal your thunder , because somehow I know you already thought of this way of m/l tack driver shooting...............oldwood

 

[oldwood]

Mr. Maniac , since fertile minds are at work here , I have another suggestion for the use of a muzzle loader.
One day I came from work , and walking past the laid-up rubble stone wall next to the back door of home , I was attacked by Yellow Jacket wasps and got some painful stings. Naturally there was no bug spray , so a flash of genius struck me. I watched the gap between the stones where emanated the nasty critters. Wanting revenge on them as bad as any Shawnee warrior fresh from battle , i inserted the muzzle of my .75 cal. Brown Bess into the hole and boom. All I had in the Bess was a full load of FFG w/some rag over the powder. Well , some of the varmints musta died , as fewer came out w/the smoke. Side benefit of the action was the smoke emanated from all the other exits the critters could use. Just for good measure , another load applied to the next biggest smoking hole down the wall sort of "back flushed " the cavity . No more yellow jackets......... .................. Hope this is helpful to another wasp sting victim ................oldwood

 

[toot]

an idle mind is the DEVILS WORK SHOP!

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I have yet to own a tack driver though my suspicions are its the owner, not the gun.

WELL SAID!!! LOL
I agree 110% .

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Mr. Maniac , since fertile minds are at work here , I have another suggestion for the use of a muzzle loader.
One day I came from work , and walking past the laid-up rubble stone wall next to the back door of home , I was attacked by Yellow Jacket wasps and got some painful stings. Naturally there was no bug spray , so a flash of genius struck me. I watched the gap between the stones where emanated the nasty critters. Wanting revenge on them as bad as any Shawnee warrior fresh from battle , i inserted the muzzle of my .75 cal. Brown Bess into the hole and boom. All I had in the Bess was a full load of FFG w/some rag over the powder. Well , some of the varmints musta died , as fewer came out w/the smoke. Side benefit of the action was the smoke emanated from all the other exits the critters could use. Just for good measure , another load applied to the next biggest smoking hole down the wall sort of "back flushed " the cavity . No more yellow jackets......... .................. Hope this is helpful to another wasp sting victim ................oldwood

Hmmm, sounds like cool suggestion. Probably too cool this time of the year.

 

[hanshi]

Oh, yes. I've killed wasp nests in the past with a blank charge of black powder; works better than bug spray and not nearly as dangerous.

And, BP mainiac, I was at a woods walk years ago and the only shooter to split the card was a lady with a T/C rifle. Move over guys...

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Oh, yes. I've killed wasp nests in the past with a blank charge of black powder; works better than bug spray and not nearly as dangerous.

And, BP mainiac, I was at a woods walk years ago and the only shooter to split the card was a lady with a T/C rifle. Move over guys...

Yeah....some of those ladies are crack shots!!

 

[nkbj]

Whether standing there cutting the card or splitting the ball on an ax you'll surely learn all about steady and follow through.

 

[ord sgt]

Years ago, I did manage to split a round ball on an ax head and break the clay birds on each side of the blade. Then there was the playing card that I cut in two pieces. This with two different rifles and better eyes.

 

[Sun City]

My tack driver. 3 shots 75 yards. .54 Hawken w/100 grains KIK 2F powder and Hornady swaged ball/spit patch.

 

[Griz44Mag]

Years ago, I did manage to split a round ball on an ax head and break the clay birds on each side of the blade. Then there was the playing card that I cut in two pieces. This with two different rifles and better eyes.

An affliction that too many of us here are experiencing in our golden years.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I have yet to own a tack driver though my suspicions are its the owner, not the gun.

Yep.....I agree! That's why I just had to try it!!
Took me a while too.....LOL

 

[dave524]

In the 70's we did a turkey shoot at our club, when everyone thought they were Jeremiah Johnson, suspended a frozen bird by butcher cord at an appropriate distance, think it was 50 yards and you put a buck in the pot and tried to cut the string, next up took a turn, took quite a few tries , the winner got the bird and the club the pot.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Dave524, we did one similar during the same time frame but our turkey was behind a log with its head tied above the log, but he could still move his head back and forth. It took several rounds of shooters before anyone got lucky. I don't suppose most places would do it now due to complaints about cruelty to turkeys.

 

[Professor flintlock]

Hey how abouyou wannabe Anne Oakley's enter the postal match? See how you shoot for real. M Smith does alot of work so let's support his efforts . Then we will see the tack drivers.

 

[Kansas Jake]

The only way I can drive tacks is if I loaded them into a smooth bore.