How much shooting do you do?

[Powerfisher]

I try to shoot once a week. I spend about 4 hrs at the range as long as the wife and weather permit. I shoot about 20 or so rounds with my BP,
5-10 or so with my 30-06,100 or so rounds with various hand guns. Is that enough? Should I shoot more BP? I am doing pretty good. About ready to move from 100ydsto 150 yds. How much do you shoot?

[sabotloader]

Powerfisher

How much shooting do you do?

Every opportunity i can... I live in civilization and we do not have ranges around here so I have to drive to a location, but when I can I do...

I really do not shoot CF much at all anymore, I will shoot a .17HMR and a .222 at peepers in the meadows April thru July. And once in awhile I will humiliate myself and shoot the 45acp.

Other than that give me 4 to 7 bottles of T7 to shoot each year and I am a happy camper.

[Rock Fish]

When the weather breaks this is my normal schedule.

Tuesdays 2-4 rounds of trap
Weds. 2-3 rounds of skeet
Thur or Fri - Trip to the range,- muzzle loader, .22, and or 30-06.

[cayugad]

How much shooting do you do?

I shoot 4-6 times a week, weather and health permitting. Once the snow is gone, its normally every day. I normally shoot 20-30 rounds a session. Normally after the black powder, I like to shoot off a couple hundred .22 shells out of various handguns.

[sjsfire]

Not as much as I'd like. I hate the cold weather so it will need to warm up. I admire the guys on here that go out in the teens and 20's but thats not for me.

[lemoyne]

I try for at least a couple times a week, any time I am not stuck on honey do's or fishing or hunting [ I hunt the year around varmints and hogs when I not hunting elk deer or bear] and of course I have to take care of my gardens and Master gardener projects. Its a rough life. Lee

[Screwbolts]

I usually shot something every day. I finished fitting the barrel to this on Sunday. Monday I made/finished the Breech Plug. I fit the forend on Tues. Since Monday 123 Winchester 209s have been threw the gun. This rifle was built to be a Hunting gun, but to me it is also a beautiful!. It is giving new life to a piece of History. [8D][8D][8D][8D][8D][8D]


This Rifle Started it's life as a Remington #5 1902 Pat. 7mm Spanish Mauser. It had previously been sporterized and wore this wood. Today it wears a 50 Cal. 26" barrel with 1 X24 twist made of Stainless steel.

This rifle was built to shoot the origonal Black powder substitute, yes the breech plug is fitted with a Savage vent Liner. This rifle is a Smokeless Muzzle loader The Scope is one of my Favorite Bushnell ScopeChiefs VI's 3x9 , it will soon be wearing it's hunting scope, a 20 mm ScopeChief VI,1.5x4.5

The rifle was purposly built to shoot my own cast Boolitz. the gun has been fired with 1 shot each of 80 and 100 gr.v BH209 for referance velocity. (These will be the only non smokeless it ever sees other than going to a Restrictive area that reguires foolishness.) the rest of the shooting will be and has been with IMR4759,XMR5744, and Reloader 7. Yes this is a Smokeless Muzzleloader..
The Boolitz below are what it was built to shoot, they are Left: a 260gr. cast boolit from a mold I modified to this shape. it is a clone of the 250XTP bullet that is in the middle. the right Boolit is my "Ultimate MZ Boolit", it is from a LBT mold: 330 gr, .451, smooth sided beveled base, LFN. They ride down the barrel in a HBS plain black short Harvester. at the farm yesterday with the 330s it shot a 3" group at 175 yards, also did 5" at 300 yards.

The assembly in the above photo is my Knight T-Bolts firing pin, I modified it to fire 209s without piercing them , also made a bushing/spacer for the bolt to hold the primer in the BP.

[Screwbolts]

OOPs.

[bronko22000]

That's some piece Screwbolts. Interesting.
As for shootin, I try to get out at least once a week. Its mostly been with the muzzys lately (except when it was really cold). Its starting to warm up now so there will be more smoke made.

[Screwbolts]

Thanks Bronko2200,

I now have to take time from shooting and fit the ram rod thimbal and drilll the forend for it, and make the keeper.

By the Way 80grV of BH209 clock 1575 FPS with the 330s and 100 grV BH209 does 1805 FPS 330s if my memeory serves me right I will check my log book tomorow. I may be off I cronoed alot of loads today. it got up to 38*.