I am going back to the basics. I am going back to hunting with my FL only. I have bought all the modern rifles, and scopes, and propellants, and bullets.................... and I am a bit disgusted with myself. Sure I can add a liitle range, and a little more accuracy to my shooting!! But to what ends?? I enjoy the PA flintlock season more than any other ML season(or any rifle season), and the main reason is that it is FL only.
I am getting my molds back out, and I am going to work up a good cast bullet load for my FL. I always could shoot round balls out to 125 yard or so with no problem. So I should have no problem working up a good cast bullet load that will be effective to 150 yards?? I do not see a problem with that.
And IMO nothing is more fun than shooting a FL. So if I stray off the path---I need you guys to put me back in line. Tom.
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West by God Virginia.
We need to stop using these terms today, "Sniper Rifle", "Tactical", "Assault Weapon".
I am going back to the basics. I am going back to hunting with my FL only. I have bought all the modern rifles, and scopes, and propellants, and bullets.................... and I am a bit disgusted with myself. Sure I can add a liitle range, and a little more accuracy to my shooting!! But to what ends?? I enjoy the PA flintlock season more than any other ML season(or any rifle season), and the main reason is that it is FL only.
I am getting my molds back out, and I am going to work up a good cast bullet load for my FL. I always could shoot round balls out to 125 yard or so with no problem. So I should have no problem working up a good cast bullet load that will be effective to 150 yards?? I do not see a problem with that.
And IMO nothing is more fuin than shooting a FL. So if I stray off the path---I need you guys to put me back in line. Tom.
The path of enlightment? "Grasshopper, you choose well". Kwai Chang Caine David Carradine Cira 1972-1975.
Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear? Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds. Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat? Caine: No. Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet? Caine: Old man, how is it that you hear these things? Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?[1]
And the obvious
Caine: How it it that you know cast bullets are the best for a FlintLock?
Master Head0001: I just know Grasshopper.
Chap
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Chapman Gleason
Purcellville Va
http://www.the-gleasons.com
There is nothing wrong with walking the traditional path in muzzleloading. I commend you for your dedication to one aspect of the sport.
I stomped that same trail for years. Now I walk both paths.I get a lot of satisfaction in seeing what I can make an inline do, or a traditional rifle. To me both are exciting. While some find one stylemore enlightening then the other, I disagree.I think the pleasure for me is just being in the woods, walking around, watching and listening and interacting with my surroundings. Whether I shoot a deer and with what is not the point for me anymore. I am not going to starve if I fail to bring home game. And while I do hunt for meat, I really do not care whether it falls to an inline or a traditional rifle.
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
There's sure nothing wrong with throwing a little heavier lead out there if your gun will shoot a bullet well. I'm like Cayugad, I like playing with both inlines and sidelocks, though I admit to favoring the sidelocks. My two "fun guns" are my .54 GP flintlock and .58 Zouave. I often take three or four guns to the hunting camp for a week-endhunt, and end up using them all over the course of several morning and evening hunts.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Back To The Basics
Tom.
