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03-03-2008 | 12:42 PM

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cayugad

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could not finish my homework

I went out today with good intentions of doing my homework... but believe it or not, it was just too cold. Even though it was 19ºs and dropping, when I first got out there I did not take into consideration the wind coming off Lake Superior. It was a strong wind at that, and the temperature was dropping and the wind was getting stronger. I'd forgotten my gloves in the house, and my eyes were watering too hard to see, and the dog ate it...

I'd seen the post of shooting sabots out of the Renegade. When I was looking through my bullets and such, I found a pack of .54 caliber sabots with 240 grain XTP's. So I decided to try them and some roundball. I loaded on a clean barrel. The first shot I had no idea where it was going. It shot to the left. I then swabbed and fired the next two. I was kind of surprised they grouped that well. And I was about ready to end this shooting match, but wanted to throw a couple roundball. I figured I was going to have to clean this smokepole anyway. This rifle is a good roundball shooter normally. So without swabbing, I loaded 80 grains of Goex 3f and a .018 pillow tick patch, moose milk lube, and a home casted .530 roundball. I shot two of them. And then I decided I had enough. I gathered up my gear and went back in the house where it was nice and warm.

I will see about getting back to the range as soon as the wind dies down...

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