ORIGINAL: bronko22000
Awww Sunday, 3 more days, and I will be up the cabin relaxing and getting ready for the 3 day bear season. I have my speed loaders ready to go. I'm going to be using my 50 cal. percussion GM LRH and a 300 gr shock wave over 100 gr of FFg. Going to try and do it the old fashion way this year. (I got 3 with my 45-70.)
Seems that with black bear hunting I like to transgress back in time. (Except I much prefer my Thinsulate jacket over buckskins....
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When you "drive up" to your hunting place on a horse, camp open fire with no sleeping bag in buck skins and use bear grease for a lube, then your doing it the "old fashion way". That is precisely the logic of "old fashion" as to why some wanna shoot PRB instead of sabots from their FL and sidelocks, but will drive up to their favorite hunting spot in a 4 wheel drive truck and a 4 wheeler. Doesn't make sense to me, but that is just me. Where do you draw the line on "old fashion", the 50 cal percussion will be a good challenge, especially in the snow and freezing rain. I am thinking of getting a "Guide Gun" in 45-70, since that is basically an "in line MLer" ballistics wise, and then shoot Garrett bullets. Why? I wanna "just cause I can".
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