1) How much do you spend in ammo, black powder and cleaning supplies to keep your shooting edge each week?
I've got it down to between 50 and 60 cents a shot using lead conicals or lead balls and Goex. Some weeks I don't get a chance to shoot. Some weeks I shoot a bunch.
2) How many shots do you get out of Black horn 209 (10 ounce bottle)?
Don't use the stuff but it should be easy to calculate how many 100 grain shots a jug holds.
3) Who uses sandbags to sight in gun and how do you use them?
I probably should use the sandbags but almost all of my shooting is off a picnic table using my arms as a rest or off a sawhorse with a little blanket over it and me kneeling down, or sometimes freehand or shooting sticks. Close to hunting conditions I suppose.
4) Do you shoot 200 yard targets regularly and effectively? Would you be confident taking a deer at that range with little wind?
No and No.
5) Whats the best solvent for BH 209?
From what I understand any good smokeless powder solvent should work.
6) How fast can you load BP between shots hunting from a stand?
Using lead I can shoot again without swabbing but I am not the fastest I suppose. Maybe 30 seconds.
7) What kind of rest do you use when taking long shots Hunting?
I really haven't shot anything further than 90 or 100 yards and just a decent ledge on a treestand or shooting sticks seem to work.
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