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Old 07-08-2007, 07:45 PM
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Took a walk today and found that rabbits have been getting into our hay stack and so i set up and a few minutes later, a wittle wabbit comes hopping right out from under the stack. I waited for "him" to stop and i popped him with my deer creek .45 mountain rifle @ 40 yards. When i got up to him, i noticed his heart had blown out the side of him and was still whole. This is another wabbit i cleaned out with the shot.
80- grains Pyrodex RS, .452 PRB and .015 patch. Yes i know, i should be using a .440 roundball, but the .452 and the .015 patch are super tight to start but is amazingly accurate. It just kills me that i have to use 80 grains with that combo to get it to shoot tight groups. Next run to town im stocking up on .440 speer round balls and a few tins of cci magnum caps.
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Old 07-08-2007, 08:01 PM
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Use what ever shoots best. Rabbit hunting with a muzzleloader is a lot of fun. That's some good shooting.
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Old 07-09-2007, 05:34 AM
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Took a walk today and found that rabbits have been getting into our hay stack and so i set up and a few minutes later, a wittle wabbit comes hopping right out from under the stack. I waited for "him" to stop and i popped him with my deer creek .45 mountain rifle @ 40 yards. When i got up to him, i noticed his heart had blown out the side of him and was still whole. This is another wabbit i cleaned out with the shot.
80- grains Pyrodex RS, .452 PRB and .015 patch. Yes i know, i should be using a .440 roundball, but the .452 and the .015 patch are super tight to start but is amazingly accurate. It just kills me that i have to use 80 grains with that combo to get it to shoot tight groups. Next run to town im stocking up on .440 speer round balls and a few tins of cci magnum caps.
Here is 4 bunnies growing in a hole in my back yard in a town. Lot of clover in the yard, so that is why the mom selected it. Use a $100 pellet rifle or better yet buy a 32 cal percussion, my brother did for small game.
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Old 07-09-2007, 08:32 AM
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Sounds fun. I have only shot one rabbit with a ML before...a shotgun or 22 or pellet rifle just appealed to me for the job more I guess
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Old 07-11-2007, 03:58 PM
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Hopefully you fried it
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