Training an old dog
12-24-2015, 04:45 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,922
There's a reason Powerbelty remains #1 after multiple decades. There's no need to say anything more, for if they didn't work, they wouldn't be #1 / #10, or probably still in business.
Last December I sold my last CVA sidelock to a pawn shop for $45. Bass Pro had a massive sale on this ML around 2003 for something like $39.95.
I got choked-up when handing over the ML to the Pawn Shop owner. For that cheapest out-of-of-pocket and cheapest quality ML was the most accurate ML I ever owned.
I began toying with Powerbelts last month..... got them for 90 cents a-piece. Using the bigger ones-only..... 405s and 348s. Put a fiber-wad behind them and 70-80gr of Blackhorn delivers superb accuracy. The soft pine tree imprints are no worse than with my SSTs, XTPs and Expander sabots. I plan on using 348 copper HPs and 405 lead HPs next hunting season.
We don't need el-primos to harvest deer.
Last December I sold my last CVA sidelock to a pawn shop for $45. Bass Pro had a massive sale on this ML around 2003 for something like $39.95.
I got choked-up when handing over the ML to the Pawn Shop owner. For that cheapest out-of-of-pocket and cheapest quality ML was the most accurate ML I ever owned.
I began toying with Powerbelts last month..... got them for 90 cents a-piece. Using the bigger ones-only..... 405s and 348s. Put a fiber-wad behind them and 70-80gr of Blackhorn delivers superb accuracy. The soft pine tree imprints are no worse than with my SSTs, XTPs and Expander sabots. I plan on using 348 copper HPs and 405 lead HPs next hunting season.
We don't need el-primos to harvest deer.
12-24-2015, 06:19 AM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,570
I am fairly new to posting on this forum but have been a HNI fan for a while now. I just want to say this forum is really something special due to the diversity of posters and the level of knowledge. I thought before reading some of the posts on here that I had enough knowledge about MLing to be pretty good. I wasn't even close and probably never will be. A small amount of knowledge taught me that I still didn't know anything. Happy Holidays to all of you guys. 
12-24-2015, 06:24 AM
#13
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
It was funny when I'd see other hunters. most would look at the flinter and then look at me like I had two heads. But some would be curious and start asking about it.
As for the bore butter getting hard in the cold - it didn't matter to me. I only used it after cleaning my ML. I would throw the tube in the bucket of hot water to soften it up while I swabbed the bore. For patches I used the prelubed Ox Yoke patches. .015" I believe.
Last edited by bronko22000; 12-24-2015 at 06:30 AM.
12-24-2015, 06:46 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
You're right Grouse. But I was shooting a .45 cal T/C Hawken flintlock long before that and even had a couple deer under my belt before they started a special season. Actually it started out as a percussion but I bought a breech plug tool and a flintlock breech and flintlock and changed it over. I wish I had that tool now. I'd love to swap out my .58 and change it to a flinter.
It was funny when I'd see other hunters. most would look at the flinter and then look at me like I had two heads. But some would be curious and start asking about it.
As for the bore butter getting hard in the cold - it didn't matter to me. I only used it after cleaning my ML. I would throw the tube in the bucket of hot water to soften it up while I swabbed the bore. For patches I used the prelubed Ox Yoke patches. .015" I believe.
It was funny when I'd see other hunters. most would look at the flinter and then look at me like I had two heads. But some would be curious and start asking about it.
As for the bore butter getting hard in the cold - it didn't matter to me. I only used it after cleaning my ML. I would throw the tube in the bucket of hot water to soften it up while I swabbed the bore. For patches I used the prelubed Ox Yoke patches. .015" I believe.
Bore butter is the name TC gave it. Same stuff.
12-24-2015, 08:46 AM
#18
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,745
OH and another way I used it was melted with a bit of bees wax to lube my home cast maxi-balls.
I still have a tube of the pine scent (green tube) laying around.
Last edited by bronko22000; 12-24-2015 at 08:49 AM.
12-25-2015, 07:22 AM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 861
There's a reason Powerbelty remains #1 after multiple decades. There's no need to say anything more, for if they didn't work, they wouldn't be #1 / #10, or probably still in business.
Last December I sold my last CVA sidelock to a pawn shop for $45. Bass Pro had a massive sale on this ML around 2003 for something like $39.95.
I got choked-up when handing over the ML to the Pawn Shop owner. For that cheapest out-of-of-pocket and cheapest quality ML was the most accurate ML I ever owned.
I began toying with Powerbelts last month..... got them for 90 cents a-piece. Using the bigger ones-only..... 405s and 348s. Put a fiber-wad behind them and 70-80gr of Blackhorn delivers superb accuracy. The soft pine tree imprints are no worse than with my SSTs, XTPs and Expander sabots. I plan on using 348 copper HPs and 405 lead HPs next hunting season.
We don't need el-primos to harvest deer.
Last December I sold my last CVA sidelock to a pawn shop for $45. Bass Pro had a massive sale on this ML around 2003 for something like $39.95.
I got choked-up when handing over the ML to the Pawn Shop owner. For that cheapest out-of-of-pocket and cheapest quality ML was the most accurate ML I ever owned.
I began toying with Powerbelts last month..... got them for 90 cents a-piece. Using the bigger ones-only..... 405s and 348s. Put a fiber-wad behind them and 70-80gr of Blackhorn delivers superb accuracy. The soft pine tree imprints are no worse than with my SSTs, XTPs and Expander sabots. I plan on using 348 copper HPs and 405 lead HPs next hunting season.
We don't need el-primos to harvest deer.
Number 1 at what? Sales? I'm sure McDonald's is number one in hamburger sales but that doesn't mean anything in terms of quality. Lol
