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Forum: Black Powder
10-28-2006, 04:29 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 999
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Does this sound right?

I'm hunting with a fair bit less than that- 300gr saboted bullet, 85gr triple se7en. My terrain keeps my shots close.
Forum: Black Powder
10-28-2006, 04:19 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,516
Posted By biggerhammer

trick for keeping powder/barrel dry?

I just went out for my first ML hunt. it was cold, windy, and rainy- never saw a deer. It was a nice walk in the woods with a few friends and a few muzzleloaders.

When I loaded in the truck at...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-27-2006, 07:48 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 402
Posted By biggerhammer

6:46am tomorrow, first day out!

I'm heading out tomorrow morning to hunt with a small group of friends- muzzleloader opens tomorrow.

I'm a new hunter. My closest companion for this hunt will be a Traditions Pursuit .50 inline...
Forum: Black Powder
09-24-2006, 01:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,766
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Traditions Pursuit LT: first impression

I got off half a dozen shots between downpours here.

80gr T7 (FF) with a T7 209 primer, pushing a 300gr Hornady hollowpoint snugly nestled in a crush-rib sabot: 25 yards muzzle-target; open...
Forum: Black Powder
09-23-2006, 09:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,027
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: My first missfire....what could it be?

I'm not an expert but powder does attract water- even in a closed bottle. Last season's powder may have absorbed enough moisture to degrade.
Forum: Black Powder
09-21-2006, 06:19 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,766
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Traditions Pursuit LT: first impression

It was a good day. I was plinking- not shooting enough for a pattern, just having fun. I'll do a serious run this weekend, with more formal notes and measurements and really finding out what the ML...
Forum: Black Powder
09-21-2006, 04:47 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,766
Posted By biggerhammer

Traditions Pursuit LT: first impression

So, I finally got to make a bit of smoke today. I was just plinking at a cardboard box, around 25 yards away- basically introducing myself to the ML. All bullets from Cabelas, all in crush-rib...
Forum: Black Powder
09-18-2006, 08:10 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: New inline

I'll be trying it out Wednesday. 777 loose and some 300gr sabots from Walmart. I have bullets and sabots coming in the mail but they won't be here this week because I'm too cheap to pay express...
Forum: Black Powder
09-18-2006, 05:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 929
Posted By biggerhammer

New inline

Walmart stinks.

I ordered an NEF Hunstman through them two or three weeks ago. They failed to actually order it, so I wasted weeks waiting for them. Tonight, in disgust, I went there, cancelled...
Forum: Black Powder
09-17-2006, 03:34 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: cheap AND good bullets?



I'll call Cabela's see if I can modify the order.
Thank you all for catching that.
Forum: Black Powder
09-15-2006, 06:25 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: cheap AND good bullets?

ask and ye shall receive ;)

480's: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0002861212653a

300's:...
Forum: Black Powder
09-15-2006, 05:10 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: cheap AND good bullets?

I've made my purchase!
100 crush-rib sabots, .45->.50
50 300 grain HP Hornady rifle bullets
50 swaged 480-grain spitzers
and a cleaning thingie- may be a gimmick but looks good to me:...
Forum: Black Powder
09-10-2006, 04:07 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,215
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: 200 yd groups.

What's the firearm you're using?
Forum: Black Powder
09-08-2006, 08:14 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: cheap AND good bullets?

Oh, Riley's and I go way back :)

Thank you for the suggerstion- I was planning to try 777 and I can head by Riley's after work.
Forum: Black Powder
09-08-2006, 07:17 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 665
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: extreme bullet mass?

http://www.hr1871.com/Firearms/Muzzleloaders/huntsman.aspx

Yes, 1 in 28" is the twist. 26" Barrel.
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 10:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 665
Posted By biggerhammer

extreme bullet mass?

In another thread I was asking about cheaper sources for bullets. Now that I have looked around, I ask- what is a good basic bullet weight?

I've seen bullets from 230 to 525 grains in sizes that...
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 10:52 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: cheap AND good bullets?

If I know more at the end of your post than I did at the beginning- and I do- then you're not 'horning in' so much as you're 'helping out' :)
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 10:22 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: cheap AND good bullets?

Oh, you do a Scotsman's heart good Thank you, I will be purchasing a few different bullets and both flavours of the sabots so that I can test different combinations.
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
09-07-2006, 08:18 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,191
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: What to wear while whitetail deer hunting

Yeah, but you can scratch your face in public! ;)
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 07:56 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,432
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Possible bags

What exactly goes into a possibles bag? Just ammo components and basic tools?
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 07:35 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,551
Posted By biggerhammer

cheap AND good bullets?

Hello-
I'm new to muzzleloading. I'm not new to rifles. Before I go out looking for venison on the hoof, I plan to put at least a hundred rounds through my Huntsman (which should arrive tomorrow, I...
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 07:24 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 991
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: powder charges and recoil

Must've been pretty impressive, though, with 30 grains burning in your muzzle flash! :)
Forum: Black Powder
09-07-2006, 07:19 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,519
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: terrible recoil from CVA optima pro

Is it practical to get a muzzle brake installed/drilled on an existing ML? I'm hoping to tempt my wife into hunting with my Hunstman but she's alergic to recoil :)
Forum: Black Powder
09-04-2006, 11:25 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,631
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: (super-noob question) which brand to start?

The die is cast. I've purchased an NEF Hunstman with the stainless barrel. It should arrive next week. $206 from Wal-mart. I'll hunt over iron this season and buy a decent scope next year.

Thank...
Forum: Black Powder
09-02-2006, 12:50 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,631
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: (super-noob question) which brand to start?

Once I have done that, can I swap barrels at home, or is changing barrels always six weeks at NEF?

I'm picturing getting a 12ga barrel for duck, a .308 or 7mm for rifle season, and of course...
Forum: Black Powder
09-02-2006, 09:32 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,631
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: (super-noob question) which brand to start?

Is the NEF Sidekick one of the ones that can accept another barrel to become a single-shot .308 for instance?
Forum: Black Powder
09-01-2006, 01:48 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,631
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: (super-noob question) which brand to start?

I was in fact looking at that gun... thank you for verifying its potential.

is 2x7 a good range for the scope, considering my New England underbrush, or should I try to find a lower range?
Forum: Black Powder
09-01-2006, 12:39 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,631
Posted By biggerhammer

(super-noob question) which brand to start?

Hello all-
I've done some muzzleloader shooting, with an old Lyman inline that was built to Yugo stadards. Never hunted with it because I seriously doubted that it would fire if I saw a deer (quite...
Forum: Black Powder
10-18-2003, 07:11 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,621
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: acceptable accuracy for hunting?

I side with the hunting camp: I' m more interested in filling my freezer. That said, though, the confidence one can get from knowing that you can sign your name in bulletholes can' t hurt even if...
Forum: Black Powder
10-18-2003, 03:57 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 790
Posted By biggerhammer

Lyman Cogar ignition problem: solved (?)

I just bought a Lyman Cougar .50 inline. It cost in the neighborhood of $160 and is remarkably accurate (sighting in, I got one ragged hole in the target).

The Cougar uses the old #11 caps....
Forum: Black Powder
10-14-2003, 03:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,486
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Hornady 240gr xtp

I haven' t used any on deer yet (November 1, I' m up in a tree looking to try them!) but they pattern quite well out of my Lyman Cougar, and they sure tear the heck out of my lumber-pile backstop :)
Forum: Black Powder
10-12-2003, 07:32 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 633
Posted By biggerhammer

sabots go 25 yards?

I' ve been sighting in my brand new Lyman Cougar .50 inline. I' m shooting at a target 25 yards away to start with, and have found several of my sabots near the target. My understanding is that they...
Forum: Black Powder
10-05-2003, 05:34 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 998
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Hawken load question

I' m no expert, but 1/48 is generally considered a good twist for patched ball. Your maxi bullets may just ned more spin to stabilize.
Forum: Black Powder
09-30-2003, 03:32 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 707
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Beartooth Magnum

I' m looking at it as well. Basspro has it for $125, though.
Forum: Black Powder
09-27-2003, 07:58 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 63,482
Posted By biggerhammer

New Frontier Beartooth Magnum: opinions?

I' m looking at buying a New Frontier Beartooth Magnum in .50, from Cabela' s. I know next to nothing about ML- this one just looks like a decent entry-level inline. I like the fact that you can...
Forum: Black Powder
09-27-2003, 07:03 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,092
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Encore Accuracy Problems

I' m no expert- quite the opposite, I' m just now ordering my first ML (New Frontier Beartooth Magnum in .50, from Cabela' s). But in my reading here I came across an article by a late expert that...
Forum: Reloading
05-14-2003, 06:37 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 874
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: Cleaning Brass???

My local gun shop has a used goods section- after a year of hoping I found a decent Thumbler tumbler for $25 (including a hundred pieces of 30-06 brass and a few other things). I hope that you have...
Forum: Reloading
04-27-2003, 07:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,419
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: .30cal > .223 sabots- anyone try them?

Phooey. I keep hearing bad things about these gadgets and I' d hoped to only have to buy one rifle this summer :)

Well, two rifles will be twice as much fun. Thank you for the advice!
Forum: Reloading
04-23-2003, 01:23 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,419
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: .30cal > .223 sabots- anyone try them?

The 80-grain is a HPBT bullet. I don' t have it; my local gun shop does. They' re professional enough that I don' t expect it to be a 78-grain rounded up or any such.

I plan to use a 30-06,...
Forum: Reloading
04-23-2003, 12:31 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,419
Posted By biggerhammer

RE: .30cal > .223 sabots- anyone try them?

80 grain .223 is not a varmint bullet; it is the heaviest bullet available (to my knowlege) in that caliber.

Thank you for the advice.
Forum: Reloading
04-23-2003, 10:38 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,419
Posted By biggerhammer

.30cal > .223 sabots- anyone try them?

Hello-
I' ve been seeing nylon sabots that let you load a .223 bullet into any of the .30 cal rifle cartridges, and the claim all sorts of good things: 4100-4700fps, low recoil, negligible...
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