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Forum: Black Powder
01-17-2004, 06:00 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 652
Posted By 762mm

RE: casting...

Yeah, that's where I get my pure lead for molding roundballs and conicals, at a plumbing supply company. I guess they keep it on hand for plumbers still joining together old cast iron pipes. I...
Forum: Black Powder
12-21-2003, 02:59 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,236
Posted By 762mm

RE: lyman great plains hunter 50 cal.

If that Lyman rifle has the Italian made Investarms 5 lands and deep groove barrel, it will love the 320gr LEE REAL. Start with 80gr of 2F, trust me.
Forum: Northeast
12-01-2003, 11:06 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,050
Posted By 762mm

RE: Got my deer already

I downed a doe about 8:45 this morning. It was the only thing moving, guess the high wind gusts are keeping the deer bedded. Very few shots all morning, seemed like a Sunday or something. Some guy up...
Forum: Northeast
11-18-2003, 05:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,214
Posted By 762mm

RE: Ethics

Yeah, that' s quite common to hear and see. I know of a few coworkers who have crippled at least three deer in a season only to have them get away. During a firearm deer season when you hear more...
Forum: Black Powder
10-27-2003, 01:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,782
Posted By 762mm

RE: I got a doe on Saturday with my CVA Firebolt...

Good job!

At least you got to see some doe. Saturday morning I had four different bucks hanging around me, no doe to be found. You know what it' s like to see all these buck during the early doe...
Forum: Black Powder
10-19-2003, 06:37 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,357
Posted By 762mm

RE: Hornady SST sabots or power belts

A month ago I put the 295gr HP PowerBelts up against the 300gr SST, and found the SST gives best accuracy. The price is right too at just $7 and some change for a 20 round pack. The only drawback...
Forum: Black Powder
10-17-2003, 01:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 833
Posted By 762mm

RE: Getting Started in Black Powder

The FireBolt is just a fluted barrel HunterBolt. HunterBolts are selling at $129 for the blue/black and $149 for the nickel/camo. The CVA isn' t a fancy rifle, but does make a good introductory rifle...
Forum: Black Powder
10-17-2003, 01:36 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,621
Posted By 762mm

RE: acceptable accuracy for hunting?

I do the one inch thing too.

At 100 yards with a scoped inline, I must be within one inch point of aim, or I try something else ' til I get it.

With my open sighted flintlock, I have to be...
Forum: Black Powder
10-15-2003, 01:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,588
Posted By 762mm

RE: buffalo bullet conicals

That' s right, T/C groove depth is .006" ,
and for us Lyman/Cabela' s Hawken shooters, groove depth is a much deeper .010" .
Forum: Northeast
10-08-2003, 05:56 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,144
Posted By 762mm

RE: Muzzle Loading PA early season starts in 11 days

I work with seven bowhunters who will gladly put down their bows and use inline rifles they bought this year. I' m sure this is a statewide trend with archery hunters as reflected the huge increase...
Forum: Black Powder
10-07-2003, 05:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 685
Posted By 762mm

RE: Recommended bullets

What brand and model gun ya got there? We need to know it' s rifling twist rate to make recommendations.
Forum: Black Powder
09-28-2003, 07:39 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 888
Posted By 762mm

RE: Cabelas St Louis Hawken?

Yes, I have the Cabela' s Hawken flintlock. The quality is comparable to the T/C Hawken with it' s walnut stock and nice fit and finish of wood to metal. The barrel has five lands and grooves and is...
Forum: Black Powder
09-28-2003, 07:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 855
Posted By 762mm

RE: Hornady SST accuracy and performance ???

From my initial test results with the SST, you should have no less performance with them and they should drop less for ya at the 200 yards with it' s greater ballistic coefficient.

In three...
Forum: Black Powder
09-24-2003, 05:30 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 638
Posted By 762mm

RE: any benifits?

I do know that it is good to have a touchhole liner that is coned out on the inner side of it, with a touchhole not too small. Straight 2F down the barrel is all that you should need, some people use...
Forum: Black Powder
09-22-2003, 05:44 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,541
Posted By 762mm

RE: CVA OPtima-- amxi ball or power belts

Here' s a third option that works better than a PowerBelt in a CVA .50 cal barrel:

Try the Hornady 300gr SST sabot loads with 90gr Pyrodex. Clean between each shot and you will like the results...
Forum: Black Powder
08-15-2003, 05:34 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,339
Posted By 762mm

RE: any complaints??????

PA Redneck,
Right now the new Dunham' s ad is showing the CVA Hunterbolt model again for $129. I picked one up during one of their other sales in Mechanicsburg. It has the quick release stainless...
Forum: Black Powder
08-02-2003, 06:27 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,217
Posted By 762mm

RE: Bullets

I' ve been testing different things through a scoped CVA HunterBolt lately and these are my findings:

Saboted 250gr bullet loads with 80gr-120gr pyrodex powder. How can anyone get accuracy with...
Forum: Black Powder
08-02-2003, 06:04 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,443
Posted By 762mm

RE: Any traditional muzzleloader shooter?

I' ve been flintlock hunting for 19 years now, tried most of the popular Hawken styles and have settled on an Italian made .50 cal model. For best accuracy and better bullet energy for shots under 65...
Forum: Black Powder
02-15-2003, 05:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 796
Posted By 762mm

RE: real flints

www.trackofthewolf.com

They also have the Tom Fuller English flints in many sizes, they are sharply knapped, long lasting and TOW ships ' em out quick to ya.
Forum: Reloading
02-15-2003, 05:07 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 704
Posted By 762mm

RE: Best Spray lube

I made the switch from RCBS liquid case lube to the Midway stuff in the pump spray bottle a few years ago. It' s highly convenient, just lay your casings in a shallow tray, spray a few times (a...
Forum: Guns
01-04-2003, 03:07 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 925
Posted By 762mm

RE: favorite powder for all you reloaders

I use WC852 surplus ball powder, $8 a pound, meters well and is good for my 30-06, 7.62x54R and 8x57mm.
Forum: Guns
12-31-2002, 01:24 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,495
Posted By 762mm

RE: Explain Bullets

All bullet trajectories are in an arc, not flat, dropping just after leaving the barrel. But you can use the word flatter in comparison of other cartridges. The flatter a bullet shoots, the less...
Forum: Guns
12-24-2002, 10:26 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By 762mm

RE: muzzleloading...

Yup, I live near Gettysburg PA. Starting when I was 12 years old, mom would buy me percussion CVA muzzleloading kits each Christmas. It was a step up from plastic model airplane building. Then I...
Forum: Black Powder
12-24-2002, 09:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,372
Posted By 762mm

RE: is this true?

No patch is used with conicals. They are slightly larger than true bore size (land to land),. Maxis are lubed and pushed into the barrel with a ball starter, the rifling engraves into the soft pure...
Forum: Black Powder
12-24-2002, 08:40 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,372
Posted By 762mm

RE: is this true?

Mauser06,

That's right, you get yourself a pack or two of those plastic speedloaders, usually Butler Creek, Traditions, CVA, and T/C makes them. You premeasure your loose powder charges into the...
Forum: Guns
12-24-2002, 08:02 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By 762mm

RE: muzzleloading...

About 20 years ago I was a teenager trying to get more days afield so I began flintlock hunting like you want to do. Back then they took your doe application from you for the general season because...
Forum: Guns
12-17-2002, 03:13 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,290
Posted By 762mm

RE: Best deal you ever got on a gun?

A coworker yesterday showed me he just won a Remington 700 ADL .270 Win. for the price of a $5 raffle ticket. Says it was the third gun he has won so far.

My value gun is the 30-06 Savage 110 I...
Forum: Northeast
12-15-2002, 04:00 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 698
Posted By 762mm

RE: PUBLIC LAND IN PA??

Public land can be good if you know what to do, and where to set up.
I have gotten deer nine years in a row on the first day of the season, lately it's been multiple deer and guess where? That's...
Forum: Northeast
12-15-2002, 03:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 640
Posted By 762mm

RE: Deer Season Over.What Now?

What? Deer season's not over. That was the rifle season for beginners bang-bang-bang shoot em up season that just ended. The REAL season is late flintlock starting after Christmas for the more...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-13-2002, 07:27 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 574
Posted By 762mm

RE: life span of a deer

In PA, some even make it past 6 months.
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-13-2002, 02:34 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,434
Posted By 762mm

RE: Pa. point restrictions?

Every other PA season has a Saturday opener, why not the general deer season? In what dynasty did the PGC emperor come up with this Monday nonsense and why?
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-13-2002, 02:25 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 437
Posted By 762mm

RE: Pennsylvania were all watching you.......

Actually the problem may be lack of buck in overhunted more public areas. The PGC really can't control what is done on privately owned lands, but it can better regulate what goes on in it's publicly...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-13-2002, 01:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 437
Posted By 762mm

RE: Pennsylvania were all watching you.......

Yes, it had to come to this, antler restriction, or close buck season for a few years, really, something had to be done. Over many years the PGC had done things backwards. Have a two week buck season...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-12-2002, 02:00 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 651
Posted By 762mm

RE: Tree Stand Height

Ya get up there too high, the branches from all the other trees out there block a good portion of your view. 20 feet up feels just about right. Depends on your area and tree types. Minimum is usually...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-11-2002, 05:42 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,280
Posted By 762mm

RE: neck shot...

I guess we're about evenly divided on this, as we all have different experiences with shooting deer and which shots we see as more humane. Too many variables come into play which make any one of them...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-10-2002, 01:05 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,303
Posted By 762mm

RE: Im frusterated.

Here's what's happening here with low deer sightings.

This is week 2 of the PA general season. Almost everyone is back to work or school, almost no pressure on the deer but they are staying...
Forum: Guns
12-06-2002, 09:11 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,455
Posted By 762mm

RE: 7.62x54

Okay here is one tried and true load data I tested through a PU scoped 91/30 Mosin sniper for accuracy potential, and it does give a tight cluster. Actual velocity across my Chrony is at 2500fps....
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-06-2002, 07:53 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,500
Posted By 762mm

RE: A Specific .30-06 Question

I see what you're saying Skeeter,

Actually every shot can have it's pros and cons. Some deer can be easy to put down, hit another deer in that same spot and off it goes. If you bag a lot of deer...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-06-2002, 07:25 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 564
Posted By 762mm

RE: "First Snow" Strategies

I tried to hunt yesterday morning during the heavy snowfall, I walked for quite a ways, no tracks, not a creature was stirring. Things sit tight during any storm, rain or snow. You're right though,...
Forum: Guns
12-05-2002, 03:53 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,455
Posted By 762mm

RE: 7.62x54

7.62x54R is in the 30-06 league, same velocities with same bullet weights. Only one is .308 and the other has a .310 bore when they are unissued. I can't vouch for the imported softpoint hunting ammo...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-05-2002, 03:33 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 541
Posted By 762mm

RE: deer and treestands

Nothing wrong with a 10 foot ladder. If deer see you or that ladder moving, they will spook.

I started out using an old Amacker folding 10 foot ladder stand. Took quite a few deer from it over...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
12-05-2002, 03:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,500
Posted By 762mm

RE: A Specific .30-06 Question

Sling,
I once posted about making a shot similiar to yours. Bullet goes in behind right shoulder, angles through the lungs and busts out the left shoulder. Deer takes off on three legs, quite far...
Forum: Northeast
12-04-2002, 09:18 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 855
Posted By 762mm

RE: PA Hunters how was your first day?????

Got a doe late in the morning, through the lungs and out the other side breaking the left shoulder. It took off on three legs. I chased after it for 3/4 of a mile across two different farms til I...
Forum: Northeast
12-04-2002, 08:56 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 690
Posted By 762mm

RE: Sad discovery

Yes call this number, (877-877-9107) They'll direct you to a local WCO so these violations can at least be documented.

Franklin Township? That's in western Adams Co. near Cashtown? Must be a bunch...
Forum: Northeast
11-27-2002, 03:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 874
Posted By 762mm

RE: Why so much lead flying w/sluggers in NY!

The first day of rifle season last year had heavy fog here in central PA. So between 9am and noon I counted every audible shot, and it was over 150 in just three hours. Some people close by were...
Forum: Guns
11-23-2002, 06:02 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,531
Posted By 762mm

RE: # of guns ?

What started out as one shotgun 20 years ago has spiralled out of control. It's infinitely endless. Having a C&R FFL makes things worse. Look through a new ShotGun news or wholesaler catalogs, see...
Forum: Northeast
11-23-2002, 05:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 535
Posted By 762mm

RE: Donating Deer a Problem?

Last year I wanted to donate meat from one of my last deer, which I paid to have butchered and wrapped. Feeling civic and generous, I called the local homeless shelter and asked if I could drop off...
Forum: Northeast
11-23-2002, 05:40 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 684
Posted By 762mm

RE: Tactics for the Pa opener

I do pretty much like you. Scout out lots of areas, then find a well worn doe escape trail that resembles a motocross trail near recent buck rub lines and use a climber stand to get above the...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-23-2002, 05:29 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,481
Posted By 762mm

RE: anyone know limit on 30-06?

So true here in Penn's woods, my extreme shots would be well under 100 yards, my longest shot somewhere near 65 yards so far. Maybe the guys hunting the harvested fields, gas pipeline or power line...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-23-2002, 05:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,266
Posted By 762mm

RE: After the shot...HOW FAR did you track?

This is with either 30-06 150gr flat bullets or my .50 cal flintlock 320gr maxiballs:

When my shot hits high near the spine, the deer goes down in it's spot. A solid hit to the heart makes a mess...
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