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Forum: Black Powder
02-07-2008, 03:15 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 10,173
Posted By Doug S

RE: white mountain carbine questions

Can't speak as to price but alot of them are starting to surface these days, I guess folks that went to inlines are cleaning out the safe.

There are two kinds, the early ones had a 1:20 twist...
Forum: Guns
01-29-2008, 05:38 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 20,841
Posted By Doug S

RE: hardest kicking load for shotgun?

The original Remington copper solids, absolutely teeth rattling. I have a Benelli SBE and 3.5" buckshot kick but those Remington slugs out of an 870 were worse...and better-man did they stop...
Forum: Guns
01-29-2008, 04:03 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,648
Posted By Doug S

New guns vs Old guns

Something is wrong with me, I have no interest in new guns, either buying them or shooting them...!!!

I was shooting my oldHi-Power recently at the range and the guy next to me offered to let me...
Forum: Guns
01-29-2008, 02:50 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,285
Posted By Doug S

RE: What is your farthest shot (kill) with a 12 gauge

Kind of gives new meaning to the age old phrase, "Honey-you forgot to take out the garbage"...Uh, OK, I'll see ya next week...400 yards to your garbage cans??? Must be fun in the rain!!

D

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Forum: Black Powder
01-03-2008, 04:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,735
Posted By Doug S

RE: Buckshot in a Muzzleloading Shotgun

I shoot it out of a 12ga Pedersoli SxS. Your gun will tell you what size pellets and charge give the best pattern, the effective range will depend on how stout the charge is. I use 90grains of 2f...
Forum: Black Powder
01-02-2008, 04:52 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,681
Posted By Doug S

RE: Tripple 7 Questions

Thanks again.

I keep my BP guns clean, this only will only see a small amount of use each day, just the early morning stand and I am try to avoid having to clean it everyday. It shoots the...
Forum: Black Powder
01-02-2008, 04:34 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,378
Posted By Doug S

RE: T/C White Mountain Carbine

My favorite gun, bar none..They made 2 in percuission, the early ones are 1:20 and the later 1:38. I bought mine the first year of production and it's 1:20, almost usless with roundballs, only so-so...
Forum: Black Powder
01-01-2008, 10:07 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,681
Posted By Doug S

RE: Tripple 7 Questions

Wow, I'm surprised, I thought this stuff was more like smokeless and that humidity didn't affect it like BP or Pyro....

Thanks for the relies

Doug
Forum: Black Powder
01-01-2008, 04:51 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,681
Posted By Doug S

Tripple 7 Questions

Happy New Year....

This has been covered befor but since I'm a Traditional-BP hunter I ignored it. I have an inline, (TC Firehawk) that I've not shot since the mid 90's and decided to use it...
Forum: Black Powder
11-22-2007, 04:56 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,747
Posted By Doug S

RE: Went And Done It - Flinter On The Way

Yeah, I regulated mine by filing off the spout to throw the desired charge, about half a pan in the GPR.

D
Forum: Black Powder
11-22-2007, 04:29 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,747
Posted By Doug S

RE: Went And Done It - Flinter On The Way

What is it with you,...LOL...First you get the Zouave that is just like mine and now you get a GPR, like mine..Well, at least the rear sight on your .58 is different from mine....just kidding

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Forum: Black Powder
11-07-2007, 04:49 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 533
Posted By Doug S

RE: Online Auctions

You definately have to know the value of what you are bidding on and keep your emotions locked away. Some guys use friendly bidders, and some auctions allow bid retractions. If it looks like I'm in a...
Forum: Black Powder
11-06-2007, 06:28 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,673
Posted By Doug S

RE: BP shotguns?

Nobody mentioned Pedersoli. They make a dandy SXS with screw in chokes, not cheap but they work well...Just keep watching the auctions for a used one.

Doug
Forum: Black Powder
10-21-2007, 03:25 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,525
Posted By Doug S

RE: Do you shoot Traditional, Inline, or Both?

I own an inline, it's so old that I figure it's almost becoming a traditional gun, by todays standards..And it has not been out of the safe in this century...

Put me down for Traditional

...
Forum: Black Powder
10-13-2007, 07:59 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,049
Posted By Doug S

RE: Seems The Zouave Can Shoot - Wish I Could

I just took a look at mine, the rear sight seems to be held on with one screw, maybe you can find someone to do another just like it. Mine has flip-up rear leafs, if you flip up the tallest one you...
Forum: Black Powder
10-12-2007, 02:59 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 2,049
Posted By Doug S

RE: Seems The Zouave Can Shoot - Wish I Could

You are gonna have a hard time replacing those sights, the barrel is very thin. Too thin for a decent dovetail and I'd worry about drilling it as well, which pretty much leaves out a scope. A tang...
Forum: Black Powder
10-04-2007, 04:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,426
Posted By Doug S

RE: Zouave Anyone?

Mine is similar but no FARA and Navy Arms is on the sideplate only. I do have a mechanical compass like logo on the left side of the bbl and in it appears to be "Antonio Zoli" stamped. The trigger...
Forum: Black Powder
10-04-2007, 04:15 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,426
Posted By Doug S

RE: Zouave Anyone?

S,

I have the same gun, probably the same vintage, mine is a 3 digit serial number 9XX, what is yours? We also paid about the same, I was in a gun store a while backwhen a guy came in trying to...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-02-2007, 04:02 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,181
Posted By Doug S

RE: Am I going nuts???

Timbercruiser,

My saying is; "They (the deer) can feel really safe around me"....

Doug
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-02-2007, 03:59 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,181
Posted By Doug S

RE: Am I going nuts???

Wow, thanks for the replies...I was not sure of the responce I would get when I first posted this but it would be my pleasure to share the woods with any of you guys.

The camera idea is a good...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
09-30-2007, 08:04 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,181
Posted By Doug S

Am I going nuts???

Anyone ever loose the urge to Hunt?
Does it come back?

The last 5-6 years my desire to Deer hunt (or anything else) has been dwindling, last year I went and passed on all but one deer(doe for...
Forum: Black Powder
09-30-2007, 06:23 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,425
Posted By Doug S

RE: 1991 TC White Mountain Carbine: Need update

I have the same gun also, when I'm really serious about killing something, it's the first one outta the safe. Very accurate with 80grs of 2f Goex, a 240gr Hornady with a TC-HP sabot(black ones)....
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
03-15-2007, 03:40 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,776
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?

R/man

Thought I'd show you this one, I tracked this deer all day and finally snuck up on it, if you look directly back up the hill you can see a narrow lane in the briars, it's about 50 yards to...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
03-15-2007, 03:29 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,776
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?

LOL, this is getting funny, sorry to hyjack the thread. We seem to be living parrallel lives. I too have gone through a bunch of scatterguns, autos and various Citoris. I'm semi-retired now and my...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
03-14-2007, 07:12 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,776
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?

Ahh, I see you know about them and Benelli's. I always liked the Super 90's, main reason I went with the SBE was the 3.5" buckshot I could use. With buckshot, more is definately better and after...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
03-14-2007, 04:42 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,776
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?

Retrieverman,

You are right, I do have alot of Benelli experience, I've had an SBE since they first came out,and a Supersport II-(recently sold that one to someone who wanted it more than me;))....
Forum: Reloading
03-14-2007, 04:40 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,258
Posted By Doug S

RE: found my first loading kit I am going to get

Wow, that is cheap and it has not gone up much over the years as I started with that press years ago. The powder measure is stiff with fine grain powders because it is not made to tight tolerances...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
03-14-2007, 02:27 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,776
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?

Why would you want to put four in when it's plugged for three? The ones made after H&K can also have a forth slipped under the bolt, it wasn't until the last half of the SBE run that Benelli "fixed"...
Forum: Reloading
03-07-2007, 05:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,141
Posted By Doug S

RE: Longevity of tumbling media?

I have two tumblers because I shoot BP as well as smokless. The smokeless one I use corncob and maybe a little touch of Brasso and it will last along time. When it gets dirty enough to leave a little...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
03-05-2007, 02:32 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,175
Posted By Doug S

RE: Gun Safes

Besides the lable, buy one that is much bigger than you need right now. It seems it does not matter how big of one you buy, they always fill up.

http://www.libertysafe.com/safegallery.lasso
...
Forum: Black Powder
02-28-2007, 02:24 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,635
Posted By Doug S

RE: OK, So I'm THAT guy

mcawful,

LOL...RE: the force..

Yeah, I poo-poo'd roundballs when I first started shooting BP as being too small for deer and not all that accurate, I shot conicals mostly. It's funny but...
Forum: Black Powder
02-27-2007, 05:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,025
Posted By Doug S

RE: 1858 Confederate Navy model pistol

Here is your gun, as I recall the frames of these-(the original ones, I think the originals also had a round bbl. to save on cost and production time)were made from brass alloy that the Rebs melted...
Forum: Firearm Review Forum
02-27-2007, 05:24 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,776
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II and 2 3/4 target loads?

No doubt you can handload a 7/8's load too light to cycle an SBE, one can make any round to cycle any gun. I have not found a storebought one that didn't work, things like the Remington Gun Club...
Forum: Black Powder
02-27-2007, 05:05 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,635
Posted By Doug S

RE: OK, So I'm THAT guy

As much as I like Traditional, my wood ram rods stay at home. The one I broke went dead center into my palm and made a little tent-like effect on the back side of my hand, scared me more than it...
Forum: Black Powder
02-27-2007, 04:52 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,667
Posted By Doug S

RE: navy arms pistol

Is it new or an older one?

Navy Arms never made a revolver, just imported them as you stated. Depending on it's age, many of their Revolvers came from Pietta and some from Uberti which cost...
Forum: Guns
01-12-2007, 02:36 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,759
Posted By Doug S

RE: Best Gun out there!

Model 94 in anything it's chambered for, followed closely by a Ithica 37-(20ga). Bolts and scopes are for kidz...;)

Doug
Forum: Guns
01-12-2007, 02:28 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 843
Posted By Doug S

RE: shotgun patterning

You didn't mention what kind of gun, or if you are useing choke tubes and do they all shoot to the same POI.

Some guns have shimms in the stock which help a little, maybe. A shotgun bbl can be...
Forum: Guns
01-12-2007, 02:10 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,218
Posted By Doug S

RE: 00 buck + bennli question

We are shotgun only here and I use both slugs and buckshot depending on how/where I'm hunting. Since buckshot does not travel as far as slugs I use it when the ground is frozen.

For buckshot you...
Forum: Black Powder
12-30-2006, 04:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,757
Posted By Doug S

RE: Lyman Flinter

This may have changed in recent years but T/C was known for having soft fizzens and oldly enough, a lyman fizzen can be fitted to a TC lock. Greg Dixon who is a Lyman warranty agent and a known...
Forum: Black Powder
12-20-2006, 05:03 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,214
Posted By Doug S

RE: Muzzleloader, how long have you....

I have 5 or 6 long guns and have been shooting them for 20 years or so. My "Go-To" gun is still the first one I purchased for hunting, a TC WMC, light and accurate as far as I can see, and that is...
Forum: Reloading
12-19-2006, 04:15 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,333
Posted By Doug S

RE: About setting up shop

Lead P,

Do your kids have friends?? Like you, I brought my kids up to know and respect guns and what goes with them. Unfortunately, not everyone does that and one of your kids buddies might be a...
Forum: Black Powder
12-19-2006, 01:59 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,372
Posted By Doug S

RE: Going,Going,GONE! T/C SOLD TO Smith & Wesson

Their warranty didn't catch up to them, it's what made them better than many others and a big factor in their success. I doubt S&W bought T/C because they were on the ropes. Kind of like Toyota, they...
Forum: Reloading
12-13-2006, 03:30 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,778
Posted By Doug S

RE: is reloading cheaper??

While I agree with those that say you don't save money because you shoot more, overall I feel that I have reduced my shooting costs by reloading. It really depends on what you shoot and how much you...
Forum: Guns
12-08-2006, 04:31 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,123
Posted By Doug S

RE: Benelli SBE II

My SBE I went for a swim one day, and it also functioned fine after I shook the water out of it. If you hunt around swamps or out of small boats, these things may happen...

Doug
Forum: Black Powder
10-31-2006, 04:19 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 999
Posted By Doug S

RE: Grouse Hunting with a smoothbore

You had me chuckling to myself, those Grouse sure are "lucky" they way they manage to put trees and bushes between you and them. I did alot of grouse hunting years ago and it seems the only time they...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-31-2006, 04:01 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 4,574
Posted By Doug S

RE: Look at the shot this dip Sh!# made!!

He obviously hasn't been taught what hunting is all about and likely won't. Anyone can miss but they took 4 shots, three misses and one head shot, all things considered that's pretty poor and the...
Forum: Black Powder
10-13-2006, 08:06 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,752
Posted By Doug S

RE: Pedersoli Co. drops support of Toby Bridges due to his extreme views on Muzzleloading

As far as Pedersoli going under, I don't think their business is all that geared towards the ML'ghunting crowd, take a look at their site. Lots of repro cartridge guns and many of their ML'rs are...
Forum: Black Powder
10-13-2006, 06:29 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,752
Posted By Doug S

RE: Pedersoli Co. drops support of Toby Bridges due to his extreme views on Muzzleloading

MLKeith,

I took a quick look at the ballistics, take a look at the two links, we are both close enough to be right, my point was that inlines are real close to 30-30's. BTW, the Remington site...
Forum: Black Powder
10-13-2006, 05:44 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,752
Posted By Doug S

RE: Pedersoli Co. drops support of Toby Bridges due to his extreme views on Muzzleloading

Bravo to Pedersoli, not only do I like their stance on this issue,but I also like their guns. Mr. Pedersoli worded his letter well and it took both courage and conviction to do so.

"Let the...
Forum: Black Powder
09-27-2006, 03:42 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 10,815
Posted By Doug S

RE: the TRUTH about TC's warranty! MUST READ

I don't care how their (TC)warranty reads, you don't have to fill out a registration card, they don't care if you bought it new, you just have to pick up the phone and call them. One time they...
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