What muzzleloading stuff did you do today?

[primer mark]

I took my 12 yr. old. grandson out with me deer hunting for the first time this morning.Temp's were in the 30's with light rain.I made sure he was dressed for the conditions.He managed to step in a ditch with knee high water that I told him to hop over.Wet feet.Well he couldn't sit still and by 8:00 he was asking to head out.I gave it another 20 min., then we headed out.I didn't want to spoil it by being a hard ass for fear that he wouldn't want to go with me again.I didn't have any expectations of seeing any deer. I just wanted to give him a taste of what it was like.He's from the suburbs and hasn't had a lot of exposure to the great outdoors.I'm sure we will try it again.The smoke pole is still loaded and ready to go.The ML season ends on the Jan. 1. then its yotes and crows.Happy New Year - Everybody!

 

[Grizz12]

taped my breach plug and put it back in

 

[10acres]

I took my son to the range with me to sight in my new to me CVA Accura MR-X 50 cal. It’s ready to roll in case he decides to hunt the last couple days of our Alternative Method Deer season. I like the adjustable cheek rest of the Accura over my Optima V2.

 

[phalanx]

10 acres,

What load did settle on for the MR-X? I have a 50 cal one I need to sight in sometime. Thanks

John

 

[10acres]

10 acres,

What load did settle on for the MR-X? I have a 50 cal one I need to sight in sometime. Thanks

John

75g weighed of BH209 and a 290g Barnes Spit Fire T-EZ in a Harvester Black Crush rib sabot.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Been shooting my scout sml with a new load to get sighted to 200 yards.
Today i put a new Trigger Tech in the Rem 700 sml, and took the .50 barrel off my BP Express and started shopping for a new barrel.

 

[ElDiablo]

Picked up a little N133 to try with my Hornady 395 gr Sub-X bullets.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Picked up a little N133 to try with my Hornady 395 gr Sub-X bullets.

What are you shooting that in? Ive got a pound of n133 but haven't loaded anything yet.

 

[ElDiablo]

What are you shooting that in? Ive got a pound of n133 but haven't loaded anything yet.

Plan is to try it in a sml Omega. Looking at .45-70 load data, should be able to get a 395 gr going between 1600 and 1900 fps at under 30.4k psi.

 

[Wickedwagens]

I ordered a new stock for my omega build. They were on sale and had a coupon code, so couldn’t pass it up.

 

[ElDiablo]

I ordered a new stock for my omega build. They were on sale and had a coupon code, so couldn’t pass it up.

Optics Planet?

 

[Wickedwagens]

Optics Planet?

Yeah, $160 shipped

 

[Outdoornut1]

Yeah, $160 shipped

Beats the heck out of $300 plus I paid for my Boyd's Provarmit with adjustable cheek!

 

[ElDiablo]

Beats the heck out of $300 plus I paid for my Boyd's Provarmit with adjustable cheek!

Yeah, too bad they never have those on sale…..

 

[ElDiablo]

Inletted a new laminate stock for a .451 Super 91 and installed a Lyman 57SME and Williams Western Precision front globe for an upcoming hunt.

 

[hornclayton]

Got my mountaineer tuned up at 200 yards. The powder measurement is by weight. This was with a 10 mph cross wind. I expect on a calm day it would even be better.

How do you like the knight components and did they work well right away? I had my peregrine out to 200yds today. Definately different from the mountaineer but some little pains along the way. Parker 225 match hunters. 2100fps 127gbw pyrodex

 

[dozer_xj]

How do you like the knight components and did they work well right away? I had my peregrine out to 200yds today. Definately different from the mountaineer but some little pains along the way. Parker 225 match hunters. 2100fps 127gbw pyrodex

I do not understand your question on the components. I do really like knight rifles though. I think they have great fit and finish.

 

[dozer_xj]

This weekend was the first late antlerless gun season in Illinois. I did not have any luck. I chronographed my hunting load when I shot it to empty it. 45 Cal Knight Mountaineer, 275 grain Parker BE, Felt wad, 82 Grains of BH 209 by weight was 2140 FPS. I was pretty impressed by that. After that I cleaned it.

 

[ElDiablo]

Ordered another Williams Western Precision fiber optic front globe sight. In case anyone is looking, Williams has them back in stock at the moment.

 

[Confederate rifleman]

Bought 600 Winchester 230 grain .45 caliber jacketed hollow points for $240, from the same shop that produced 1500 Remington 200 grain .35 caliber round nose Core Lokts last year.
Haven't seen these for ages. GOOD bullets for muzzleloaders. Smacked a fine doe with one back in '09. Did a fearful job on her. Impact sounded like a base drum. " THUMP".
Dug several out of the backstop. Great expansion, and they held their cores like the lead was soldered to the jacket.
But, they measure .450 in diameter. I'm hoping this small reduction in diameter will help mitigate the hard ramming in my flintlock Renegades.