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  1. GoexBlackhorn

    FYI

    Don't let the much quieter walls inside your home now - not close-in on you. Not talking and not communicating with others is bad, most certainly not good for our health. Get active - be active - stay active. Communicate more with others and if your wife did most-all the cooking, treat...
  2. GoexBlackhorn

    Happy New Year

    Happy New Year to all. I looked into the Snowbirds thing myself. Been in Michigan my entire life and only desire to be in the Lakeland area of Florida for three months of January - February - March each year. It's those months of MLB Spring Training that we want to be around the Detroit Tigers &...
  3. GoexBlackhorn

    Pyrodex P (FFFG) powder Question.

    What state do you live in Squint?..... Oklahoma? Nothing wrong with using Pyrodex P when real black is not available in your area. I only use real black and White Hots these days. My powders stay dry year-to-year, if I maintain my home humidity level at 60% or lower (basement dehumidifier)...
  4. GoexBlackhorn

    Hornady XTP Max FPS

    we use either 200, 240, or 300gr 44-cal XTPs. Never buy the XTP Mags. Powders are generally 2-3 pellets.of Pyrodex, 777 or White Hots. Longest harvest was 150 yards using the 240gr 44-cal with three Pyro pellets. No bullet ever recovered from that Spike. We favor the 44-cal bullets, for they...
  5. GoexBlackhorn

    175gr Barnes

    Happy to help. This bullet design originated with Buffalo Bullet Co in 50-cal only around 25 years ago - in lead only. Then Cecil at prbullet came out with one almost identical - then Barnes tried it out in copper-clad. I might still have some leaded ones, even after selling several boxes to a...
  6. GoexBlackhorn

    175gr Barnes

    These 175gr aren't limited to just 45cal MLs. Harvester Sabot Co has the blue 50/40cal sabots for 50-cal MLs. This is a nice soft load for beginners, women.... even male adults that are recoil sensitive, or have shoulder issues. Works best in-combination with two pellet powder loads, or any...
  7. GoexBlackhorn

    New ML

    CVA Optima V2 Muzzleloading Rifle 26" Stainless Steel Barrel Realtree Excape $400 at Midway
  8. GoexBlackhorn

    Hello from Alaska

    What city in Alaska (that's found on a common map) are you nearest to? I watch all the various Life Below Zero TV Shows. Even if the plot for any particular episode turns out boring, I still enjoy all the pics of the Wildlife and beautiful scenery in the backgrounds of these Shows. There was...
  9. GoexBlackhorn

    Wolf Question

    CVA Accura LR-X with 30" Barrel is what your treestand needs for longer shots and better accuracy.
  10. GoexBlackhorn

    Plunger guns vs break opens

    In generally all encounters, one can get any muzzleloader not damaged or pitted, to become accurate enough. What puts the break-action on a higher plateau is keeping the bottoms of scopes much-much more free of powder debris after a range visit. On another plus-side, odds of a hang-fire or...
  11. GoexBlackhorn

    Wads and PRB / Great Plains rounds.

    When all else fails and not even a pillow-ticking patch will solve the inaccuracies, look inside the wife's food pantry and grab the Cornmeal. 30gr is a good substitute for the fiber wads. Most times, it's not the roundball, patch, lube or wad causing the problem with accuracy. It's generally...
  12. GoexBlackhorn

    New Firestar pellets

    Are these for 50-cal rifles? Are they breechplug-ends specific on what delivers the best ignition? I like trying new stuff. But I may wait to hear some user reviews first.
  13. GoexBlackhorn

    Shooting Triple 7

    After a decade messing with 777 hard crud near the breech and again freezing my breechplugs, I said farewell to the powder. It didn't take me long to say farewell to Blackhorn 209 shortly afterwards. I hunt in humidity of the Midwest large lakes and I was getting hangfire galore. Now it's...
  14. GoexBlackhorn

    Ed' 45-340I Day Two

    This bullet nose and darn-near entire conical design dates back to Elmer Keith in the 1960s and his early Keith nose molds date back to 1927. I still have a few Keith Nose Precisions around 350gr. Don't recall if they're conicals or sabot bullets. I bought a size 13 shoe box full of bullets...
  15. GoexBlackhorn

    Ammunition Question - New to Muzzleloading

    Work up a 50 - then afterwards a 100 yard target using two pellets. I would start with the 240gr bullet. I've used the same Federal primers for years. Winchester and CCI-M (mag) primers too. These hotter primers are better suited with your White Hots powder....... my opinion anyways. I've...
  16. GoexBlackhorn

    Giv'em a try

    Depends! 85gr Swiss FF is a pretty hot load. A few questions here. What gun & approx twist? What's your cleaning solution? Do you use a jag or wire brush?
  17. GoexBlackhorn

    Simplest Lube Ever

    Recipe given here is intended for those that clean their barrels in a submerged water bucket or sink filled with water. If you don't and use barrel cleaners on a 2-1/2 - 3" patch to run up & down your barrel, the thickened Dawn soap remnants will eventually accumulate in your land & grooves...
  18. GoexBlackhorn

    A matched set!

    Look to be around 32" barrels. What's the barrel twists on these-2?
  19. GoexBlackhorn

    New Optima V2 - doesn't look like 209 primers fit this breech plug?

    You are in Oregon and 209 ignition CVAs aren't sold there. Does the entire Northwest not allow 209 ignition? Have fun with that sweet new ML. Need more help?...... just ask here.
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