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G'day all, As some of you may know I'm an Aussie but would really love to get to the states for some hunting. I've always wanted to hunt whitetail. As I understand it private land is hard/expensive to come by so i would do public land where I can do some still hunting. I'd like to try...

Any other smoothbore shooters here? I've got a 20G/62cal fusil de chasse and a 12G/72cal trade gun. The former is one of my favourite guns, even though I haven't settled on a hunting load for it. The latter I'm yet to shoot. Any suggestions for round ball loads in the 72 are much appreciated!

I ended up giving away pretty well all of that last deer from a few weeks back. A fallow doe is about 90lb live weight so really isn’t a lot of meat in the end anyhow. It was a good excuse to get out again this weekend. After a less than ideal week of being at the Melbourne hospital with one...

This is a stag I shot back in the April rut. My brother and I got out first thing in the morning and snaked our way through the edge of the bush glassing out into the paddocks looking for deer. As we came up through a creek bed we spotted 4 hinds but couldn't find a stag with them. The wind was...

It seems as fast as I can hunt deer there are folks wanting a share. Managed to take this doe at a ranged 89 yards this morning. Sat on my butt and shot off my knees, with a fast lock and steady sitting position it’s not too bad a shot to take. Hit her bang on, although the .535 ball made a...

Recently saw a deal pop up for a near new condition Sauer 100 in .223. I've thought about getting one to keep in the ute during work hours seeing as I'm in agriculture and always see foxes, hares etc. during the day. Farmers don't seem to mind having a few vermin shot off their crops either...

I bought a Pedersoli Missouri River 50 cal caplock a few years back which some of you will have seen in my previous threads. It's been a great gun. But truth be told I haven't taken it out of the safe in nearly 2 years since findign flintlocks. And since getting into flintlocks I've appreciated...

Anyone have experience with them? Looking to get one that's capable out to 200 yards for coyote sized game. Any suggestions on brands and models?

2023 is off to a good start with a nice eating fallow in the freezer. Also managed another a few days previous but didn't have the camera. Got to the property and the wind was atrocious. I thought well I've already come this far so decided to hunt the semi open bush edge that has a little...

In Commonwealth countries such as Australia, we remember those who fought and died during the great war on armistice day. I always try to remind myself of how lucky we are to be alive and free and the young men who gave their lives for the notion of that freedom. I can only hope we can keep a...

Went for an afternoon stalk with the flintlock today. Got busted on my first stalk, but found another and managed to sneak into 20 yards. The rest is history!

The wife and I were having a difference of opinion tonight so I said screw it and grabbed the hawken to head out for a quick arvo hunt on some public land. Usually see a hare, occasionally see a fox. Managed to sort out some dog food taking this bloke through the lungs at a ranged 64 yards...

I have been keen on getting a flintlock for a while, mostly for playing around but also a bit of hunting. Had my heart set on a longrifle but all that I found were too expensive or too literal I.e. too long to fit in my safe! (Bear in mind it's a legal requirement here for all guns to be locked...

I also shot a buffalo cow, this was a really enjoyable hunt. The guide was happy with the fact that I'm a competent diy hunter so let me lead the stalk. We travelled along some water courses for a couple of kms before glassing up a mob of buffalo. Got into 80m before taking this beautiful cow...

Got the job done on my buffalo hunt. My friend also used it to take his bull. Hornady Monoflex performed well.

Curious if people have used these and what their thoughts on them are. I'm thinking I'll need something for the Hornady Monoflex sabots in my Missouri River when in the field. I have a round ball starter but think it may deform the nose and effect accuracy. I did get a quote from spinjag...

So the first half of my brace of Pedersoli Hawken rifles arrived today. Pedersoli Rocky Mountain .54 cal I picked up this one third or fourth hand off a used gun site for $1000. Bear in mind they retail new for $2400 here, so I was happy. Also came with 80 .535 balls, range rod and pedersoli...

I saw this article on NAMLHUNT.COM, hadn't heard about the adapter before. Wondering if people have experience or knowledge of them? I'd be tempted to put one on my missouri river to turn it into more of an all weather hunting rifle seeing as I have the RM as well now and a lot of my hunting is...

I'm still waiting on my Pedersoli Missouri River Hawken. Feb turned to March, March turned to April, and April to "maybe" May. Couple of days ago I was killing time before leaving for work and decided to check used guns (our gun broker) and one of the first things I saw was a Pedersoli Rocky...

G'day all, I'm unable to fly with blackpowder and all ill be able to use up north is Pyrodex. BP is available but the guide is worried it will start fires and will only supply Pyrodex. Is there a rough conversion between Wano 2F and Pyrodex? Hopefully I can whip up a quick load without wasting...