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  1. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    Breech plug was clear and I truly don’t think the breech plug is the problem. I think it’s a seal issue and for whatever reason the barrel just doesn’t want to seal. The wool was seemed to make a difference though more testing is definitely required.
  2. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    Must be my lucky day. Got home from work and the wads came in the mail - a day early. Finally got the twins in bed and decided it needed to be tested. I loaded up my same components as last time - 57 gr. i4198, wool wad, 275 Fury Star Tip smooth sized to .449. Primer was a CCI 209M. Walked out...
  3. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    I'm not ready to give up and send the barrel back again. I've been shooting muzzleloaders long enough to know that every barrel is different and all have quirks and intricacies. I am willing to try as many things as I can before I give up on it. I'm ok with shooting a wad and I'm willing to...
  4. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    The very first "pfft" I got sounded like a primer pop and nothing else. My first thought was to keep the gun pointed down range a few seconds to make sure I wasn't in for a surprise and then prime and try again. At literally the last second before pulling the trigger I thought better of it and...
  5. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    I think you’re right. I hope so. I’m at the only thing I can come up with that makes sense. If it doesn’t work I’ll probably send Mark another email.
  6. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    That sounds like about what I’ve got going on. Sometimes the powder is almost all gone and sometimes I’m guessing about half the powder is still there. This morning I found two was from when I pushed partial charges out. They show burning around the edges as if the hot gasses were escaping...
  7. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    Bullet is a a smooth sized 275 gr. Fury star Tip. Bullet is sized to .4485 for comfortable one handed loading, .4495 took some oomph to get it down the bore. Both had the same result. I was not aware of difference in his bushing sizes. I don’t know that i even have a way to measure that...
  8. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    Powder burned but not explosively so. In fact on shot 4 today I was able to watch the bullet tumble down range through the scope and bounce at about 60-70 yards. Didn’t sound like anything more than a primer pop and no felt recoil. Otherwise depending on which trigger pull all would move the...
  9. SuperKirby

    Help me understand…

    Ok , so to start let me show off my newly assembled Encore. The frame started as a blued Encore. The barrel is a .45 1-20 twist Brux built by Mark Woodman. I sent the frame to him and he nitrided it as well so the whole thing matches and gets the added nitride protection. The scope is a...
  10. SuperKirby

    Reloading find and question

    I have all the stuff to reload but haven't ever messed with it thanks to living in a shotgun only zone. I did however just inherit my Grandfather's Rem 700 in .257 AI and would like to get that shooting again if I can ever find any .257 Roberts brass. I also have a Contender in .357 Herrett...
  11. SuperKirby

    SOLD Knight 52 DE

    Ahh I want it. Unfortunately my financial adviser doesn't necessarily agree.
  12. SuperKirby

    New build plans?

    That's one word for it. I got kinda spoiled with not having to cut so much firewood so far this winter but boy we sure made up for it the last 10 days or so. With this wind that seems like it hasn't stopped the house feels cold all the time. Finally hopefully going to get new windows and...
  13. SuperKirby

    New build plans?

    Sure will. Supposed to climb out of the sub-arctic temps this next week and I'm really really hoping I have parts in so I can try shooting it.
  14. SuperKirby

    New build plans?

    I am just finishing up a build I started back in May. Mark made me a .45 barrel for an Encore. I sent the frame to him to be nitrided so it all matched and had the stock hydrodipped. I received the barrel and am just waiting for the breech plug and it will be ready to go. Should come in...
  15. SuperKirby

    FOR SALE Bushnell Engage 3-9x40 NIB

    Brand new never taken out of the box Bushnell Engage scope. 3-9x40 Deploy MOA reticle. Only opened for pictures. Purchased for a kids gun that never happened. Currently on sale at Midway for $179+ tax and shipping. How about $125 shipped .
  16. SuperKirby

    Whats the shortest you would go? New bolt gun build.

    My recommendation is to think about the overall length of the gun you want and adjust barrel length for that. For a few years I thought I wanted a muzzleloader right about 34” long. Ordered a barrel for my encore and it was handy in the woods but boy was it a pain to load. Had to bend over just...
  17. SuperKirby

    Heres how its going

    If you look up disappointment, you’ll find a picture of my hunting season. It’s that blank space next to the word. I made some choices in the last year that saw me selling my smokeless Encore (loved that gun) because I thought I needed to build a smokeless Remington, which I did. Before I even...
  18. SuperKirby

    Rules

    Dude’s not telling you how to hunt. He didn’t say you could only recover deer on HIS land if you shot them with a shotgun or if you were wearing blaze pink instead of blaze orange. Dude’s giving you times that you have permission to cross onto HIS land and potentially blow up HIS hunting areas...
  19. SuperKirby

    Rules

    So really it’s not anything to do with hunting and actually just a personal grudge. I get it. I don’t like all my neighbors. But let’s call it what it is. Nothing to do with him asking you to wait until off prime shooting hours and everything to do with a guy you don’t like having an element of...
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