What muzzleloading stuff did you do today?

[Shorty]

I peeped my Woodsrunner's tang bolt!

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Thats a great start, i have the same problem. Where did you find the peep? Ty

 

[rfd]

Thats a great start, i have the same problem. Where did you find the peep? Ty

Danged if I can remember! One of the ML sites, maybe this one. I'll check with a friend ....

 

[Decay]

1st chance I've had to try some of the Accurate 40 greasers (minus the grease ) in the lite blue Harvester sabot that I cast for a member here . I hope he has a 45 cal to shoot these like I did ! Zeroed @200 yds the 1st shot @ the gong said go for grouping so I did over 57 gr of IMR4198 then went to 57.5 (the winner) and am going back out to the garage and cast a bunch for Fridays shoot . The 100 yd group was boring so wasted no time there as I did not have a lot casted (pure lead) . I also had a buddy watching (2 shots before he ran off) ,came back later to verify my groups !

 

[Decay]

What barrel? What twist? What sabot?
I also cast a .400 cal bullet from an Accurate mould, 247 grain, but mine is smooth sided. I've not gotten any groups at 100 yds that are under .9" in my Paramount with the Brux/Woodman 1:18. IMR4198, and N120, both Harvester sabots. I've been delayed in all my shooting because of fishing season, golf, and a 1911 pistol.

 

[eekjellander]

What is weight of bullet you are shooting ?

One I just weighted dropped @217.3 in pure lead and do well @200 yds ,and quik @2400fps average

 

[eekjellander]

What barrel? What twist? What sabot?
I also cast a .400 cal bullet from an Accurate mould, 247 grain, but mine is smooth sided. I've not gotten any groups at 100 yds that are under .9" in my Paramount with the Brux/Woodman 1:18. IMR4198, and N120, both Harvester sabots. I've been delayed in all my shooting because of fishing season, golf, and a 1911 pistol.

One of Mt Monkeys (lab guns) Howa 1500/19 twist Hand lapped Shilien barrel ,and until I got this powder last week things came together I think today 57.5 IMR 4198 with these greasers (without the grease) in the lite blue smooth harvester made my day and @200 yds I had to quit early ,walk back to the house and make more for Fridays shoot

 

[MrTom]

I hit the club early this morning with the Patriot .45 so I could be finished by the 11 cut-off for an event there this afternoon. I took three different bullets:195 Expanders, 200 grain XTPs and 225 grain Fury Star tips in the .400 size. Everything from Harvester's light blue sabots. 5 shots each at 56 grains of IMR4198, 5 each of 56.5 grains IMR4198 and 5 each at 57 grains IMR4198 was intended but I had to scale back to three shots each because of the event. 27 shots was enough as it turns out. Pretty much have decided that the 56 grain load does it the best with all three of the bullets and I'll focus on that charge unless I can land some N110 to dink around with.

Everything was done at 100 yards. The club has a 9AM start time and by the time I got settled to shoot the wind kicked up from the SE and that wind sucks out there. It loosened up the groups a tad but not bad. By the time I finished, target dots covered the main target pretty much and when I went to take it off the backer it fell apart so a picture or two, intended, didn't happen today. The 225 Fury at 56 grains of powder had the tightest group, maybe 1-1/4" with the wind's help. 1-7/8" was the widest spread and came using the 57 grain loads with the XTPs. At 56 grains the Furys and the XTPs were very close in group size. I believe it was Mt. Monkey that mentioned shooting a 200 grain, .40 cal start tip with the ballistic tips and having really decent luck with them so I'm ordering those to play with to see if anything tightens up.

It was a nice morning to shoot what with the temps in the low 70s and humidity in the 50s% instead of the mid-70s where it has been.

 

[rfd]

Thats a great start, i have the same problem. Where did you find the peep? Ty

Tom A Hawk

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/folding-peep-sight.145105/

 

[ElDiablo]

Received a bunch of White .50 480 gr and NE .40 410 gr bullets today. Thanks @steve egan!

 

[steve egan]

ElDiablo:
You are welcome.

Steve

 

[Shorty]

Tom A Hawk

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/folding-peep-sight.145105/

A big thank you…

 

[Whokalouie]

Nothing, just looked at all the BP guns etc I will soon be parting with. Getting old is the you know what's.

 

[Utah400elk]

I spent a bunch of money…does that count? New Knight Ultra Lite with LRMP conversion on the way!

 

[steve egan]

Nothing, just looked at all the BP guns etc I will soon be parting with. Getting old is the you know what's.

Old age is not the " Golden Years " but
the " Rusted Years ". IMO

Steve

 

[Mike3888]

Decided to remove the hard finish on my Brux/Omega. Gonna go to an oil finish. The stock got some pretty good dings this past hunting season. I’ve done quite a few over the years and found out it’s much easy to fix and take care of.

 

[Dieselden454]

Decided to remove the hard finish on my Brux/Omega. Gonna go to an oil finish. The stock got some pretty good dings this past hunting season. I’ve done quite a few over the years and found out it’s much easy to fix and take care of.

Nice job! Looks Great!

 

[ElDiablo]

Shot a few 480 gr White conicals in my White Odyssey. They didn’t shoot too badly with 100 gr of FF 777, but at 110 gr they were all over the place. Went back to the 600 gr. Much better.

 

[illinoishunter]

Shot a few 480 gr White conicals in my White Odyssey. They didn’t shoot too badly with 100 gr of FF 777, but at 110 gr they were all over the place. Went back to the 600 gr. Much better.

What's it like to shot that heavy of a projectile? And what's the benefit of that much lead? I'm assuming it's pretty slow and runs out of steam quickly so not much range to it. I'd guess it's a close in elk round?

 

[ElDiablo]

What's it like to shot that heavy of a projectile? And what's the benefit of that much lead? I'm assuming it's pretty slow and runs out of steam quickly so not much range to it. I'd guess it's a close in elk round?

It’s cool! In a 6ish pound rifle you have to have a good recoil pad. The Whites were designed for heavy lead. The 600s with 100 gr of 777 are traveling about 1300 fps. Lots of momentum! Close in moose bullet.

 

[Dieselden454]

Freight Train Moose Medicine!