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  1. Acohill1

    Felt wad idea

    Over powder cards is what I was thinking.
  2. Acohill1

    Felt wad idea

    Was thinking about purchasing these stiff felt circles and gluing them to paper cards punched from soda boxes. I've seen other stiff felt wads for sale but they always seem really expensive for what they are. Think my idea would work instead? The free amazon shipping makes this much cheaper for...
  3. Acohill1

    12 Gauge questions

    What does the pattern on the wad tell you?
  4. Acohill1

    Shot cup for 20 ga. 1 1/2 .oz load

    There's a pinned post about how to make paper shot cups. I looked into trying this with my gun but problem is finding a shotcup that fits your barrel and isn't too big/small.
  5. Acohill1

    Bismuth

    I definitely will
  6. Acohill1

    Bismuth

    Bought 2 1lb bags of bismuth for one last waterfowl hunt.... there's something oddly satisfying about a bag of shot
  7. Acohill1

    12 Gauge questions

    I have one from the 80s and it's not marked on the bottom. I have a post about it from a few days ago with pics if u wanna look to see if u can spot any.
  8. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    Ohhhh lol I was like What? did I do?!?!
  9. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    Oh it's definitely not the newer flaky stuff. I made sure to pour it all out and take a good look at it when i got it..
  10. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    I'm just new to BP... how am I a zero?
  11. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    Yeah I kinda thought about that... I trust that it's legit and I have delt with the guy I got it from a few times in the past... i suppose I will burn some and make sure b4 hand I should just be able to tell by smell right? Yeah I know hopefully I can manage to get the funds together for both...
  12. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    This made me laugh. U don't think I can get away with 10 1oz charges each with a 5lb of shot??????/s
  13. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    I shoot trap once a month and otherwise hike, hunt, and goto the range enough that a shoot a bunch. I'm new to BP tho I plan to run thru a few ounces as soon as the trap range opens back up from the cold... I've been struggling to think of a place other than backcountry that I can pattern my...
  14. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    Yeah I'll have to do that soon. I'm just happy to have found some locally so I can get shooting.
  15. Acohill1

    Found real GOEX locally.

    Found some ral GOEX powder at a small local gun dealer. When I went to check out with pyrodex he asked if I would like real BP Instead. OfC I said yes... he ended up having an open container of GOEX with 10oz of powder in it I paid him 29.99 for it. I figure with the rarity and no haz-mat charge...
  16. Acohill1

    Looking for tips on cleaning your shotgun at a primitive camp.

    I'm headed up north next week after some snow geese and I'm taking my new pedersoli 12ga with me. Problem is I have 0 experience cleaning a BP gun at camp. I will have access to water and I'll be at my car but I'll be limited on how much fuel I have for the stove. There's a grate for the...
  17. Acohill1

    Cant figure out what cushion wad diameter i need

    I planned on breaking 2 in half one greased one not and "fluffing" them up. Non greased halfs over the powder greased halls over the shot.
  18. Acohill1

    Cant figure out what cushion wad diameter i need

    Okay. I already got the Fibre ones otw. It'll be fun to test the skychief load with them. I'll buy an arch punch or something as soon as I can
  19. Acohill1

    Cant figure out what cushion wad diameter i need

    i tried the plastic just to get an idea how tight the choke was. like i said above i bought fibre wads and plan on getting a punch for cards
  20. Acohill1

    Cant figure out what cushion wad diameter i need

    I bought 13ga Fibre wads from track the wolf. It's 12$. I'm also going to look into a 3/4in and a 19mm hole punch
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