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  1. Loyalist Dave

    Importance of Shot Placement vs Power

    CNS Shots, aka Shoulder Shots are fine, if the deer presents the shot to the hunter. They do tend to crumple where they are standing. Double lung shots are also successful, but may require a short walk. LD
  2. Loyalist Dave

    Importance of Shot Placement vs Power

    The only disagreement is the misunderstanding of "energy" here. Two bullets impact the deer next to each other, one exits, one does not. The bullet that exits expends the SAME amount of energy as it passes through the deer as the bullet that remained, all other factors being equal. The...
  3. Loyalist Dave

    Strap bag vs belt bag?

    Strap bag (s). And Horn on a different strap. I don't get into tree stands as a choice, because around 98% of Maryland's "hunting accidents" are from falling out of the dang things. But I do hunt with guys who use them, and it's easier for them to lift their stuff with a strap up to their...
  4. Loyalist Dave

    I.D. "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp's Rifle?

    Yes! Hence the label "SxS Smoothbore x Rifle gun" in my post. LD
  5. Loyalist Dave

    I.D. "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp's Rifle?

    HOLY BEANS I've missed that all these years. :doh: Excellent point, and demonstrates that the folks making the film didn't know much about black powder. Add to that Johnson's 30 caliber instead of 30 Bore gun mentioned by the Narrator (iirc) LD
  6. Loyalist Dave

    Testing WD-40 against water patches. Which is cleaner?

    My father was actually told by a civilian armorer to use WD-40 on his shotgun actions. The actions looked like they had been preserved in parafin. After I took them all apart, and soaked them in solvent overnight, they worked fine. :thumb: I LIKE WD-40 to displace water, but when I get home...
  7. Loyalist Dave

    I.D. "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp's Rifle?

    Anything made in an Italian factory back then, short, and full stock..., HECK might be CVA and Spanish.... The real question is, WHERE is Paints-His-Shirt-Red's SxS Smoothbore x Rifle gun, and who made that? LD
  8. Loyalist Dave

    .45 TC Hawken Information

    Interesting that from two obviously different printings of the manuals the data stayed the same. I doubt they ever retested the rifle loads. They don't list the brand of powder, and this was long before Swiss or Scheutzen LD
  9. Loyalist Dave

    Possible scammer

    I don't understand. Was this your photo of something that you are selling OR was this the photo that he sent to you and HE was claiming to be selling the 1858 Remington revolver? LD
  10. Loyalist Dave

    New member Huntsville TX

    WELCOME Moved over to Smoothbores from New Member Introductions... NICE GUN btw LD
  11. Loyalist Dave

    .45 TC Hawken Information

    Here's what I dug up. NOTE there is different data for Seneca and Cherokee model rifles : You can find the full generic muzzleloader manual from TC here but you have to subscribe to easily read it TC Manual LD
  12. Loyalist Dave

    .45 TC Hawken Information

    He is looking for somebody who can publish the page for loads from an old TC manual. The problem is a lot of the online manuals are .50 LD
  13. Loyalist Dave

    Possible scammer

    He's banned Can you send me the photo that you reference? LD
  14. Loyalist Dave

    Hard, brittle, and fast PRB for more damage?

    So if you use a "hard" alloy, you are going to likely blow a nice, clean hole right through your prey. Hard lead bullets = penetration. Soft lead bullets = deformation. You want hard lead bullets on very large, dangerous game, to reach the vitals, especially since it tends to be safer to...
  15. Loyalist Dave

    Copper canteen blu green oxidation inside

    Because tinning is ONLY needed if an acidic substance would be within the copper for a long period, and the surface could not be cleaned afterwards, or if scale does not form. ;) Copper water pipes are not tinned, Beer was and still is cooked in copper boilers. Apple butter is made in copper...
  16. Loyalist Dave

    Virginia smooth rifle

    It's also possible it might be a Virginia thing. ("Long Hunters" were pretty much something out of Virginia too.) For example there are no records in Maryland Archives that ever mention a "smooth rifle" or a "smoothbore rifle". IF they do they are hidden by the term "firelock" and no mention...
  17. Loyalist Dave

    New from Louisiana

    I'm going to move this to the Original Antique Firearms section and WELCOME LD
  18. Loyalist Dave

    The new guy

    Welcome Ken I noted that one of your BP questions got deleted. That's because We don't discuss Home Made BP here. However, let me recommend the YouTube channel Everything Black Powder as a source for the information you will need to make some excellent black powder sporting propellant. LD
  19. Loyalist Dave

    Hunting loads for my .58 black powder rifle

    That's too far for what you are shooting, if you are trying to hit a conventional target OR hunting. In fact there are no commercially available barrels today that will work. What you're trying to do has been accomplished before. As a reference you need to refer to The Sporting Rifle and Its...
  20. Loyalist Dave

    Turkey hunting regulations

    Right. So here in the Fall season you can use a small caliber rifle, but in the Winter and Spring seasons, only a shotgun. That is in part I think because most of the hunter go for Turkey in the Spring, here. I think this is also the reason why shot no larger than #4 may be used, as anything...
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