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  1. Spikebuck

    Flintlock accuracy and need help finding load

    Thank you. Yes, I did bed the barrel with a very thin coat of Acraglas, and I did post a link to the build process in the Gun Builders forum back then.
  2. Spikebuck

    First deer for my son

    Excellent hunt and photo! 👍 Congratulations to both of you. Tickles my heart to see a young man pursuing game with a traditional smokepole! 🥰
  3. Spikebuck

    Unsuccessful yet happy

    If a person is going to hunt with traditional bows and guns, they need to be happy, like you are, with coming home empty handed much of the time after a perfect day afield. In 50 years I only hunted big game one year with a "modern" gun and that was with a Ruger .44 mag. Making it more about...
  4. Spikebuck

    Best way to unload after an unsuccessful hunt?

    When I first started hunting with a ML 25 years ago, I was discharging the hunting load daily. Then I joined here and learned it was unnecessary to do so. Now I leave the load in until season's end. In fact, my .36 squirrel rifle has had a load in it for about 10 months now since I had no...
  5. Spikebuck

    Flintlock accuracy and need help finding load

    Same barrel on a flint Hawken I built. Here was my final load (see notes on target). The top group was before I adjusted sights. Bottom group after adjusting. Bench rested. Gives you an idea of the possible if your barrel isn't defective.
  6. Spikebuck

    Three weeks!

    Go ahead and say it Brits...4f...4f!!! 😉🙂 Actually, you should try Null B and see if you can reduce the charge some more!!! 👍 If everyone did that we could dispense with the continuing question of: "Can I use my main charge powder in the pan?"😝
  7. Spikebuck

    My hog rifle got me a buck!

    Congrats on a great buck! 👍
  8. Spikebuck

    Buck vs Doe

    As a general statement, I hope that is true. Unfortunately it may not always be the case. Here in Minnesota, our deer population a few years ago was so low that screaming hunters finally caused our legislature to perform an audit of our DNRs processes. In short, it wasn't pretty for our DNR...
  9. Spikebuck

    Buck vs Doe

    This morning was our regular firearms opener. I was out with my flintlock on my own small property of just 6 acres. I could have filled my tag at sunrise with a very large doe at 25 yards that was completely unaware of my presence. Between 7am and 8:30am I had numerous adult does and...
  10. Spikebuck

    40 caliber SMR , it works

    Hard to beat that! Congratulations! 👍
  11. Spikebuck

    Hard, brittle, and fast PRB for more damage?

    I've had big Minnesota bucks (dressed over 200#) that went down in 20-30 yards with a .530 PRB broadside or quartering away through both lungs. How much faster is needed? I had one .530 RB fragment severely on a doe with the forward angle shoulder shot in Dave's picture, except it was also a...
  12. Spikebuck

    Recovered bullet pixs, lets see em!

    .54 cal Hornady Great Plains pushed by 90 gr T7 out of my Rocky Mountain Hawken. 89 yards. Bullet broke ribs on both sides and stopped under the hide on the far side. New bullet for comparison. It only shed a couple grains. The only other I ever recovered was a .530 round ball that went...
  13. Spikebuck

    Another successful hunt in Hungary.

    Liver: The "oil filter" of the body! If someone likes it, go for it. To me, liver is guts! 🤢🤮😆
  14. Spikebuck

    NY ML season

    Congratulations! 👍 Not too often they wait around to give a 2nd shot opportunity! Genetics in bucks is important, but more so is age and nutrition. We had a Christmas tree farm near us we always went to for our tree. They had a pet buck. First year he was a little three point eastern count...
  15. Spikebuck

    Strap bag vs belt bag?

    I use a larger shoulder bag. I am generally dressing traditional now and a lack of pockets means a bottle of water and some candy bars for the day go in the bag along with field dressing gloves, some paper toweling, hunting knife, etc. along with the day's load supplies. I have several bags by...
  16. Spikebuck

    Pedersoli Ghost Ring Tang Sight

    Pictures of the sight, screws, and your breech and tang might help get responses.
  17. Spikebuck

    opinions of best twist rate for 45

    👍 Several years ago I sent a barrel to Bobby Hoyt to have enlarged to .45 from .36. I let him "do his thing" since he's the expert. 1-56 was the twist he used and IIRC a .012 groove depth. Grooves wider than lands. That barrel was a tack driver!
  18. Spikebuck

    Pedersoli announce a .54cal 'Hawken target rifle...

    Yep...have had a striped maple RMH for 20 years I bought at a Cabelas on sale for $699. They are good looking replicas and are shooters! Problem is it just gets heavier with every passing year!!! 😉🙂 Still love it though. 👍
  19. Spikebuck

    Cleaning Kibler Woodsrunner?

    Lots of various cleaning concoctions. I've used various mixtures over the years, but settled on just using warm water with a little Dawn. I do have one of the clamp on pump devices, but rarely use it. I remove the lock and clean. I put down a folded paper towel and lay the rifle touch hole...
  20. Spikebuck

    Lock service recommendation

    Our own Dave Person on this forum. I have also used Cabin Creek.
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