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  1. Spikebuck

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

    Looks like the normal RMH (in walnut) they've had for a couple decades. Is there something different...little longer barrel...different twist?
  2. Spikebuck

    Texas hill county buck

    I love bucks with nontypical antlers!
  3. Spikebuck

    About your hunting rifles

    Any muzzleloader I acquire is subject to being used in the field, plain or fancy. For small game I currently have a .62 smooth rifle and a .36 Kibler SMR. The .62 smoothie was built by a George Raasch of Indiana and has been on many of my small game hunts. My Kibler SMR .36 has also taken...
  4. Spikebuck

    Dirty Betty Makes Meat

    Congrats on your hunt! 👍 I have not seen a clean barrel shot be that far off from a "dirty" barrel. That's a tremendous difference. I have owned over a dozen traditonal guns and have not had one yet that didn't hit in the same place clean or dirty. I work up loads on a "clean bore" basis...
  5. Spikebuck

    Importance of Shot Placement vs Power

    I agree until this: Damage and wound channel is what matters. Having "energy to spare" in a passthru means you delivered energy sufficient to create the longest wound channel and most damage possible...ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL. In the same wound channel scenario, the same style, size...
  6. Spikebuck

    Couple of antelope!

    Some great shooting! Congrats to you and your dad! 👍
  7. Spikebuck

    36 caliber deer hunting

    I cannot remember his username, but we used to have a guy on here from Ontario years ago that used .3X calibers on Canadian Whitetails, which would be good sized. He was also an exceptional gun builder. IIRC...he hunted with those rifles in a way similar to using traditional archery gear...
  8. Spikebuck

    40 cal. buck,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Congratulations! 👍😍 My first glance at the rifle and I thought "Kibler," but then looked at the entry thimble. Nope...has a tang. Beautiful rifle and buck.
  9. Spikebuck

    My buddys antelope hunt

    Leave it to cattle to almost screw up an opportunity! Congrats to your buddy. 👍
  10. Spikebuck

    Pronghorn down

    Congrats! Quite an accomplishment. 👍
  11. Spikebuck

    Now I will clean it.

    Brits, congrats on a nice bunch of squirrels. 👍 Regarding your lube...does it only work with 4f pushing a handful of old mixed size airgun pellets or will it work as well with "normal" loads?! 😉🤣🤣🤣 Seriously...when it comes to blackpowder & hunting, you are a PROVEN master!
  12. Spikebuck

    '24 Hunting Season

    Great father/son memory! Congratulations. 👍
  13. Spikebuck

    Flints life.

    I get around 25 shots before I give the edge a touchup and might get another 20. Since it's a rock it can also sometimes chip or break after a few shots, but rarely if you have it properly installed. I like a thin flat flint. No thick "humpers." Thin and flat lets you do a nice touchup on the...
  14. Spikebuck

    Bear down!

    Congrats! Nice bear and Woodsrunner!
  15. Spikebuck

    On the Board in 24

    Congrats. Smart decision! 🙂👍
  16. Spikebuck

    Who Hunts Reg Seasons With Their Muzzleloader?

    I have never hunted with a suppository rifle. I did hunt once with my Dad's .44 mag Super Redhawk during the firearms deer season. Otherwise, I hunted exclusively with bow until 2000 when I added traditional muzzleloading. 50+ years and haven't needed a modern rifle. Nothing against them...
  17. Spikebuck

    Pondering a flintlock. Educate me.

    I don't have a Woodsrunner, only the SMR. For me, the SMR does not have enough drop at the comb. When I bring it up, I'm looking over the sights. Higher sights did help some. You may want to call Kibler to get more specs on each to help you decide which might fit you better. The great...
  18. Spikebuck

    Pondering a flintlock. Educate me.

    Not to derail this thread, but one's SS benefit calc is based on much more than one's best quarter of income. https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/questions-answers/social-security-benefits-calculation.html
  19. Spikebuck

    That's a brown hare!

    Almost missed Jess' head sticking in from the side of the pic. Did she help?
  20. Spikebuck

    Pondering a flintlock. Educate me.

    I would think that hard sugar maple is going to be stronger than walnut. But then, you are making a fine rifle, not a club. Get the stock wood that trips your trigger! Personally, I found Walnut a little harder to work with...at least the piece I had liked to splinter...razor sharp tools are...
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