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  1. dhaverstick

    Load suggestions for my 54 caliber flintlock

    I kind of forgot about starting this thread. Thanks for all the advice! I am intrigued about the alloy balls. Does anyone know where I can buy some? I do not have the tools, or raw materials, to make any. Darren
  2. dhaverstick

    Load suggestions for my 54 caliber flintlock

    I have a 54 caliber flintlock rifle that has the Colerain 42" C-weight swamped barrel. Right now I am shooting 65 grains of FFF powder under a patched round ball for deer. Next year, I plan on taking this gun with me to British Columbia for a moose hunt and was wondering if I should start...
  3. dhaverstick

    More dead squirrels

    I usually carry a KBar for backup. Nothing makes you feel more alive than close-quarters combat with a bloodthirsty rodent! Darren
  4. dhaverstick

    More dead squirrels

    gyHQtbKX1dM Sometimes I have to step all the way off the porch to kill one. Darren
  5. dhaverstick

    Success during Missouri's squirrel opener

    No, Stubshaft, that is a walnut stock. Darren
  6. dhaverstick

    Success during Missouri's squirrel opener

    azmntman, I used to hunt squirrels hard with a longbow. I used flu-flus with blunts for squirrels in trees and regular arrows with judo points for squirrels on the ground. After a while, though, I got tired of chasing and losing arrows. I make all of mine so I had a lot of time and money...
  7. dhaverstick

    Success during Missouri's squirrel opener

    Squirrel season opened this past Saturday in Missouri and Ole Betsy and I were out there bright and early to help thin the herd. It was hotter than seven kinds of hell so the bushytails weren't that active but I managed to bring a few home over the long weekend. They can generally be found right...
  8. dhaverstick

    It's only a reproduction gun......

    I love your posts! Keep 'em coming! Darren
  9. dhaverstick

    .445".

    Looks like a lot of fun there, B. Thanks for sharing! Darren
  10. dhaverstick

    Felt!

    That picture got me all fired up again for squirrel season. Ours opens the 26th of this month and I have a whole passel of them eating the sunflower seeds from my bird feeders that are gonna get a big surprise around then. That's a good looking hound - what breed is it? Darren
  11. dhaverstick

    Finally killed some vittles!

    I don't know how it's been in the rest of the country, but Missouri's turkey season has been rough. We've had two very poor hatches in a row which meant we had a lower number of toms to play with. And then the weather has been just too dang cold to get the birds fired up. Up until this last...
  12. dhaverstick

    Nothing!!!!

    Way to go, Brad! You put the hurt on them this year! Darren
  13. dhaverstick

    Finished this bag in time for turkey season

    I finished this shooting bag for a good friend, and fellow blackpowder hunter, just in time for turkey season. He is a taxidermist and had done a lot of work for me without charge. After I badgered him a while he finally said he would take a shooting bag as payment. He wanted it specifically for...
  14. dhaverstick

    Made this shooting bag for a friend

    My good friend, John Pruitt, made a couple rifles for my dad and me and asked me to make him a shooting bag as payment. I finally finished it yesterday. What is really special about this piece is that the body of the bag is made from the hide off the moose I killed with my longbow in 2015. The...
  15. dhaverstick

    Buck 2017 redux

    A fine story and great pictures. Plus, you have the makings of some tasty vittles right there at your feet. Thanks for sharing, Spence! Darren
  16. dhaverstick

    Smokepole double!

    Had a great weekend with my new friend, Joe Hollingshad, the owner of Devil's Backbone Wilderness Outfitters near Dora, MO. Joe invited me to hunt on his place with my longbow a couple of weeks ago and learned that I also hunt with a traditional muzzleloader. Not having anyone else to play with...
  17. dhaverstick

    Got an early birthday present!

    Yesterday, I received the blackpowder rifles that my good friend, John Pruitt, made for me and my dad. Mine is a 54 caliber flintlock with a large Siler lock and a 42" swamped Colerain barrel. Dad's is a Hawken style rifle with a 30" barrel custom made by Flintlock Construction Incorporated in...
  18. dhaverstick

    A little after-supper recreation

    The gun I use for squirrel hunting is a 12 gauge smoothbore with a 42" Colerain barrel and a large Siler lock. The load I've been using as of late is 75 grains of FFF, 1 overpowder card, 1/4" lubed fiber wad, 1 1/2 oz. #6 chilled lead shot, and 1 overshot card. Earlier this week I was sitting...
  19. dhaverstick

    A little after-supper recreation

    Even though it was a bit warm yesterday evening, I couldn't help but get out and try to thin the local squirrel herd. Fortunately, I didn't have to get more than 20 yards from the house. I first went out just to listen. I heard one barking behind my old chicken coop so I ran in the house, got...
  20. dhaverstick

    Still working on the squirrels

    This particular gun was made for me by my good friend, John Pruitt. It's a 12 gauge smoothbore with a 42" Colerain barrel. I have a blade front sight and a buckhorn rear sight. The lock is a left hand large Siler. John carved the stock out of some walnut he had on hand. Lately, my squirrel load...
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