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  1. CapPopper

    Casting Issue

    As bad as that looks the mold is definitely too cold if it's not got oil in it. Even somewhat cool lead comes out of a hot mold looking better than that. Leaving the mold in the melt until lead doesn't stick to it is good. I will also set the mold In the melt if I need to do anything else ...
  2. CapPopper

    .32 cal shooters

    Thought about trying a small paper patched 30 cal bullet or 32 cal pistol bullet in mine..... 85-90 grs I would imagine should stabilize in a 1:48... They are pretty short especially a hollow based was cutter. I can tell you for sure it won't stabilize the 170 grain Lee I shoot in one of my...
  3. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    Let's visit the idea of environmental factors and not paying enough attention..... So I shot some more today though I didn't have much time. First group sucked and was all me but my windage stayed real consistent..... Second group would've been amazing but I didn't have the foresight to hood my...
  4. CapPopper

    Help… Broken Lock

    I'd try getting a pick and turning it. It's possible it may not turn and you'll have to resort to extreme measures but we remove broken bolts at work all the time by turning the broken piece with a sharp object till you can get ahold of it or it comes out. On some of the big ones we use a sharp...
  5. CapPopper

    Real bullets 250 vs 320 for different rifle twists

    Not sure about real bullets but I shoot the 360gr lee improved Minie out of my 1:48 .50 and, it's an absolute tack driver with that bullet and anything from 80-100 grs ffg goex.
  6. CapPopper

    What’s your favorite BP substitute.

    You're right I do depend on finding it at a store..... Whatever you may think not all of us can just dump $150 dollars on powder. I need things like food and gas and often I can't afford a pound even when I find it. Hoping things will start getting better now that my son is in school and the...
  7. CapPopper

    Finally

    It sure is I could've carried any number of other rifles or pistols this year ( have like 5 options) but anymore I have trouble hunting with anything that doesn't make a cloud of smoke.... Hoping my kibler kit ships soon and I may have a chance to get it put together before muzzleloader. Luckily...
  8. CapPopper

    Finally

    Not sure if he was a native (I didn't ask) but he was in south central Ohio when I shot him.:thumb:
  9. CapPopper

    What’s your favorite BP substitute.

    I have a lot of hangfire comparative to real black with Pyrodex..... Especially after the gun has been loaded a few days which just doesn't cut it for hunting which is my main purpose for my .50..... And all my other guns are flint so..... I started making my own black cause it's just to...
  10. CapPopper

    Finally

    This evening was the last day of our regular gun season. After hunting every day of season dawn till dusk I had seen two deer whole hunting and both were already dead. That's a week and two days of dawn till dusk without seeing a single live deer. However our DNR assures us the deer population...
  11. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    I'll give it a try though I try to be real consistent in my rest I could've easily ignored it.... Cast about 250 balls tonight and sorted them by weight within .3 grs and I've got some patches drying right now with 7:1 water:ballistol mix. Figured I'd start there since dutch says about 80% of...
  12. CapPopper

    hello from ohio

    Good luck out there tomorrow if you hit the woods Ohio guys..... Hoping to let the .50 eat.
  13. CapPopper

    New member from Ohio

    Me and my wife went over the summer and camped on blennerhasset island. It's supposed to be haunted and we were there with a ghost group..... I didn't see anything but had a pretty unexplainable session while I was using dousing rods.... It's a really interesting place and we were talking about...
  14. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    I was wiping and I thought the minor horizontal could be sun related though it was not super sunny.... With my 1911 the sun will move my poi 3-4 inches at 25..... I may try to hood the front site next time. As for vertical now that I've found an acceptable patch thickness (and I've got a free...
  15. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    Yes I'm wiping between shots. Shooting off my back pack in the hood of the jeep. If I was shooting 100 with a scope I would probably say only acceptably steady but it looked real steady with irons lol I'm really not displeased with my group sizes more I just felt I could do better and really...
  16. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    They are both upside down but you can tell there's two distinct points of aim here lol if not for that the one 35 group would be super good
  17. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    In the second picture I very deliberately aimed at just the bottom of my square. I shot some the other day but the bluing on the front site was messed up from filing some off cause it was super super low..... I had two distinct groups then high ones and low ones where I was hunting for an aim...
  18. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    Off my pack on the hood of the jeep pretty much non existent wind.
  19. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    Ok I just wasn't sure what a reasonable expectation for accuracy was.... I'm sure different patch lube will get rid of some of that stringing should be getting close to a half inch at that range then. I'm just used to groups better than that at 200...... Used to headshot squirrels with one of...
  20. CapPopper

    Inconsistency

    Forgot to say I was swabbing after every shot. I figure using the dry patch method will tighten them up some I just wanted to get In the ballpark first.
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