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Kinda weird elk hunt
QuietKat has a big sale going on that ends today. 750 watt Ranger will do everything you could ask of it, I am 68 and with 21 years in the Marine Corps and ranching prior to that I am pretty beat up and it has kept me in the woods longer and deeper than I can go on foot...- chorizo
- Post #14
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Kinda weird elk hunt
That is for protection of "critical habitat" . We don't have the griz down here and I would like to keep it that way!- chorizo
- Post #13
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Kinda weird elk hunt
Nice. That is why I went the carbine route as I use a bike to get around to hunt. A carbine slung across my back, small pack for essentials and the bike paniers loaded with bags, knives, saw and other articles to quarter the game. I bike to the kick off point and use the bike to bring the...- chorizo
- Post #10
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Thumper finally tested.
Let me caveat this: I am a western big game hunter and my primary game is elk. Big, tough and hard to knock down. Terrain is normally rough and steep. You don't want them running far once you hit them. Deer are a target of opportunity when out hunting elk so the following is my perspective...- chorizo
- Post #39
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
Yep. Purpose built gun with purpose developed loads. One size doesn't fit all. I built my guns and developed loads around my hunting conditions and the intended game to be hunted. I don't hunt tree stands anymore and I choose areas that give me some view of the surrounding terrain. 75 yards...- chorizo
- Post #37
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
Nice. I liked the shorter guns, but at the velocities I want to push them at, the shorter barreled guns (less than 22" for the 54 and less than 26 for the 58) didn't maintain their accuracy. Simply too much high pressure gasses disrupting things upon bullet exit. Bring the velocity and...- chorizo
- Post #35
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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"Notches" on Kit Carson Hawken
To add to the story here......I am reading Four Years in the Rockies: or, The adventures of Isaac P. Rose and Kit Carson figures largely in the story as Carson and Rose were "buddies" for most of the 4 years. In it, Rose recounts how Carson took an Indian bride and was showing her how to repair...- chorizo
- Post #12
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
Finished cutting and vac packing to wet age the steaks. 19 two per thick cut loin steak packages, 41 two per thick cut leg rump steak packages, 4 shanks and three skirt steaks, and I estimate 80lbs of hamburger. About 170 lbs of meat with the only bone in the shanks. She was a big cow in...- chorizo
- Post #29
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
Thank you, but more like Old Fart, than young fellow- chorizo
- Post #27
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Finished the Thumper project
No. But my procedure was as follows: at 50 yards initial sighting, accuracy estimate and velocities. If I found a load that met my velocity requirements and showed promise in accuracy then to 100 yards for accuracy development Took the accurate load and did a 3 rd velocity check. I set...- chorizo
- Post #25
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Finished the Thumper project
https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/finished-the-thumper-project.167020/ https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/hoyt-thumper-carbine-velocity-results-chronographed.159742/ By volume, using. . 542 ne, they engrave on loading. The links will answer most of your questions.- chorizo
- Post #23
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
Go to the bottom of the thread and look at the "similar posts". You can also search for my posts. I have quite a few on the subject where I explain the process and where I learned how to do it from sdsmlf- chorizo
- Post #24
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
Game. No worse than shooting a 12ga shotgun.- chorizo
- Post #14
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Importance of Load Devolopment
"... been a great shooter, just wasn't as sexy as my "better" rifles" To rephrase, the only sexy rifle is an accurate rifle!- chorizo
- Post #12
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Searching info on CVA Bobcat
Yes. Made by Ardesa (61) it is a BP Muzzleloader (13) the serial # is 019285 and it was made in 1998 (98)- chorizo
- Post #6
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
@SDSmlf said, "I do take exception with the thread’s title. I wouldn’t call it a finished project until one or more of these ‘thumpers’ fulfills their intended purpose, and that can’t happen until opening day of elk season at the earliest." There. I fixed that. LOL- chorizo
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- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Finished the Thumper project
Thumper project complete. Elk down.- chorizo
- Post #18
- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Thumper finally tested.
When I last posted about the Thumper carbines, I stated that I had finally gotten the test results that I wanted and I was successful. I was gently reminded by @SDSmlf that testing wasn't complete until I shot an elk with it. Well I fixed that this morning. Full bodied mature cow elk at 95...- chorizo
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- Forum: Percussion Rifles
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Found this under my stand I just put up. What left this?
Sorry, I'll move over a couple of trees next time.- chorizo
- Post #58
- Forum: Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting
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Muzzle decorations
But, but, but.....can't we just stick to uninformed opinions and speculations? 🤣- chorizo
- Post #34
- Forum: Flintlock Rifles