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  1. mtfishn

    How long would you go when using spit patches without concern?

    I was shooting in a match in Fernie, BC about 35 years ago(?) It was below zero in US degrees. I had several spit lubed patches ...perhaps with a little too much "tag" left on them ...freeze to the brass end on my range rod and come right back out of the barrel like a popsicle! Only time I've...
  2. mtfishn

    How tight to patch a ball

    Good shooting! And smart development process. Your experiments matched my last effort almost exactly. ...and WE wound up in the same place, in terms of patch material and moose milk lube and fit of the combo in the barrel. Congratulations
  3. mtfishn

    To Bounce or not to Bounce

    I have had some very good targets over the years w/o "thumping" or otherwise damaging the patched RB. One thing I noticed years ago was that if I used a flat-ended ramrod rather than a cupped end that fit the ball, the flattened (?) balls shot just fine out to 50yds or so . At least I could not...
  4. mtfishn

    Hello from North Central Washington

    Welcome from Montana! My intro to Black Powder was a few years before you were born in the Yakima area where I grew up and shot my first elk ....and a few years later, my first ML elk. I have taken a few deer the woods around Winthrop.
  5. mtfishn

    Whats Everybody Doing?

    Great Picture.....wish I was there.
  6. mtfishn

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Thanks, Flatcreek!
  7. mtfishn

    Shot in a pistol

    I tried one of the .357 "shot capsules" made by Speer in a modern pistola, loaded with #9 shot. Shot at a grouse in a tree not 12 feet from the gun....bird fluttered to the ground...success! At home after dressing the bird, I could find no shot whatsoever in the carcas, but one sliver of...
  8. mtfishn

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I shot in a local(?) match as part of Big Sky State Games. Had a great time and reasonably good luck. Attached is one of my best ever groups offhand at 50yds. Shot 11 targets with my .45 cal. custom barrel on a Cabelas/Hawken kit gun. First outing for this rig in nearly a year. Fired over...
  9. mtfishn

    Average Group

    I appreciate the honesty(?) on this thread. While I've had my good days as any of us, I'm satisfied with 3-4" groups at 50 and 9" groups at 100yds offhand. From x-stix I would like to get groups 1/2 that size shooting PRB. Sometimes it happens...sometimes it doesn't.
  10. mtfishn

    Finally done and loading good.

    Nice Job!!
  11. mtfishn

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Wind was blowing 45-55mph. So cold I had to have ear flappers down to mow the lawn....in June! ...so hunkered in the shop and cast .440 RBs....lots of 'em!
  12. mtfishn

    Oxidized balls, think they will be a problem?

    In a revolver....I guarantee you will not be able to tell the difference!
  13. mtfishn

    What's your go to lube recipe?

    I use a blend similar to those mentioned above on conicals and to seal the front of cylinder on a revolver with 5 parts Beeswax, 4 parts Crisco and 1/2 part (or less) anhydrous lanolin (measured by volume). A little dab of lanolin makes it stick to the bullets better and may help with lubrication.
  14. mtfishn

    T-shirt Patching NOT a good Idea

    My younger brother used to cut patches from his T-shirt ....while he was wearing it! (never worked all that well, but was expedient) He had a .45 Dixie pistol kit gun when we were kids. We'd spend an afternoon shooting at ground squirrels...can of powder in his rear pocket and a pocket full...
  15. mtfishn

    Spring bear

    Congrats. Anxious for the story. PRB in the .58?
  16. mtfishn

    BALLISTOL a fair shake

    Started using Ballistol after watching friends clean up with it. Recently broke in a new .54 barrel and was using spit as I had for decades in my .45s. Got tough to load after a few shots so gave a 1/5 bal/H20 mix a try as patch lube. Shot great espec especially as I shoot a tight-fitting...
  17. mtfishn

    Hello from Iowa

    Welcome From Montana.
  18. mtfishn

    2020 Cow Elk Hunt

    Congrats....enjoyed your story very much!
  19. mtfishn

    Turkey Hunt takes a big turn ...

    Now he can say he got ....one-a them! Great story. Must be interesting hunting where all manner of beasties can show up.
  20. mtfishn

    Antelope stuff

    Glad she had you guys to help her out of that fix! I've seen a few jump fences, but not many. One time saw one running down a road toward a cattle guard. Stopped way back to allow it time/space to change it's mind, but instead it jumped the cattleguard at full throttle....knew better than to...
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