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  1. mtfishn

    Real black powder

    I prefer BP in all my guns. I have had some issues with poor ignition with Pyrodex in precussion rifles...delayed ignition specifically...click-bang! I have used both T7 and Pdx in cartridge rifles and done well. Actually won a couple matches (BPCR sil.) with pdx in a .38-55. I used t7 in a...
  2. mtfishn

    Where to zero for 25, 50, 75, and 100 yard matches?

    I shoot (so far) a .45 cal. patched RB for competition. I sight in (with fixed sights) so the ball strikes at the top of the front sight at 25yds and 50yds. These ranges I use a 40gr. FFFg load and it is very accurate and I can't tell any difference in point of impact at these 2 ranges...
  3. mtfishn

    Conical Terminal Performance Research

    First (of several) elk taken with a/.54 cal. Hawken (GPR) kit gun, 1/48 twist was using a maxi-ball slug, about 400grains wt over 140gr FFG, at about 70 yds trotting. The bullet entered near the last rib angling forward and exited the ribs just behind the off-side shoulder. It did not exit the...
  4. mtfishn

    Original Rear Sight On Lyman Great Plains Rifle?

    Track of the wolf has the fixed, semi-buckhorn sights and I just ordered one for a new build.
  5. mtfishn

    Anyone else use the old Thompson Center Maxi Ball system bullets for hunting?

    My first BP game was taken with a Cabelas Plains Rifle kit gun in .54 cal. Not knowing better, I was shooting about 145gr/FFg under the 400gr Maxi. It shot about 8" groups at 100yds but I killed a cow elk at 60yds. That bullet entered near the last rib, angled forward and lodged under the...
  6. mtfishn

    Small game with a 50 cal?

    You bet. As other have expressed, it can work very well. However.....I was once carrying my .45 cal. Rifle loaded with 35gr of FFF hoping to decapitate a grouse ...and had taken a couple already. While my family and I were driving to a new berry picking/grouse hunting spot, we came onto a...
  7. mtfishn

    The .62 rifle took a 2022 deer

    Sometimes my nipple gets hammered into a larger diameter and the caps then do not seat properly and tend to cushion the blow of the hammer. I place them in a drill and touch them up with a file to return them to their original diameter.
  8. mtfishn

    .45 cal deer load

    I've not had good luck using WWeights for PRBs. Years ago I shot a MD Doe @ under 35yds broadside. The w/weight ball passed completely through both lungs and exited. The deer ran then fell/bedded about 35yds from where it was hit. Its head was up...I reloaded just to be safe(?) and took one...
  9. mtfishn

    One antelope... 2 hunts

    A few years ago I decided to extend hunting season by trying to use my .45 cal. GPlains rifle for antelope. I picked a spot where we had seen antelope bed mid-day on previous hunts and set up there before shooting light. Now the reason antelope liked this spot is that it is table flat and...
  10. mtfishn

    Successful Speed Goat Season!

    Congratulations...very well done.
  11. mtfishn

    Turkey Hunting with round ball

    First bird I shot years ago was in a coulee (small draw) along with a bunch of his (?) buddies. Fall season in MT is either *** and rifles are allowed. Anyway, I sneaked down the draw on the opposite side of a fill and culvert. Spotted the turkey heads up peaking out of the draw...just across...
  12. mtfishn

    Patch lube for round ball shooting..........Lawdy.

    Lots of good thoughts here. I been using spit alone for near 30years for target use and have won events at Nationals and set some local event records using it in my .45 cal. Rifle. I shoot only about 40gr FFF for most competition (60 at 100yds). The light charge helps reduce fouling. Years...
  13. mtfishn

    .50 vs .54 accuracy

    I agree with most, but not all of above. Most of the reason for the .530 ball being slower than a smaller diameter ball is because the volume in the barrel is increasing so much behind the ball as it travels down the barrel. This results in lower pressure when compared to a smaller cal. with...
  14. mtfishn

    Turkey Hunting with round ball

    I've shot a few using a .45cal. RB ahead of 40gr FFF. I try to place the ball above the legs ...just under or breaking the spine. If the bird is headed away, I try to shoot higher so as to miss the breast, hitting the spine or breaking wings/lungs. This avoids losing much meat. I've tried...
  15. mtfishn

    .45 cal deer load

    I shoot 40gr GoexFFF out to 50yds in competition, 60gr/100yds competition and 75 gr to hunt with out to 100yds. I've taken a number of WTails, Muledeer and antelope with this load. The 75 gr load hits about 4" higher @100yds than the 60gr charge.
  16. mtfishn

    New Member

    Welcome Chris. You aren't fellow that used to live in Eureka, MT are you????
  17. mtfishn

    G'day from the Hunter

    Welcome from Montana! Knowledge is always welcome!
  18. mtfishn

    Hello from MT

    Looking forward to the many interesting conversations posted here. 2coyotes
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