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Toledo, OH area
Thanks. Haha, Engineers. That moment when you get somewhere and start looking around like... I f'd up lol 🤣- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #10
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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To Blue or Not to Blue
In this time period, the finish your gun had was largely determined by how much you were willing to pay. Cheapest would have been in the white, with the big file marks removed, next would have been "bright" (polished bare steel), then comes rusting and then bluing. Each step up required more...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #6
- Forum: The Gun Builder's Bench
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Toledo, OH area
Hey, all! Long time listener, first time caller lol. I'm an Ohioan, lived here my whole life (aside from 6 misguided years with the US Army). Started shooting ML guns when I was 15, when my parents gifted me a .50 Traditions import Flintlock . All in all, I've built about 30 guns over the last...- Wildrangeringreen
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- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
I know it's a bit off topic, but I like hearing about everyone's original guns (especially bullet-rifles, I think they're some of the more interesting developments in ML's, peak of technical skill in the craft, and a transition to modern arms). Do you know the make (who, where), Year(roughly)...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #81
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
the Rifle-rifles I mentioned was referring to .32. My .32-.50 rifles are set up to use a bullet larger than roughly 2x a RB's weight (and mouse-fart loads with RB for sm. game) My express rifles are set up to shoot RB, up to a bullet roughly 2X the weight of a RB. Any caliber over .50 is just...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #77
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
It's like people don't realize you can have a general Archery and ML season... and a trad-only season. PA does it lol. I wouldn't mind a trad-bow and a trad-ML season either in OH, even if it were only an extra few days, to encourage people to learn about our heritage, as hunters.- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #76
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
a 73gr .36 round ball is a far cry from a 158, 278 or 330gr cast bullet. A 40gr .30 RB is a far cry from a 100, 150, or 200gr cast bullet. Small RB's (.30-.38) are a pistol-shot proposition, but at those ranges, if you load it up to what you need to get it done, it will still put 'em down. I've...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #75
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
PA also has a regular ML season, in addition to gun season(s)... so IDK what you're harping about. Apparently, once WT deer cross the border into PA, they grow 5x and require a bigger gun than even Ohio requires lol.- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #74
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
Yah, This totally didn't go the way I'd hoped lol. Was kinda hoping people would either argue for the convoluted regulations, or for reforming them, and then explaining their logic. Mostly all we got was nonsense about how "round balls are better", "Trad only, bro", or stating what your state's...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #57
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
Sounds like the "old guard" of "Trad only, bro's" at work again... Inline flintlocks existed... Inline matchlocks existed... Inline percussion existed. the Hall Rifle (a US military rifle) was inline lol. Paper Cartridges were very popular, when they were available, and can be very accurate. So...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #56
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
yes, between that and trying to force everyone to use expensive OP stuff (like OH and it's "straight walled cartridges" (most cartridges have been necked since 1875)) or by changing the rules like CO. and requiring a different gun all together than the year prior. It effectively makes it a...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #55
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
It's a classic symptom of anti-hunters and/or fools trying to run hunting regulation, combined with the 1950's-present trend to "magnum-ize" everything. a .50 RB can/has been used to take most NA game, it's like the .30-30 and .30-40 and .303... way before those cartridges were even dreamt of...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #36
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
simple solution is to go up in ball size if you don't like to shoot a .50 that fast lol. My experience, from taking deer with a 9x19 pistol, is you need less than 400 ft.lbs at the animal to kill it quick, but I've found when I suggest that, that it unnerves some people. Wait... I just reread...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #34
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
I knew I liked you lol, you have a sense of humor haha- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #31
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
You probably could get away without, there's enough published data to give you a good idea of what you're running (it wouldn't be 100%, but as long as you aren't trying to be at the minimum of minimums, should be ok). It would be nice to have though, just to know for sure what your load/rifle is...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #29
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
what is the difference between a .45 muzzle loader with a 400gr bullet and 70 grain of powder... and a rifle that loads from the back and uses the same components? I have no problem with using a round ball, I have a couple rifles that do (a .50 traditions flinter my parents gave me when I was...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #27
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
Oh I tend to agree, there is a segment of the population that prides itself in putting it's nose places it don't belong. IDK if you know of TX regs, but they seem pretty fair, the land owners control the hutning on their land, and the state controls hunting on theirs.- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #26
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
:doh: ok my guy, because a ball is the best projectile ever (some would even say it's magical/mythical), that's why it was replaced by bullets.... to make guns less lethal lol. like I said before... the illusions of performing arcane magic.- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #22
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
yah, it's kind of a mess lol, I do like the idea of PA's extra Flintlock season!- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #21
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations
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Pushing For More Reasonable Hunting Regulations?
Yah, bud, chronographed, 110gr of powder sends a 172 gr ball zippin lol, and a .50 ball of pure lead weighs about 188gr (load without patch). Well, I think I'd like to take out my .32 rifle and smoke deer, since the .36 (.38 g-g) does so well. DNR in OH go on private land all the time, even if...- Wildrangeringreen
- Post #19
- Forum: U.S. Muzzleloader Hunting Regulations