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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Did some short range, 25-yards, comparison of PRB vs. mini-ball I’d cast. 70 gr. Pyrodex for both .54 projectiles. Bench rest groups still show me PRB is preferable in my rifle (1:48) with cloverleafs vs. about 4” groups for the minis. Fun to experiment. Deer season for BP coming up the 28th...
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    Hi All

    Welcome from Oklahoma! Enjoy the sport and hang out here to learn a lot.
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    August Postal Match

    Gary, I take it "postal match" actually means "post" images of one's targets on this site by end of August? (Don't see anything about sending targets by USPS so I figured we've technologied ourselves away from the Postal Service). Am I right? Got a 9 year old grandson new to MZ shooting and I...
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    August Postal Match

    Neat. Will participate from Hot, Hot, Hot Oklahoma ... ambient temp will have muzzle velocities over 2600 for sure! LOL Dan
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    Got Some Cheap Percussion Caps Today.

    Gun shows are for exhibitors.
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    Thoughts on Percussion Caps

    Yep. The Blue Dragon from Bentonville is stocking them in their "Muzzle Loading" section currently. We have two of its stores in our town...both have at least a dozen or so stocked right near the Pyrodex RS.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Actually last week. I bought two packages of CCI #11 percussion caps at local WallyWorld. $5.62 ea.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Yeah... but think of the good memories you have! Hope all went well in the clutches of the AMA. Muzzle loading adds good years to your life.
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    .36 Seneca today

    Looks like the 30 gr. load could be your go-to... just adjust to move the group and work with all the "little things" (as you're doing with the front sight. Probably will turn out to be a squirrel getter.
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Spent a wonderful couple of hours working with youngest grandson on his first outing with the .50 Traditions Deer Hunter. We started out at 30 yards (pictured) to make sure we could find what the gun was doing and what he was doing with the gun! LOL Turns out we didn't need to be concerned...
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    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    Cast some .490 ball with and for my soon-to-be 10 year old grandson, the proud new owner of an out of the box factory-built Traditions .50 Deer Hunter. Thunderstorms came in so we put off firing the first for-real shots until maybe Wednesday afternoon. Cleaned bore and nipple, fired a cap to...
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    Tips on a Traditions Deer Hunter kit?

    Yes, the "hold it at a slant lock down and whack it" is part of my loading procedure. A very practical and necessary step to remove doubt and misfires. Good catch.
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    Tips on a Traditions Deer Hunter kit?

    Sorry you haven't had any replies. So here goes. I've built two of these, and have a third on order with and for my grandsons. Can't opine on the availability of aftermarket sights... but realize the plastic glow lites are not the best. I understand the newer kits have metal sites (but still...
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    ISO Traditions Deer Hunter percussion kit

    See, posting on Muzzle Loading Forum works!!! I found the Traditions Deer Hunter .50 percussion kit I was searching for at Midway USA. (They've been out, like so many other vendors, for so long.) Ordered it quick... grandson and I will get after it this summer, he can do some cold bluing and...
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    ISO Traditions Deer Hunter percussion kit

    Seems Traditions is waiting on a new shipment of .50 percussion Deer Hunter kits. Trying to find one for grandson to build this summer to match those I helped his older brothers build 5 years ago. Any leads would be appreciated.
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    Hunt for Arrowheads

    I live about three miles up a wet weather tributary of the Cimarron River south of Stillwater,OK. My grandsons and the other grandpa plant pumpkins and melons each year on some upland pastures near the creek. Sandy mantle soils blown on south winds cover the area. Every year “disking the new...
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    bank robbery

    Weapons of war.
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    Badly Bitten

    Welcome. There is a wealth of info shared here.
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    load

    I love the smell of Pyrodex in the morning!
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    How old are ya?

    Lot of wisdom in that saying!!
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