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  1. M

    Preparing a percussion rifle for hunting

    Make sure you use REAL black powder and none of the fake stuff. My brother & I were hunting in heavy snow once (had to keep wiping the snow off the barrel to see the sights). Anyway, he was using Pyrodex and had misfires (3 of them) all day long. Every time I touched off with real powder, it...
  2. M

    Bar & Chain oil?

    You might try thinning it down with some kerosene. Kerosene is slightly oily in its own right and might "water down" the chain oil enough to be workable for you.
  3. M

    Thanks USPS

    They're govt. employees. 80% of them are too lazy and too stupid to get a job in the real world so they suck on the govt. teat for their entire lives.
  4. M

    Two feathers health issues

    Prayers for you and yours.. Doctors and hospitals have their place, I suppose. But I've lived 68 years with my basic policy being, "You live longer by staying away from the medical community." Long list of injuries, I've pretty much done to myself over the years and I can proudly (maybe...
  5. M

    Hello from the Bitterroot Valley

    Hello from a fellow Bitterrooter. Been here since 1990. No better place on earth.
  6. M

    HOW RURAL IS RURAL?

    About 5 minutes from the closest trailhead into the Nat. Forest. 45 minutes to the trailhead into the Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness Area (my favorite place on the planet). She probably won't do it but I asked my wife to scatter my ashes there.
  7. M

    Recent NYS Firearms Law

    Oh, they vote. They just don't know they did and don't have anything to do with filling out a ballot. The D's take care of all that for them.
  8. M

    New member from montana

    Bitterroot Valley -- Hamilton. Don't sign in often any more, but wanted you to know there are some of us here in God's Big Sky Country!
  9. M

    red dot sight

    Don't let them give you any grief over the decision. I had shingles attack the optic nerve in my shooting eye. Sight is not good. I can use a scope or red dot sight and manage to see the sight and the target. I mounted a red dot on my 54 cal. and it works. I make NO apologies for trying to stay...
  10. M

    What Muzzleloading Stuff Did You Do Today?

    I have eye problems too. Shingles attacked the optic nerve in my shooting eye. Can still see but blurry and there's no way to see the sights and the target. I resorted to mounting a red dot sight which solved the focus problem. Mounted it with high temp permatex gasket goop. Give it a day + to...
  11. M

    Cabela's black powder?

    Used to be a great company. Now that Gander Mt., Bass Pro and Cabelas are all together, they have lost the desire to provide any real service. I think the Cabela brothers are rolling over in their graves (if they are in the ground yet)!
  12. M

    How cold is too cold for you to shoot?

    Never too cold. Until you freeze into a solid block of ice, it's shooting weather!
  13. M

    Shooting Bare ball

    Maybe a crazy thought but it sort of ties in with "bare ball" shooting. Anyway, I had a crazed thought the other day and I'm going to try it unless someone tells me I'll blow myself up. Has any thought been given to powder coating round balls and skipping the patches? I PC my other cast bullets...
  14. M

    Help Fixing Up Inherited Muzzleloaders

    You're making me feel old today. I can remember gas at $0.27/gallon and when there was a gas war it went for $0.15/gallon!
  15. M

    Powder shortage effects

    I do the same. I am behind on wetting, corning and grading right now. I have about 2 lbs. of the milled powder setting in a tupperware container waiting for the final process.
  16. M

    Powder shortage effects

    Not for me. Started making my own home grown. Only used in shop experiments so far. None through a gun. But generally, it seems to be a good replacement. looks like the burn rate is a little slower, but I'm still playing with my mix. Generally, I'd say the fellows reporting the need to up the...
  17. M

    Black powder shortage

    FYI -- We saw deer and got shots but no deer. I did make a beautiful dead center kill shot on a 3 inch sapling that jumped in the way of my would a been perfect shot on a doe!
  18. M

    Black powder shortage

    Depends if there is a 250th anniversary. Not too hopeful about it these days.
  19. M

    Black powder shortage

    Obviously you have never hunted in heavy snow fall. My brother and I were out once. I had BP and he was joining the "in crowd" and using Pyrodex. Both Hawken percussion guns. Snowing was so heavy we had to wipe of the tops of the barrels about every 3-4 minutes just to see the sights. He had 5...
  20. M

    Toledo, OH area

    FYI -- If you can handle Ohio winters, you could walk around naked in the winter in our part of Montana. We may break ZERO 2-3 times each winter but most of our winter temps range in the 15-45 temp range. On the valley floors, we are driving around on dry pavement most of the winter. You have to...
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