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    Hope for the future III

    I'd like to extend a special thanks to Adui for putting on a monthly mail-in target shoot. Since I only recently learned about it and there's little time left in March we went out yesterday even though the weather was terrible (cold rain) and shot the target. I got my son and his friend...
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    Golf with roundballs!

    Huh. I printed it out and paced back just across the house which isn't even 25 yards and the target is not distinguishable. I think I will be coloring the "par" spaces.
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    used vs new rifle

    You! YOU! You were the one! :hatsoff:
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    used vs new rifle

    I don't know what the asking price for the gun in question is, but it seems that no matter what, if you have custom gun parts, it's worth $999. Everytime I see a semi-custom something-or-other on that website asking anything less than $1000 it goes in a matter of days. It's when the artwork...
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    Golf with roundballs!

    After I posted that question, I thought, "registering them ain't a big deal, or shouldn't be, anyway".
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    Golf with roundballs!

    Couple questions: That's one shot at each "bullseye", right? I doubt my son (15) or his buddy (16) are registered here. Can they participate?
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    Thank you! RE: Monthly shooting contests

    You're organizing shooting contests? I must be missing them. Is it too late for me and my boys to get in on them?
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    What would you do?

    Let him sell it. You never know. Some of these things are bought for the sole purpose of ornamenting some wealthy person's fireplace. So long as it doesn't break the support pegs! What is the dimensions across the flats? How heavy is it? I have a T/C Renegade hunter in .54 that will bust...
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    used vs new rifle

    You're right Rifleman. I recognized that writing style right away. I kinda figured the OP is trying to keep the sale "secret" in order to prevent others from sniping a good deal out from under him. That said, I have faith in that outfit for their used guns. They do price "fair", so you're...
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    Hope for the future II

    That's interesting. If you read Fadala's books 100 - 120 grains seems like about normal for a hunting charge. 110 grains is only 1/2 the weight of a .54 caliber ball which was a standard charge. I've never considered 120 grains or less as "magnumitis". You see magnumitis on the other...
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    wood not taking stain

    I don't know what the tannin content in ironwood is. There are places that do pick up the stain and the "vinegaroon" reacts well. Particularly around knots and the root-ball, wherever the endgrain is exposed it seems. But wherever the grain is sideways it doesn't show much response. I've...
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    wood not taking stain

    I've made a walking staff from ironwood (American Hornbeam). I tried using the steel wool dissolved in vinegar but it hardly stains the wood. It takes it better at the root-ball, but the rest of the wood barely takes the stain. I don't know if ironwood is one that displays much chatoyance or...
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    Hope for the future II

    Yes off-hand is the last choice for hunting, but here it is frequently the only choice. So it is best to get proficient with it.
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    Hope for the future II

    Ok. So basically the advice is to drop the charge, as well as fix the nipple.
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    Hope for the future II

    Yeah. He wanted to try 110 grains. It is a Green Mt. barrel and we got it primarily for hunting. So he wants to establish a hunting load. He says it doesn't bother him. That problem with the caps not firing the first hammer strike reared it's ugly head. I watched him fire and when the...
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    Hope for the future II

    I should add that my son's friend did pretty well too. He had been having difficulty with his T/C .45 Hawken (bought used). Ultimately we ended up sending it in to Bobby Hoyt who offered to re-cut the rifling for a very reasonable fee. After getting his barrel back we took it out and things...
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    Hope for the future II

    Took my son and his buddy out shooting today. This target is from my son. 50 yards off-hand. 10 shots. Half are in the black. The other half seem to form two groups, one group to the left, the other at 12 o'clock above the target. My son said he could have called one of the shots that...
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    What is the moisture in the pan?

    40 Flint has an interesting thought. Just like the condensation you get from a jet of air coming from an air compressor. However it could be a combination of all three factors. Hygroscopic fouling salts, high humidity, and the compressed air effect. When the salts are exposed to the jet of...
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    CCI caps

    I like Griz's idea. That might be what the cause is since it doesn't seem to be the first few shots. It's more like the problem will sneak up on you - which makes it all the more frustrating. Because I've tried things like turning the nipples and thought I fixed the problem, until about 12 to...
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    What will more powder get you?

    Yeah. Different guns can make a big difference. More powder in a T/C Hawken is going to be different than more powder in a Lyman GPR. One has shallow-groove 1:48" rifling the other has deep-groove 1:60" rifling. My gun is a 10.5 lb TVM Early Virginia. I notice a difference in recoil when...
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