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On my first turkey I managed to clip the top of the breast with the bottom edge of a load of #5 shot and boy did it ruin a good bit of nice meat. That's the limit of my body shot experience and it is again much smaller shot than you're thinking of. I always like reading your range report posts...

By the way...Great pictures everyone. Looks like some good eating too!

Here's my buck from early October 2008 in the Snake River canyon in Washington. .62 T/C Hawken with round ball over 90 gr Goex 2f. I managed to sneak in to about 25 yards while he was bedded. Also a chuckar with my T/C New Englander. (I'm kind of crouched as I never seem to know if I'm...

Hey Marmotslayer Here's one guy that is a definite convert to slings on upland guns. I never gave a thought to using slings on shotguns until a few years ago, but now I find it hard to hunt without one. It's about the best third hand you can have when scanning the far hillsides for birds with...

Posted earlier, but here it is again. Taken on 12-12 in westen Washington. (.62 roundball)

Excellent! Be sure to get us some pictures of your son's animals when they get them!

OK, here goes...... As I've done for the last several years, I took a week of vacation after Thanksgiving to hunt elk near the coast in one of our "any elk" muzzleloader areas. The season runs from the day before Thanksgiving through the 15th of December. I drove over from eastern Washington...

It's OK in Washington (though I doubt I'd ever try it, except maybe with a heavy maxi ball). From the 2009 regulations: A muzzleloading shotgun or rifle used for deer must be .40 caliber or larger. Buckshot size #1 or larger may be used in a smoothbore of .60 caliber or larger for deer. c. A...

They are addictive! I've had my New Englander for 3 years now and have taken quite a few quail and chukars with it. I've been using a load of 90 grains each of powder and shot (#7 1/2 or #5) over two 1/8" lubed felt wads and a thin overshot card. My barrel has the choke tubes and I've used...

Nothing for traditional only here in Washington. In fact we did lose just a bit more with this years new 3 year regulation package. Still no scopes or primers allowed, but we'll see what happens in 3 years when they work up the next set of regulations.

Sounds like you found a load that patterns for you pretty quickly. That's great. If you try the 100 gr shot load next time, you might try a little less powder too, say a 70-80 gr load. My gut feel is that you may find it patterns better than a 100 gr load and still has the power to penetrate...

I have a 45 caliber T/C maxi-hunter mold and they shoot really well in my Seneca. I did buy some T/C cast maxi-hunters and they shot very poorly out of the same gun. I think the mold T/C uses for their commercially cast bullets may be a slightly different diameter (though I never measured them...

I don't know of any currently produced .315 molds, other than having Jeff Tanner or someone else make you one. I have a T/C mold that is .315 and they do show up fairly regularly on the auction sites if you keep your eyes open, lots of times new in the box. If I was looking for another, I'd...

I too had a .54 and sold it a couple of years back. It shot T/C maxi hunters really well, but not round balls. I shot one small mulie buck at a dead run from about 30 feet and it swung just like a little double side-by-side on quail. Dropped him like a rock, but it was probably the luckiest...

Just a thought. How about trying a little piece of heat shrink tubing or thin rubber tubing on the end of the spring? You'd probably only need about 1/8" - 3/16". Just enough to give you a little friction. Dave

I've got one Seneca that is loose like yours and I just give the cap a slight pinch to oval them a bit. They fit tight then. I've never thought about trying #10's. With my other Senecas and Cherokee, #11's fit fine. Nipples are 12-28 and are readily available. Dave

How about making one with a center section of steel tubing for a sleeve similar to some two piece longbows? You might have to trim down one end of each 5 foot section so that it slipped into the sleeve and use a bolt or pin through each to hold it in place.

I've used the 255 gr. maxi-hunters in my Seneca, but I haven't really ever used them in my Cherokee. I use 70 gr of ffg and it'll keep a pretty good group out at 50 yards plus some. I cast my own with a T/C maxi-hunter mold, but I have several packages of T/C cast maxi-hunters that I can't get...

Congrats!! I'd have to say that sneaking in "front" of a cat while it's sneaking in on something else would have to be unbelievably difficult. It just goes to show what real patience can do for you. It also shows the results of a well placed shot with even a "little 'ol'" .45 ball. If you've...

Ditto to what Mike said, but Dillons Muzzleloading does have special Getz 13/16" 50 caliber barrels for sale. Ed told me you have to cut sight dovetails very carefully to about 0.12" deep maximum. Also, if making a halfstock, you have to solder the rib on rather than use screws. Oops, I just...