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  1. Wisconsin Relic

    Black powder or Pyrodex

    In our two .50 cal percussion guns, accuracy wasn’t as good with pyro, energy was less with pyro. Now before a bunch of guys start jumping all over me, let me say that this was OUR experience in OUR guns. You may have different results. OUR choice is to not use it, especially when hunting.
  2. Wisconsin Relic

    Black powder or Pyrodex

    Well guys, my son and I did some testing this season with black powder vs Pyrodex. I’ll just say we WILL NOT be using the pyro. I’m happy that you guys that like that stuff have good experiences with it, but it’s not for us. I have 3 pounds of the stuff that I’ll trade for black powder if...
  3. Wisconsin Relic

    Black powder or Pyrodex

    Thanks. Appreciate that
  4. Wisconsin Relic

    New to muzzleloading

    Welcome from NE WIsconsin.
  5. Wisconsin Relic

    Oh dear, this is not MY Canada......

    When I was in high school, in Illinois I used to keep my shotgun and hunting vest in the trunk of my car. It was parked in the school parking lot. Many times in the fall, after school, I went to my car and got my gun and vest as the football team was heading out to practice. Our school was in...
  6. Wisconsin Relic

    Intro.

    That makes perfect sense. I had thought if I had finished building a new gun, I’d probably shoot it within the hour. But it’s good to go through the firing process the first time with someone experienced. Smart move. These pics are from our winter deer camp that my son and I were on in...
  7. Wisconsin Relic

    Intro.

    Welcome Rick! I’m curious as to why you’re waiting until January 6th to fire your new rifle?
  8. Wisconsin Relic

    Hey there, from Northern Wisconsin

    Welcome from NE WIsconsin.
  9. Wisconsin Relic

    Hello from Badgerland

    Howdy from Algoma, WI. Always good to know theres more of us in WIsconsin
  10. Wisconsin Relic

    Two no fires while hunting

    No we will not be using bore butter ever again. What others do is up them. But that product jeopardized both our hunts. And, I don’t need to be insulted by sarcastic remarks. We cleaned and loaded our guns exactly as I’ve been doing for 50+ years. The only difference this year was the bore...
  11. Wisconsin Relic

    To clean or not clean??

    Be aware of this: I’ve been shooting muzzleloaders for 50+ years with no problems. This year for the first time I used bore butter that I got from my brother in law. After a few afternoons at the range, made a final cleaning and lastly a patch with a bit of bore butter on it, before leaving...
  12. Wisconsin Relic

    Two no fires while hunting

    Hmmmmm, toast, eh? It does sort of resemble that whipped honey stuff. Maybe you’re on to something.
  13. Wisconsin Relic

    Two no fires while hunting

    The electrical tape over the muzzle seems like a good idea, but ignition wasn’t the issue. The issue was no powder in the bolsters of either rifle. We are not exactly sure of the reason for that issue, but suspect it was due to our use of Bore Butter. We will NOT be using that gunk anymore.
  14. Wisconsin Relic

    Lyman Deerstalker 100 yard Accuracy Achieved

    Good shooting, but do you think you may be somewhat obsessed with this? Ol Daniel Boone never concerned himself with that much detail. Just as long as the deer, bear or elk fell over, he was happy. Thanks for taking the time to detail all that info for us.
  15. Wisconsin Relic

    Two no fires while hunting

    Guns stayed on the unheated truck cab.
  16. Wisconsin Relic

    Two no fires while hunting

    Gentlemen, I have an answer. I went to the range this afternoon and removed the nipples from both rifles. Neither bolster had any powder in them! Not sure why because we did snap a cap before loading and poured in the powder with the rifles leaning to the right and then tapped them while we...
  17. Wisconsin Relic

    Two no fires while hunting

    My son and I just returned from a 3 day deer hunt/camping trip. Prior to going, we spent several days at the gun range. He was shooting Pyrodex, myself black powder from 2 separate containers, one a few years older than the other. We had no problems with either powder or Pyrodex igniting...
  18. Wisconsin Relic

    Black powder or Pyrodex

    Glad you’ve had good experience with Pyro. But, like I mentioned, my experience with the stuff has not been good. It’s possible it’s our environment, maybe more humid, more dry, too much cow manure in the air (we do live in WIsconsin). Who knows?
  19. Wisconsin Relic

    Black powder or Pyrodex

    Gentlemen spent yesterday afternoon at the range with two .50 caliber muzzleloaders. One shooting the over 10 year old Pyrodex from a sealed canister. The other shooting black powder over 30 years old. Had several “no fires” from the Pyrodex and shots all over the paper at 50 yards. in the...
  20. Wisconsin Relic

    Black powder or Pyrodex

    Sort of like the old question: what’s the best oil for my truck?
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