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I use a .357mag casing full of 3f powder and a .390 ball for squirrels. It does a great job.

As others have said, each rifle is unique in what it likes. My rifle isn't particular about the powder charge, it shoots anything from 20-60gr well. However, I have found that it is very particular about the patch lube. Mine loves lots of bore butter on the patch and hates mink oil. I have...

I actually have a peep sight on my rifle. I have been using it ghost ring style with no insert but I think for squirrels I am going to use a smaller peep insert to help center it up better. Being off 1-2 inches on a deer at less than 50 yards isnt usually even noticeable. Being off 1 inch on a...

I took my .40 flintlock on a squirrel hunt this morning and ended up having an amazing outing. I walked an area I havent been to before and had action right from the start. Before I was 75yds from my car I saw my first of two deer for the day. About 7am a turkey on the adjacent ridge fired up...

Here is a ball-et that was removed from a 200+ lb hog that my son killed using 60gr 3f out of a CVA mountain rifle. Shot was at about 50 yds.

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I sneaked up on an armadillo one time when i was a teenager and kicked it like a football. I thought I had broken my foot. It was like kicking a bowling ball! I decided I would not do that again. Another time I slipped up on one and caught him by the tail just outside his hole. That was a real...

Thank you Notchy Bob. I built the rifle myself from a Chambers York rifle kit. Its pretty simple. I didn't do any carving or inlays. I wanted it to be what I believe would have been more of an average persons gun would be. I imagine myself in that time period I would have worked and saved for a...

Make no mistake, I am NOT eating him. They are not native to my part of the country and are considered a pest. The dig holes all over and ruin hayfields. Not to mention the damage they do to vehicles when people hit them. I take out every one I can, and on this particular management area I see a...

I went on a squirrel hunt/exploration expedition this morning on a local management area with my .40 cal flintlock in an area I havent been to before. I saw one squirrel as I was walking in but the sun was coming up and I was looking right into it so I never got a shot at him. I covered a lot...

2 shots were high shoulder (not intentionally) resulting in the deer dropping immediately. The other 2 were about 1/3 of the way up from bottom of chest through the top of the heart and both lungs. One dropped immediately the other went less than 20.The shot with the .40 entered foreward, just...

I've killed 4 deer with .50 cal roundball. All shots were broadside at less than 50 yards. 3 dropped where they stood,and the other walked about 15 yards and leaned against a tree and died. I have got one with my .40 and round ball. It ran a half circle about 60 yards total and fell over. I use...

Does anyone know of any podcasts dedicated to traditional muzzloading and where to find them? Thanks in advance.

Good job Al. Great looking knives.

I have a 42in swamped barrel on my York rifle and I love the way it looks and shoots. Ive carried it through the thick woods of the Arkansas Ozarks for a couple years now. I find myself on occasion wishing I had went with the 38in Haynes rifle especially when trying to transport it in my...

Anyone ever pre cut square patches and use them instead of cutting at the muzzle or using round patches? Any disadvantages to this?

For those of you who use loading blocks when hunting, what patch lube are you using and how do you keep it from drying out when it is in your block? I use olive oil on my patches and load them with a ball in my loading block and the patches dry out within a day or so. What do I need to do or...

Thanks. The kit is not a snap together and finish, it requires a lot of work. The barrel channel and lock are "partially "inletted but there is plenty of wood to remove. I made and inletted the patch box from scratch. I didn't do any carving on the wood or engraving on the metal because I got...

I got the urge to build my own flintlock rifle several years ago. I ordered a York rifle kit in .40 cal from Chambers and the journey began. It took me a few years to complete the build because life kept getting in the way but 2 years ago i finished it. I got a shot opportunity at a doe last...

I got the urge several years ago to build my own flintlock. I decided on a .40cal because here in Arkansas I can hunt anything from squirrel to black bear with that caliber. I ordered a York rifle kit from Chambers and the journey began. It took me a few years to actually finish the rifle...