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    Flintlock Elk slayer. They laughed!

    Looks like you got the last laugh, pretty cool well done... GTC
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    Peep sight opinions

    IMHO lyman sight's are not as streamlined but the micro adjustments are light years better then the T/C peepsight. Depending on your load lyman sights also have a greater adjustment range over the T/C models....GTC
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    What caps do you use?

    I primarily hunt whitetail in temperatures from -5 degrees F to 45 degrees F usually dry and cold. My elk hunting is usually 15F-45F with sloppy wet to snowy. I have always used RWS 1075 Hot caps and sometimes a musket cap on some side hammer guns. The problem is is that on my underhammer guns...
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    The chrono don't lie

    Thanks for all the advice. I will order some .015 and some .018 pillow patches today. I know using a Chrono can be confusing I probably have been suckered into notion heavy charges to kill big game. I have been really fortunate in the past with my other hunting muzzleloader it's a Underhammer...
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    The chrono don't lie

    I went shooting today and found some strange data. I was shooting an underhammer with a Rice .62 cal with a 1 in 72 twist barrel length of 28". Using Goex Express black ffg shooting 140 grains with 1/4 felt wad .610 round ball and a .005 lubed patched had an average of 1620 fps. I shot at 50...
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    Blue Grouse Underhammer Rifles?

    I had gotten several rifles from blue grouse thru the years and never had any problems. They always came dropped shipped directly from Deer Creek and not from blue grouse He had always been super to deal with. I had a bad trigger and hammer was brittle so I contacted Deer Creek and they mailed...
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    58 cal bullet questions

    Many thanks for all your replies. I do generally shoot 58cal and 62cal roundballs because they are so easy to make shoot good with roundball diameter and patch combinations.I thought would be needed a conical shooter so here I am asking for further help. I will try to offer more info on this...
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    58 cal bullet questions

    Couple years back I had NEI make me a bullet mold casting dia is .580 600 grain. It casts beautiful bullets however my 2, .58 cal rifles need a bullet closer to .582-.584 for a good engraving to rifling. The good news is both guns shoot this bullets really well less then 2" at 100 yards...
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    UnderHammer Rifle

    :thumbsup: give Deer Creek Products, a call @ 765-525-6181 orfax 765-525-9595 Po Box 246 Waldron IN 46182. Really nice independent Folks. Complete action around $130.00 us dollars and I'd order extra trigger, hammer and spring, so you have the parts if you need to rebuild years down the...
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