nchawkeye
58 Cal.
Nor would one want to short start a single ball... :grin:
40 caliber good?
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He would have been dead either way, but there was definitely more damage, two holes as opposed to one. I also might note I loaded with a metal range rod , not my wooden ramrod. With my range rod I can actually feel when I get to the powder charge. It is also one reason I dropped the load as I didn't feel comfortable loading it in the field with my wooden rod while my adrenalin was going , to be ready for follow up shots. So far , knock on wood I haven't need a follow up shot with it.
Back to the original post question for the 40 , if deer hunting is your primary goal , I would recommend a larger caliber . I find myself carrying one often because some times I start on a deer hunt , but depending on the circumstances I might switch to small game. I am limited in distance that I can shoot and my shot placement , but I am not to worried because most of the land I hunt is on private family farm and if I have to pass one up today there is a good chance I will have the opportunity to shoot him on another. There is several times I have left for deer and returned with small game of some kind.
Back to the original post question for the 40 , if deer hunting is your primary goal , I would recommend a larger caliber . I find myself carrying one often because some times I start on a deer hunt , but depending on the circumstances I might switch to small game. I am limited in distance that I can shoot and my shot placement , but I am not to worried because most of the land I hunt is on private family farm and if I have to pass one up today there is a good chance I will have the opportunity to shoot him on another. There is several times I have left for deer and returned with small game of some kind.
40calFlintlock
36 Cal.
I shoot almost exclusively .40 cal flintlock. I experimented until I found the following combo: 60grs ffg powder, .018 pillow-ticking patch with crisco, and a .395 rb, cast in an aluminum mold. At 25 yards, benched, I can keep three shots within a one inch circle - sometimes clover-leafing them. Off-hand within two and one-half inch circle.
I chose .40 caliber because it is easy to shoot, easy on the shoulder (a few hours at the range, and I don't have any shoulder aches), easy on the pocketbook, legal for deer in OH, and all other "critters" too.
I also have .32 & .58 flinters, but my choice for carrying through the woods IS the .40.
As stated in numerous posts here, a well-placed shot with a .40cal is better than a poorly-placed shot with anything else.
Already own a couple of .40's flinters. I met a gun-builder at the CLA show and after the first of 2014, I'm going to contact him to build another .40. Don't really need it...just want it cause its a .40. This is me:
this is my wife thinking of me: :youcrazy:
You gotta go with what YOU want! :thumbsup:
I chose .40 caliber because it is easy to shoot, easy on the shoulder (a few hours at the range, and I don't have any shoulder aches), easy on the pocketbook, legal for deer in OH, and all other "critters" too.
I also have .32 & .58 flinters, but my choice for carrying through the woods IS the .40.
As stated in numerous posts here, a well-placed shot with a .40cal is better than a poorly-placed shot with anything else.
Already own a couple of .40's flinters. I met a gun-builder at the CLA show and after the first of 2014, I'm going to contact him to build another .40. Don't really need it...just want it cause its a .40. This is me:
this is my wife thinking of me: :youcrazy: You gotta go with what YOU want! :thumbsup:
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