Gang,
Finally got around to shooting my Traditions Trapper Model percussion .50 caliber. I bought it from The Gun Works here on the west coast. Joe and Suzi are great people and they have good prices, not taking away from TOW or Dixie, but they are comparable.
I shot off the bench using sand bags, ranged 15 yards and started with 20gr of 3f and ended up with using 35gr of 3f, .490 ball and PT mic'd at .22 average, I used Remington caps.
The first two shots was in the ring above bullseye, 2nd group of two shots was to the right of bullseye. 3rd group of two shots was just below bullseye and a nice clover group where it shot the remaining 2-3 shots. My girlfriend shot it as well and hit same spot as I did on final grouping. To add, I found some patches and they only had a slight fraying on the edges and the patch was "molded" where it was on the ball when it fired. No tears, torn up or nothing! Seems to like that combo.....
I don't have a pix as I accidently threw away my target!!!! But it was a blast! It's a nice shooting gun.
I took her home and cleaned and ran a jag with some stainless steel scrub pad (not the whole thing mind you) and scrubbed the bore with it to knock down burrs and machine marks at the suggestion of my buddy who shoots ML's a lot. I got the first scrubbing of stainless scrubbing stuck in barrel, a bent wire hanger removed it easily. I used a breech scraper and gave it a good hydro clean with dishsoap in warm water, dried immediately and oiled her up. I can't wait to take it out again and see how it shoots at farther distances as I have been to a rondy and loved it.
The Trapper model is a nice shooting gun and it was relatively cheap to purchase. I may try my .497 balls and go from there.
It was funny, it's been a while since I shot my ML rifle and had to sit down and think about things and be careful and it was fun anyways. My girlfriend was firing away with her XD .40 duty gun. She thought it was slow to load, I said that's half the fun!
I'll put pix up and not throw away the target next time. We were shooting our duty weapons and I was shooting my Colt Commander .45 and had a blast! I'm hoping to get her hooked on ML'ing and get her a ML rifle and pistol.
This site is awesome, I check it all the time and read a lot of threads. Thanks for all you do, admin, mods and regulars. You guys are full of information and more than willing to help us pilgrims. And you that make stuff are true artists! I am getting my feet wet with leather. I want to make a box for the pistol with a felt lining and molded for the gun and make a better holster for it.
L8R
Aaron
Nappers
"Patches"
The gun is brand new and I love it!
Finally got around to shooting my Traditions Trapper Model percussion .50 caliber. I bought it from The Gun Works here on the west coast. Joe and Suzi are great people and they have good prices, not taking away from TOW or Dixie, but they are comparable.
I shot off the bench using sand bags, ranged 15 yards and started with 20gr of 3f and ended up with using 35gr of 3f, .490 ball and PT mic'd at .22 average, I used Remington caps.
The first two shots was in the ring above bullseye, 2nd group of two shots was to the right of bullseye. 3rd group of two shots was just below bullseye and a nice clover group where it shot the remaining 2-3 shots. My girlfriend shot it as well and hit same spot as I did on final grouping. To add, I found some patches and they only had a slight fraying on the edges and the patch was "molded" where it was on the ball when it fired. No tears, torn up or nothing! Seems to like that combo.....
I don't have a pix as I accidently threw away my target!!!! But it was a blast! It's a nice shooting gun.
I took her home and cleaned and ran a jag with some stainless steel scrub pad (not the whole thing mind you) and scrubbed the bore with it to knock down burrs and machine marks at the suggestion of my buddy who shoots ML's a lot. I got the first scrubbing of stainless scrubbing stuck in barrel, a bent wire hanger removed it easily. I used a breech scraper and gave it a good hydro clean with dishsoap in warm water, dried immediately and oiled her up. I can't wait to take it out again and see how it shoots at farther distances as I have been to a rondy and loved it.
The Trapper model is a nice shooting gun and it was relatively cheap to purchase. I may try my .497 balls and go from there.
It was funny, it's been a while since I shot my ML rifle and had to sit down and think about things and be careful and it was fun anyways. My girlfriend was firing away with her XD .40 duty gun. She thought it was slow to load, I said that's half the fun!
I'll put pix up and not throw away the target next time. We were shooting our duty weapons and I was shooting my Colt Commander .45 and had a blast! I'm hoping to get her hooked on ML'ing and get her a ML rifle and pistol.
This site is awesome, I check it all the time and read a lot of threads. Thanks for all you do, admin, mods and regulars. You guys are full of information and more than willing to help us pilgrims. And you that make stuff are true artists! I am getting my feet wet with leather. I want to make a box for the pistol with a felt lining and molded for the gun and make a better holster for it.
L8R
Aaron
Nappers
"Patches"
The gun is brand new and I love it!
