Since Fridays outing for big Ted the 10g it has sat fouled but dry patiently waiting!
The crows were hitting the maize stubble next to my village.
I had Saturday morning from light to 9am, thus I took a suppressed suppository gun. There was a wind and the shooting was excellent. I felt bad not using Ted but I just could not unleash the boom on the village first thing in the morning! I should add that the suppository gun is moderated and very quiet.
Next chance was going to be Sunday first light to 9am! The weather had changed though. Dead calm and fog
. I managed to pull five in via calling. I still protected the village from Ted!
Next chance was Sunday afternoon. The village makes enough noise on a Sunday afternoon with just leaf blowers! It was pay back time, Ted was unleashed!
The wind was zero but the fog had lifted. The shooting was steady but Ted was a trooper. Hardly missed a bird!
I was using the finest grade powder I had, I used near a flask full. I was short filling the measure. Simply guessing I was loading just over 1oz but using 3/4 the volume for powder.
#5 shot again with just thin cards x2 for a wad.
As things started to slow down I switched back to suppositories as I wanted Ted empty so I could clean it. The Pedersoli 10g was thick with foul! I occasionally loaded a blob of lube to keep the fouling soft but on the whole loading never got difficult today.
There was birds down everywhere!
Over the weekend and due to birds falling in the distance some, and some in thick cover I can not give an accurate figure but Ted shot over 40 crows and 2 pigeons.
The estimated count for the weekend is; 100 crows, rook and jackdaws. 10 pigeons and one squirrel.
Forget the white powder gun, the real star was the 10g frontloader. The noise, the smell, the authority and the grins from ear to ear.
That 10g has shot in excess of 70 shots this weekend without missing a beat. It can be loaded light and it can be loaded heavy and rarely misses.
The crows were hitting the maize stubble next to my village.
I had Saturday morning from light to 9am, thus I took a suppressed suppository gun. There was a wind and the shooting was excellent. I felt bad not using Ted but I just could not unleash the boom on the village first thing in the morning! I should add that the suppository gun is moderated and very quiet.
Next chance was going to be Sunday first light to 9am! The weather had changed though. Dead calm and fog
. I managed to pull five in via calling. I still protected the village from Ted!Next chance was Sunday afternoon. The village makes enough noise on a Sunday afternoon with just leaf blowers! It was pay back time, Ted was unleashed!
The wind was zero but the fog had lifted. The shooting was steady but Ted was a trooper. Hardly missed a bird!
I was using the finest grade powder I had, I used near a flask full. I was short filling the measure. Simply guessing I was loading just over 1oz but using 3/4 the volume for powder.
#5 shot again with just thin cards x2 for a wad.
As things started to slow down I switched back to suppositories as I wanted Ted empty so I could clean it. The Pedersoli 10g was thick with foul! I occasionally loaded a blob of lube to keep the fouling soft but on the whole loading never got difficult today.
There was birds down everywhere!
Over the weekend and due to birds falling in the distance some, and some in thick cover I can not give an accurate figure but Ted shot over 40 crows and 2 pigeons.
The estimated count for the weekend is; 100 crows, rook and jackdaws. 10 pigeons and one squirrel.
Forget the white powder gun, the real star was the 10g frontloader. The noise, the smell, the authority and the grins from ear to ear.
That 10g has shot in excess of 70 shots this weekend without missing a beat. It can be loaded light and it can be loaded heavy and rarely misses.
