BAD turkey load idea

[Moose Guide]

I didn't say it was safe or smart, just that it can be done! I would expect more chamber preasure for sure!!! Eventually I would like a .36 cal flintlock just for turkeys and plinking but seeing the wide variety of game you take with a smoothbore has me thinking about one of those, I just have to check out our laws a little more befor I decide!

 

[Nathan Ripley]

Still working on my load and playing with components.

What smoothbore are you working with?

I have a .62 smooth rifle that B Christian made for me.

 

[roundball]

Eventually I would like a .36 cal flintlock just for turkeys and plinking but seeing the wide variety of game you take with a smoothbore has me thinking about one of those, I just have to check out our laws a little more befor I decide!

It would seem logical if you can already use a PRB out of a rifle, then it should follow you could certainly use a PRB one out of a smoothbore. But...governments being what they are, definitely check, LOL.

As an aside, IMO, if hunting a variety of small game is appealing to you, you'll think you've died and gone to heaven if you get a smoothbore. They open up a huge range of hunting opportunities, even trap / skeet targets, that you wouldn't otherwise be able to do with just a rifle. I like my rifles but to be honest, my smoothbores have me much more involved with things year round now that I have them.

PS: Remember, if you have a rifle of appropriate barrel size that hardly ever gets used anymore...or a used one with a bad bore...you can usually have them bored out to a smooth gauge for very little cost.

 

[BillinOregon]

Oregon law takes the guesswork out of this: No gauge larger than 10 or smaller than 20 and no shot larger than 2 or smaller than 6 for wild turkey.

 

[Moose Guide]

Unfortunatly, I saw your fowlers and I don't think I can be happy with a reworked TC :wink: I am trying to work up the courage to e-mail Jackie Brown as he sells some good looking guns in the white at about the same cost as a parts kit. B.C. has few muzzle loader laws but a smooth bore may fall under a shotgun limiting me to 20ga and larger for deer and black bear with larger big game off the menu(Elk and Moose can't be hunted with shotgun)

 

[roundball]

You must have looked at some very old posts...yes, the T/C's with GM drop in 20 & 28ga smoothbore barrels were excellent for a number of years, then I switched to long guns for the past several years, including these 2 smooth rifles:

20ga

20ga

20ga

20ga

28ga

28ga

28ga

 

[Moose Guide]

What I was trying to say was that after seeing your very fine longrifles, my TC Hawken just doesn't measure up. I never tire of viewing your pictures, thank you for posting them.