Bragging

[Blackpowder Injun]

I asked an aquaintance yeasterday if he was going to hunt blackpowder this year, he told me yeah. Said he was the best bp hunter around. I asked what he used, he told me a thompson centerfire rifle with 200 grns bp and a balistic tip bullet. Now im not the most smartest guy around, but i do know you cant use 200 grains bp and a balistic tip bullet in a thompson centerfire rifle...or did I miss something? He asked me what i use, i told him a cva bobcat, 60 grains bp, and a prb. he said "how can you hit anything with so little powder"? I didnt wanna call him an idiot, so I just brushed it off...Dont you guys hate when someone tries to outdo everybody with BS?

 

[Gemoke]

Take that T C away from him and make him bang his head on the wall till the gods of black powder forgive him, :rotf:

 

[faw3]

Your going to find that type every place you go ,what ever your doing. After my 56 yrs on this earth Ive found its best to just shine them on :applause: for ya , ya done the right thing and we all know those arent MLs. Fred :hatsoff:

 

[MikeChapin]

In my 30 years around this sport I have run into a few of these port eaters. Like fw I just generally shine them on and let them dig themselves in further.

The only nice thing about the coming of inlines is that most of these bozos went with them and saved us the aggravation of putting up with them.

 

[Slowpoke]

Pretty sure that's about the max load for a TC Encore.... The in-lines these days are just like a center-fire rifle and should be treaty as such.
Shake it off knowing that you can out shoot him all day long, if you practice and know your gun.

Funny story... my BP mentor will turn 80y in the spring and is a terrific shot. Anyway this guy was shooting his inline and bragging about it.. blah, blah, blah. Anyway, Charlie tried to explain to him (nicely) about accuracy and inline limitation. This dude puffs himself up and challenged him to 3 shots at 50 yards for the best score for $20. Charlie said sure, went to the line, stood there and shot a 9. Dude grabs his scoped inline and sat down and was started to aim..... Charlie yells at him... "Hey !! You sit down to pee too?" :rotf: He shamed him into shooting offhand where Charlie beat him by 3-4 points. I'll never forget that because that guy ended up buying a GP rifle and now shows up 5-6 times a year to shoot in our beef shoots.

 

[mbw907]

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are. :rotf:

 

[Frank Briggs]

I think I've met that guy...

Isn't he the one with the two hundred mile an hour bass boat?

 

[Alberta Black]

Blacpowder Injun

Well that is about 35 shots to the pound.

I think that you should take your buddy out to the range for a little shooting.

It might be fun watching someone shoot a 200 grain load all day.

 

[shortjack]

I like that "you sit down to pee" I'll have to use that next time I'm at the range and some inline shooter wants to see what rifle is more accurate his or mine. Unless I'm testing a load i always shoot offhand.

 

[Slake]

I know it's kinda scarey but maybe he does shoot 200grs. I used to use 150 until I got smarter. I can't hardly image 200, 150 was a lot I'll tell ya. I know in liners that use 150 all the time which equates to three pellets for them, so maybe this guy is using four? The first deer I shot I shot with 150 gr. and it did very well. I decresed my loading when I learned my accuracy went way up with less powder

 

[WV MZL HUNTER]

I have both types of BLACK POWDER guns but off hand I can shoot the sidelocks I own a lot better. Plus the other one that I will not say what it is has a scope on it! AND I still shoot the sidelocks better even at 100 yds. Plus most of us know anything over a 100 gr.s of power will not all get burned up in a short barrel so all you are doing is wasting more powder. :yakyak:
I consider the other one a rifle without the case! :v

 

[Mad Professor]

I like that "you sit down to pee" I'll have to use that next time I'm at the range and some inline shooter wants to see what rifle is more accurate his or mine. Unless I'm testing a load i always shoot offhand.

Better yet: "Do you squat when you pee too"

 

[walruskid1]

man. i like that. can't wait until the next time i'm on the line and somebody sits down to shoot. i usually tell them to "stand on their hind legs and shoot like a man"

 

[TN.Frank]

LOL, most "Magnum" inlines are only rated at 150grs of powder, wonder how he can shoot a 200gr charge in his gun. Like has been said, most of the powder will be pushed out of the end of the barrel and burn up in the air in front of him, plus, the most efficent load is one where the bullet will just reach the off side hide of the deer without passing thru, that way all the energy of the bullet is transfered to the deer and not wasted on the landscape behind it. Ya' just can't figure some people I guess. :haha:

 

[Rebel]

That energy transfer thing may be right but i prefer a complete pass through. Gives more blood for trailing one if need be.

 

[paulvallandigham]

Since I have put .50 cal. round ball through both sides of a deer's chest, breaking ribs coming and going, I don't see the need to use a conical, or jacketed spitzer bullet to kill a deer. They certainly are not needed to fully penetrate a deer, and leave a healthy blood trail. Identify and follow deer tracks, and not blood. That why if the blood stops, you can still be following your deer and recover him. Blood to a tracker is the icing on the cake, not the cake itself. A deer has four feet all touching the ground, each with its own measurements, accidentals, deformities, and wounds, all of which distinguish one 2 1/2 year old deer from all the other 2 1/2 year old deer in the woods. Follow tracks, and use the blood for confirmation that you are on the same set of tracks. If you need help learning to track, please PM me. I can refer you to the best books on tracking, and a couple of articles I have published on the subject in Muzzle Blasts in the past 7-8 years. I also regularly help people on other forums with questions they have when tracking. I will be glad to help anyone here. There are few things more disappointing to a hunter than losing the game he knows he has shot, in spite of all his best efforts to find it. I have found deer for other hunters they lost, and also showed them their own tracks, where they walked over the deer's tracks, and went the wrong way!

 

[Rebel]

I only use round balls and i do track 'em if need be, but i like the extra blood a pass through shot get you. Every little bit helps when tracking.

 

[bob1961]

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are. :rotf:

git er done................bob

 

[spitfire]

Yup like the do you sit down and pee! :rotf:

 

[chuck-ia]

kinda early for an inline shooter to be at the range practicing isn't it? I mean deer season doesn't start for another 2 weeks. flinch