Effectiveness on Deer?

[musketman]

quote:Originally posted by DoLittle:
If you want to see what your loads are doing cook up some Jello, strawberry with pecans is best IMHO, and let it jell in a gallon milk jug. Shootin' Jello!

I love it...

I think I'll use black cherry and Grenadine, just to get that congealed blood clot realism thing going...

 

[musketman]

quote:Originally posted by BrownBear:
I'm curious if anyone out there knows how to read between all these fuzzy lines. There are signs to let you know if there is too much powder being used...

I will highlight a few of the fun ones....

#1. PAIN, if your arm and shoulder feels like it's about to fall off of your body, chances are, the load is too hot...

#2. EXCESSIVE FLASH, if you have a muzzle flash the size of the Tunguska Fireball, you are using too much powder...

#3. SETTING FIRES, if leaves, grass and fodder are being ignited by the burning patch and flint lock's side blast, you're loading too hot...

#4. SHOTS PER POUND, you're using too much powder if you avaraging three shots per pound...

#5. BARREL BULGING, If you can see it with the naked eye, it's too late...

Check your used patches for "burned through" signs, patches will tell a lot as to what is going on inside the barrel...

Look for holes, excessive blackening, smoldering chared cloth, melted lead still stuck to the patch, ect...


[non-related topic of intrest: Tunguska fireball]
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