Great range trip

[roundball]

59* at the crack of dawn, strong red sun behind mist and fog...saw a half dozen does and a flock of turkeys enroute...got to the range and was shooting by 7:00am.

Put another 50 'Cheapshot' .490 cast balls through the flinter...no dry balls or anything, had one ker-latch at the 30-40 shot mark cause I was too lazy to stop and take care of the flint & lock ahead of time...a great morning to be alive.

Having a wild thought about taking a caplock on Monday morning for a change... :hmm:

 

[Russianblood]

You still own a caplock? :shocked2: :rotf:

 

[roundball]

You still own a caplock? :shocked2: :rotf:

:grin:
Yeah, I kept .45/.50/.54cals with TC 1:66" RB barrels, and a .45cal with a 1:48" barrel...
:thumbsup:

 

[Landngroove]

You still own a caplock? :shocked2: :rotf:

:grin:
Yeah, I kept .45/.50/.54cals with TC 1:66" RB barrels, and a .45cal with a 1:48" barrel...
:thumbsup:

If I was betting, I'd bet they were T/C Hawkens. :grin:

 

[Halftail]

59* at the crack of dawn, strong red sun behind mist and fog...saw a half dozen does and a flock of turkeys enroute...got to the range and was shooting by 7:00am.

Put another 50 'Cheapshot' .490 cast balls through the flinter...no dry balls or anything, had one ker-latch at the 30-40 shot mark cause I was too lazy to stop and take care of the flint & lock ahead of time...a great morning to be alive.

Having a wild thought about taking a caplock on Monday morning for a change... :hmm:

Red Sky at night,Sailors Delight.Red sky in the morning, Sailors take warning.
An old saying from along the shore here.
Sounds like you had a heck of a morning and your right it was a great morning to be alive.
Still to many Black flies here to enjoy shooting.Should slack off in a couple of weeks.
How about you Roundball,Any nuisance flys in your neck of the woods?

 

[roundball]

59* at the crack of dawn, strong red sun behind mist and fog...saw a half dozen does and a flock of turkeys enroute...got to the range and was shooting by 7:00am.

Put another 50 'Cheapshot' .490 cast balls through the flinter...no dry balls or anything, had one ker-latch at the 30-40 shot mark cause I was too lazy to stop and take care of the flint & lock ahead of time...a great morning to be alive.

Having a wild thought about taking a caplock on Monday morning for a change... :hmm:

Red Sky at night,Sailors Delight.Red sky in the morning, Sailors take warning.
An old saying from along the shore here.
Sounds like you had a heck of a morning and your right it was a great morning to be alive.
Still to many Black flies here to enjoy shooting.Should slack off in a couple of weeks.
How about you Roundball,Any nuisance flys in your neck of the woods?

Nothing like those god-awful things you have...worst thing I'm aware of are ticks during spring & summer months...every now and then a mosquito or two...

 

[Halftail]

59* at the crack of dawn, strong red sun behind mist and fog...saw a half dozen does and a flock of turkeys enroute...got to the range and was shooting by 7:00am.

Put another 50 'Cheapshot' .490 cast balls through the flinter...no dry balls or anything, had one ker-latch at the 30-40 shot mark cause I was too lazy to stop and take care of the flint & lock ahead of time...a great morning to be alive.

Having a wild thought about taking a caplock on Monday morning for a change... :hmm:

Red Sky at night,Sailors Delight.Red sky in the morning, Sailors take warning.
An old saying from along the shore here.
Sounds like you had a heck of a morning and your right it was a great morning to be alive.
Still to many Black flies here to enjoy shooting.Should slack off in a couple of weeks.
How about you Roundball,Any nuisance flys in your neck of the woods?

Nothing like those god-awful things you have...worst thing I'm aware of are ticks during spring & summer months...every now and then a mosquito or two...

The othere night after supper I picked up my good friend Soggy and we headed out to the range.We did get out of my Jeep and take our longrifles out of the cases.I think Soggy snapped a cap and I never even got a cleaning patch downbore and we had to leave.
Not much fun when your swollen and bleeding behind the ears from bug bites.

 

[roundball]

The othere night after supper I picked up my good friend Soggy and we headed out to the range.We did get out of my Jeep and take our longrifles out of the cases.I think Soggy snapped a cap and I never even got a cleaning patch downbore and we had to leave.
Not much fun when your swollen and bleeding behind the ears from bug bites.

Are there any sorts of remedies other than mosquito netting head gear...are there any sprays or smoke bombs, chemicals, etc, that repels them?

 

[Halftail]

Deet is one of the only things that works comfortably but I hate to put something on my skin that will melt plastic.Bug nets work but they are hotter than Heck.If I am trouting I will just "tough it out".
Here is a pic of a range trip from last year..
P.s you can actually see the flies in the photo...

:blah:

 

[roundball]

:rotf:

Sure is a short barreld flinter...you must have already shot the ramrod at one of those helicopter sized black flies!
:rotf:

 

[Halftail]

You know them guys got their Longrifles.I'm starting up a ShortRifle Club and Yes I Skewered one of the Pesky Black flies with my Synthetic Rammer... :grin:

 

[BS]

You know them guys got their Longrifles.I'm starting up a ShortRifle Club and Yes I Skewered one of the Pesky Black flies with my Synthetic Rammer... :grin:

I have serveral 'short rifles', can I join? :grin:

 

[PaulN/KS]

Heck,here in the "Middle of the Mid-west" we got skeeters and deerflies as well as the ground troops,ticks and chiggers.Makes a fellow long for the cold of winter sometimes...

 

[roundball]

Heck,here in the "Middle of the Mid-west" we got skeeters and deerflies as well as the ground troops,ticks and chiggers.Makes a fellow long for the cold of winter sometimes...

Are 'deer flies' the same as or different but similar to the 'black flies' way up north?

 

[PaulN/KS]

As I recall the blackflies are smaller,more like a mean midge...deerflys are like a housefly but they bite.We also get the larger horseflys too.

 

[graybeard]

Nope, deer flies are about the size of house flies, while black flies are little teeny critters. Both bite like crazy and have the mentality of terrorists. The farther north you go, the meaner the flying bugs get. I believe the mosquito is the Canadian national bird. However, we have no scorpions or Gila monsters and practically no poisonous snakes. Good trade off, I'd say. graybeard

 

[jtmattison]

I believe the mosquito is the Canadian national bird.

Actually the mosquito is the Alaskan state bird.

They are the only thing that give the eagles competition in the food chain.

HD

 

[soggy]

I believe the mosquito is the Canadian national bird.

Actually the mosquito is the Alaskan state bird.

They are the only thing that give the eagles competition in the food chain.

HD

:grin: Halftail wasn't prepared when we went shooting; All a fellow needs is a few of these....

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[Halftail]

You know them guys got their Longrifles.I'm starting up a ShortRifle Club and Yes I Skewered one of the Pesky Black flies with my Synthetic Rammer... :grin:

I have serveral 'short rifles', can I join? :grin:

Join?Heck...you can be President. :thumbsup: