In the squirrel woods.

[Britsmoothy]

Nice afternoon hunt.
Load chain was around 55gn of 4f and a big ounce of #5 shot. Tree thin cards plus one on the shot.
Got two, one jumped the shot and another was fortunate as my prime had gone damp!

 

[Kev308]

Good hunting!! 55 grns of 4 f? Did I read that right?
As much as I love deer hunting, I could be very happy spending my day in the squirrel woods!

 

[Britsmoothy]

Good hunting!! 55 grns of 4 f? Did I read that right?
As much as I love deer hunting, I could be very happy spending my day in the squirrel woods!

Yep, goes off like a cracker and kills good.

 

[Spikebuck]

Batting 500 is pretty good, but Jess doesn't look impressed!!!

 

[Britsmoothy]

Batting 500 is pretty good, but Jess doesn't look impressed!!!

When I was a dumb kid, as opposed to a dumb old eejit, I would climb a tree that we had observed a squirrel go in a drey and try and stab it with a long knife!
Never did get one but sometimes they would come out of their nest and charge at me, running up my arm and leaping off my head, savages they are!!

 

[Spikebuck]

...sometimes they would come out of their nest and charge at me, running up my arm and leaping off my head, savages they are!!

Have had more than one squirrel dog squealing as it tried to remove a squirrel that was firmly hanging by teeth on the dog's lip! You are correct...dangerous, menacing savages!

 

[olskool]

there is a lot of BP myths out there. one is you can't use 4f for a main charge, it will blow up your gun! just not true. another is if the ball is not seated on the powder, yep, it will blow your gun up! not true! the other day i was shooting my 36cal. SMR and accidently shot it with a ball about 6in down the barrel with my short starter, in fact i have saw other shooters do this many times, sounds funny, real light pressure and will foul your barrel, that's all,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,