January Postal Match Target

[garypl]

Ruger Old Army
30 grains FFF
.457 RB
# 10 CCI caps
Thought it might be very cold this a.m. So I loaded the 2 cylinders of my ROA's, but only took one gun. Capped them on the firing line. I found these #10 caps online. and bought one thousand. They work well on one of the cylinders, but I had to fire some of them twice on the other. Normally I buy #11's, but they have not been available here locally. I did find about 400 #11's last year at a local sporting goods store, but have gone through about half of them. First hammer fall most likely seated some of them before firing.

Hope to get out with a rifle later this month.

I’d call that a 42 score - pie crust counts 5 points

 

[11th corps]

I’d call that a 42 score - pie crust counts 5 points

Ok. Won't quibble about that!

 

[11th corps]

.40 Caliber flintlock poor boy
.390 RB
.40 grains FFF
PT Patch-T/C bore butter

Very nice day for January here in the midwest. Almost 50 degrees, humid and cloudy but moderate wind.

 

[ernbar]

Nice shooting! Looks like a score of 53 to me (or maybe 58 - hard to tell from the picture)

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I looked at my targets again and looks like a 64 to me?

 

[garypl]

Ernbar - 1/2 of the ball must be in the higher scoring ring to count - so technically the left target is either a 26 or 27 because the two sots on the bottom are not 1/2 way into the pie crust - the thin line around the pie is not a scoring ring - hard to tell because it looks like the target is folded up between the 9 & 10 ring. Also, even if it was a 37 score, 37 + 27 = 64

So if you confirm the left target is half way into the 10 ring, your score will be 54

 

[ernbar]

Garypl, my bad =64 so 54 it is. I’ll try again next month.

 

[garypl]

Shoot it again! These are reentry targets

 

[ernbar]

Shoot it again! These are reentry targets

Ok thanks, will do.

 

[Fly103]

My SMR Kit shipped today, Now I have to make a decision! Do I hope I can build it in 15 days and get it sighted to make the january match? or do I go out this weekend and shoot the trusty pedersoli for good measure? Decisions Decisions......

Chris

 

[garypl]

Congratulations on your new SMR kit Chris! You willl enjoy building it.

Shoot the Pedersoli this weekend and take your time with the kit - you know what usually happens when we rush things!

Look forward to seeing pics as you work on the kit.

Gary

 

[garypl]

JakeGA and I went out today and shot some apple pies. First pie I was having a problem with fouling with my .32 SMR percussion rifle - very hard to load after 3 shots. Pulled 3 shots low and scored 32. Second pie I borrowed some Durofelt wads from JakeGA and grouped all 5 shots in the black for a score of 45 and was easily able to load 5 shots without swabbing between shots. I’m not posting this target yet because I want to experiment a bit more and see if I can improve

 

[Maven]

Gary, Try 1 Ballistol : 6 or 7 parts water for a patch lube, leaving your patches wet (but not dripping), Alternatively, cook up some of Stumpy's Moose Snot, using olive or peanut oil if you can't get castor oil as per Stumpy's recipe. Either one should relieve the fouling/hard loading problem. (Don't ask....!)

 

[garypl]

Gary, Try 1 Ballistol : 6 or 7 parts water for a patch lube, leaving your patches wet (but not dripping), Alternatively, cook up some of Stumpy's Moose Snot, using olive or peanut oil if you can't get castor oil as per Stumpy's recipe. Either one should relieve the fouling/hard loading problem. (Don't ask....!)

Thanks Maven - I’ve been using a 20% Ballistol to water as patch lube in my .40 with Swiss, Goex or Schuetzen for many years with good results. In the .32 using Schuetzen this doesn’t seem to work as well. I’m going to experiment using Swiss or Goex in the .32 with and without Durofelt wads soaked in olive oil and see what happens. I’ll post results when I finish If this simple fix doesn’t work I will look at trying Stumpy’s!

 

[PK]

looks like a 47 Score.
.54 Hawken Fullstock Flintlock
.530 RB/.018 patch/spit lube
90 gr Goex 2F

 

[Fly103]

I've been using Mr Flintlock for 2 years now and its a big improvement over the crisco, bore butter, or pre lubed patches I used to use. I believe it is a mixture of cutting oil and murphy's oil soap, it keeps loading nice 'n easy for as many shots as I care to shoot without swabbing in between. when using the pre lubed patches / bore butter / and or crisco I had to swab every 2 or 3 shots with a wet patch or I would end up with stuck balls.

Chris

 

[garypl]

Thanks for posting PK and you scored your target accurately! Hope you enjoyed it!

Where in MN are you? I lived up in Maplewood for 5 years back in early 80's - I miss ice fishing!
Gary

 

[PK]

Thanks for posting PK and you scored your target accurately! Hope you enjoyed it!

Where in MN are you? I lived up in Maplewood for 5 years back in early 80's - I miss ice fishing!
Gary

We live in Northeast MN., north of Duluth. Probably about 3 hrs north of Maplewood. Thanks for putting on the shoot.

 

[garypl]

Only got up to Duluth a couple of times - used to ice fish on Mille lacs every winter. Stay warm up there!

 

[Snydly]

Some pretty good shooting here. Just a FYI.... paste your target to a cardboard or plywood backing. Helps make better holes without so much tearing.

 

[garypl]

Good point Snydly! I try to put a good piece of cardboard up behind my targets for this reason. Also better to push torn pieces back together before taking a picture to make it easier to score and ensure the shot is half the ball diameter inside the scoring ring.