I've heard that Kodiak bears have been killed with 22rf too. I think I'll avoid shooting at a deer with mzl loading pistol. To each his own.
Shot placement and yardage is the key!Plenty of deer have been harvested with BP pistols. I have hunted with my CVA Hawken Pistol a few times. While I never got my shot I felt confident that so long as I stayed at 30 yards or closer that pistol would do the job in spades.
There have been posts in this forums hunting forum demonstrating clearly these pistols are up to the job. Shot placement is key like any other gun.
The Patriot can hold 40 grains. Most of the cracks in the stocks probably came from a bad loading technique…
Thanks for pointing out what should be obvious to us, but wasn't something I had considered.When using the stand, all the loading pressure goes directly to the gun's butt, causing the stock to crack @ the wrist.
Correct - The patriot should be loaded via holding it in your hands, and not using one of those wooden loading stands that position the barrel straight up and the butt in a recess in the bottom of the stand.
When using the stand, all the loading pressure goes directly to the gun's butt, causing the stock to crack @ the wrist
Correct - The patriot should be loaded via holding it in your hands, and not using one of those wooden loading stands that position the barrel straight up and the butt in a recess in the bottom of the stand.
When using the stand, all the loading pressure goes directly to the gun's butt, causing the stock to crack @ the wrist
Day late but my TC scout 50 cal is in the mail going to a new home . They are said to be (rugged) !/EdThat sounds like a nice pistol but for my state's hunting laws a pistol is required to hold at least a 40 grain powder charge. Will look into it though to see if it would a nice target gun.
If you can shoot it and put (LEAD) where its supposed to go @ yardage your sure of (NOTHING) walks away from a 50 cal in and out ,and it sure doesn't need to be at warp speed ! Done it with pointy arrows for to many (not enough) yrs/EdI'm curious, lots of input on what pistol to get, what about the issue of shooting a deer with muzzleloading pistol. A colt Walker, maybe, but I don't think I would shoot a deer with my patriot, or either of my Lyman pistols, 50 and 54 cal. Too much respect for the animal and not interested in very likely wounding it and having it wander off to die a slow and miserable death. Just my 2 cents.
Kid's roll caps, heavy duty aluminum foil (you could splurge and buy brass or copper foil, if you wanted to), nail polish, a punch the diameter of the end of your firing cone, and a die (a piece of metal or wood with a hole drilled in it the depth of your caps) ... never understood why people buy caps for plinking aroundAnyone found caps lately? Nope dont exist any more.
dont think Id be buying a cap gun. But what the heck, some one just gave me one.
and now I know why.
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