at a woodcock, first this season and with my new trade gun!
About thirty yards, little over an ounce and four OS cards for a wad.
Brits.
B.
About thirty yards, little over an ounce and four OS cards for a wad.
Brits.
B.
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Nice going away shot...
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Good deal :thumbsup:
hanshi
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Card wads, trade gun, little doggie and a woodcock; that's about as good as you could want. :thumbsup:
hanshi said:
yes sir, this bird would of meant nothing shot with a breech loader but to do it with a flintlock......priceless! And with an un-tuned lock....working on that!
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Alden said:
Cheap and practical I say!
But I sure wish I had a few fibers with me laced with olive oil my barrel was crudded as bad as a crudded thing can get!
I should of on the first shot put a huge blob of patch lube between the the first cards to keep things soft!
B.
Just curious, did you go the route of just using a few OS cards because it wouldn't pattern with lubed wool or fiber cushion wads?
I've had good luck using a couple of 1/8" OxYoke wool wads (prelubed with their Wonder Lube 1000) in a couple different 20ga Flintlocks (GM and Rice barrels)...helps with the fouling a lot.
Then oddly, a 42" 28ga Rice barrel patterns better with a full 1/2" Circle Fly prelubed fiber cushion wad.
Smoothbores are a whole world unto themselves, eh
I've had good luck using a couple of 1/8" OxYoke wool wads (prelubed with their Wonder Lube 1000) in a couple different 20ga Flintlocks (GM and Rice barrels)...helps with the fouling a lot.
Then oddly, a 42" 28ga Rice barrel patterns better with a full 1/2" Circle Fly prelubed fiber cushion wad.
Smoothbores are a whole world unto themselves, eh
Brits, you certainly have a nice selection of shooting irons at your command. Did not know you had woodcock in the U.K.; taking one with flint is indeed a noteworthy achievement.
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hanshi said:
I'm thinking I am going to need to get a smoothbore. The coyotes have the rabbits busting close but once they run there's no stopping. Sure puts the .32 to the test, that cotton tail zipping through the sage and never stopping till it goes to hole.
:idunno: How did that sound? I'm going over my lines, for when I have to explain the new gun to the wife :wink:
Sean Gadhar said:
Not bad....just blame the yotes but be aware...they are addictive!
B.
roundball said:
Sure are a law unto their selves.... I use just cards regular in my other guns and manage to keep the foul soft with the occasional blob of lube but forgot my self whilst learning a new drill. I will use lubed fibers in my twelve also.
I believe under compression the oil is injected into the foul and gets softened. That's what seems to happen and I am sticking to it for now.
I don't have any 20g fibers but may stamp some leather and soak in olive oil in stead!
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Your dog looks just like our Benji (may he rest in peace). Good shooting!
