I was shooting a percussion rifle this past weekend and came up with a neat little trick. My primary powder measure is attached to my powder horn, but I always carry a spare in case that one gets snagged and lost along the way. My spare is a
Powder measure & cap box
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Stumpkiler are you trying to fight WWIII with a ML again?
What on God's green earth are you going to need 58 caps for?
Lost in the woods and needing to signal? You live in New York!
You can hear the cars on the road if you are real quiet!
If you need to signal, after the fifth shot the cops will be there to write you a ticket for excessive noise!
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What on God's green earth are you going to need 58 caps for?
Lost in the woods and needing to signal? You live in New York!
You can hear the cars on the road if you are real quiet!
If you need to signal, after the fifth shot the cops will be there to write you a ticket for excessive noise!
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Is a good idea though!
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Never know when the bell might sound for militia activation.
To get to my hunting spot I cross two "bodies of water" on foot. When the rocks are slippery there is every chance I will come up sputtering, or at least spash up a rooster-tail skipping to the far shore. Straight-line cappers don't protect much in an "immersion". And even sitting under a hemlock in a downpour occasionally allows a good soaking into the nooks and crannies where I have my pouch tucked. If it is at all damp I swap out caps every hour (keeping the second capper wrapped in wax paper "just in case"). I've also been known to dribble things like cappers and patch knives onto my backtrail and find them a year later.
And that's the same gear I shoot target with. I don't own a "range box." 40 shots have been known to happen all before I get home again.
By the way, the ATV's drownd out the taxi, busses and subway noise in a few parts of NY. :haha: Not everyone from Texas lives in Dallas or California lives in Hollywood (though, they seem to act that way :hmm.
And then there's the times I grab my gear and walk two miles or drive 20, only to find I never refilled after the prior day's shooting session. CRS Disease, don'cha know. Keeping it all together and always stocked prevents embarassments.
To get to my hunting spot I cross two "bodies of water" on foot. When the rocks are slippery there is every chance I will come up sputtering, or at least spash up a rooster-tail skipping to the far shore. Straight-line cappers don't protect much in an "immersion". And even sitting under a hemlock in a downpour occasionally allows a good soaking into the nooks and crannies where I have my pouch tucked. If it is at all damp I swap out caps every hour (keeping the second capper wrapped in wax paper "just in case"). I've also been known to dribble things like cappers and patch knives onto my backtrail and find them a year later.
And that's the same gear I shoot target with. I don't own a "range box." 40 shots have been known to happen all before I get home again.
By the way, the ATV's drownd out the taxi, busses and subway noise in a few parts of NY. :haha: Not everyone from Texas lives in Dallas or California lives in Hollywood (though, they seem to act that way :hmm
. And then there's the times I grab my gear and walk two miles or drive 20, only to find I never refilled after the prior day's shooting session. CRS Disease, don'cha know. Keeping it all together and always stocked prevents embarassments.
Not everyone from Texas lives in Dallas or California lives in Hollywood (though, they seem to act that way :hmm
I'll have my agent contact you. :winking:
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I was just kidding Stumpy.
I've seen family pictures of the area where you are. It's not exactly the metrpolotin center of the nation.
Got one picture of the father-in-law with a nice spike buck he downed with a bow, under a big old apple tree, out in the middle of nowhere, probably about ten miles from where you live!
I've seen family pictures of the area where you are. It's not exactly the metrpolotin center of the nation.
Got one picture of the father-in-law with a nice spike buck he downed with a bow, under a big old apple tree, out in the middle of nowhere, probably about ten miles from where you live!
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Good thinking Stumpy! It got me to thinking a bit too. Why can't I do the same thing with empty 45-70 cases? Including "speed-loaders" for my powder....an empty case holds 65gr of FFFg, (saving cartridge space for the cork)...If I loose one, ain't no big deal, as I have several hundred.
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The outdoor range where I shoot has an abundance of used brass lying around which I've taken home and made into various powder measures. Easiest way to shorten brass, I've found, is to chuck the shell in a lathe and SLOWLY move the cutting tool along shortening the piece gradually. Hacksawing doesn't work very well and neither does using the lathe cutoff tool. I even cut off the ass end of a shell to make a little funnel for loading my Navy Colt. All for free. :m2c: :results: :thumbsup:
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Centerfire brass cartrage,,, powder measure for the ML.
= Oxymoron,, Pretty Ugly??
= Oxymoron,, Pretty Ugly??
I carry my extra caps in a caphorn my buddy on this forum, Birddog6, made for me. It holds a hundred and some odd. But it fits perfectly into my bag. The stem of the cap is sealed and water isn't getting in there. I'm of the opinion, too, better to have and not need than need and not have. And when the "have", my caphorn, looks so darn good, it's become part of the shooting bag permanently. The powder measure idea is a good one. I'm a fan of those brass "finger measures". I got several of them.
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