Shotgun morning.

[Des52]

Nice day with the shotgun. Boy you have a lot of game to hunt over there. A little envy showing here. Give Jess a pat for a job well done.

 

[ostaffwilliam]

I have British double percussion made c1855, Pyne

 

[Britsmoothy]

Thanks. I've been reluctant to do so to avoid scratching the wood. Gotta say, all of the accessories that came with the gun are still in use (except the powder flask - never used it yet). Scared to get the gun buggered up, really. Happy hunting to you.

Use it, we aint here long enough to worry....!

 

[WALT53]

Use it, we aint here long enough to worry....!

Good point Nathan ..

 

[¡Señor.Casualidad!]

I set the blind up last night and got back there this morning.
I had with me my not Berretta percussion gun tricentenary thingy model and a 410.
The muzzleloader shot first until the powder ran out. I had about 30 shots with that for about 20 birds.
The 410 shot a similar amount of cartridges for another 20.
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Jess had a good time stopping them that could run from running.
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Now I must say that this very small fine powder I'm using is like 4f and its fantastic. The power it was giving to the 1oz of 7narfs was staggering!
It killed most birds dead in the air and the patterns must of been very good otherwise I'd of had cripples everywhere. And there was some long going away shots! I highly recommend it.

Howdy from across the pond! I've read some of your posts about finer powders in your repros. So you usually use 3f or 4f?
Do you find you need to use a lesser charge? I'll have to try some 3f and 4f loads in my "not Berretta percussion gun tricentenary thingy model" it's been a killer at the sporting range with a 2 3/4 dram 2f square load. Now you've got me curious I'll have to run the loads through the chronograph!

 

[Britsmoothy]

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Howdy from across the pond! I've read some of your posts about finer powders in your repros. So you usually use 3f or 4f?
Do you find you need to use a lesser charge? I'll have to try some 3f and 4f loads in my "not Berretta percussion gun tricentenary thingy model" it's been a killer at the sporting range with a 2 3/4 dram 2f square load. Now you've got me curious I'll have to run the loads through the chronograph!

Hi. Yes about 3/4 the volume with 4f.
My powder checks out between 3f and 4f.
You get more shots per lb and more power.