:metoo: It always happens that way or in an urgent rush to use the water closet :idunno:
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colorado clyde said:
54 is loaded by the door with 2 speed loaders now.
Move garden to VT. Install a Jack Russell at mom's.Mad Professor said:
When we first moved to our present house we had a German Shepherd and in one yr he caught 14 woodchucks....on our land and the neighbors' land. The Shepherd had an excellent nose and worked up wind and surprised many before they could get to their holes. One crunch and that was it. Got many in the alfalfa fields......Fred
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The Baron said:
I call it "shock and awe" It's very effective.. :wink:
dragnetbill
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Ya kinda beat me to the punch; I was gonna ask what killed him, the shot or the "sight"?
Skychief
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If Colorado Clyde is unwilling/able to visit the East for a shock and awe campaign, I like the Jack Russell proposal. You'll have no more varmint troubles and will likely wonder what you did for entertainment "pre-Jack Russell"! :thumbsup:
Good luck, Skychief
Good luck, Skychief
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flehto said:
When I grew up in mASS hiils, we had a dog, Jack, he was a big beautiful mutt. He would grab the chucks by the back, shake them until their intestines spilled, then, eat them. I can't be there all the time for another Jack. And I could NEVER find a replacement.
Moving to Vt is not an option. I have a home there but 1/2 acre with marginal soil. aSShats are moving there and, they want liberal anti- hunt/trap. TAKE BACK VERMONT!!! While Vermonters still can.
Mom's in mASS is nearby and an established farm with orchards (apple pear peach plum elderberries black/red raspberries blue berries rhubarb horseraddish aspragus etc..) fields, forest, 150' X 150'garden that the soil is too rich. Farmhouse barn multiple sheds. 40 acres. Problem is "crunchies" moving in from "da city" and aSShats in "bASStun".
Hope I have not went too far with this rant, if so Claude delete this rather than ban me.
robinsroost
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It's a little off topic but the small ones, up to about 10 pounds, make pretty good groceries, they taste a lot like rabbits. After all, they eat the same things. Keep yer powder dry........robin 
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Every part of MA west of Worchester would be a nice state separated from the other cannot say what we call them in NH but you use the same term in VT and ME.
I and the wife escaped MA 35 years ago. (both of us from Maine born parents)
I and the wife escaped MA 35 years ago. (both of us from Maine born parents)
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colorado clyde said:
Thank God I was not around to see that!
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I agree with Brown Bear. I've taken a variety of small game using light loads and prb's in both .54 and .58 cal rifles. My .54 likes 30gr of FFF Goex and the .58 likes 35gr of FF Goex. I use the same guns with heavier charges for big game. Both light loads are dead on at 30 yards with the same 100 yard zero as the heavier charges. Even at low velocity a .530 or .570 ball is very effective. Go for head shots and you shouldn't have a problem. Not sure how your fast twist barrel would do though.
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pab1 said:
I'll be interested to hear. My fast twist unmentionable 54 cal is probably the most accurate of the lot with 30 grains of 3f, .535 ball and .018 patch. Even with my geezerly eyes it does ragged holes at 25 yards.
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colorado clyde said:
There may have been shock, but I'm not so sure about the awe.
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smoothshooter
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I have killed them with everything from a .22LR and .31 caliber muzzleloader to a 12 gauge slug.
Used to shoot them with a .36 flintlock rifle using half-charges to full-powered ones. One-shot kills every time.
All work well with decent shot placement.
Used to shoot them with a .36 flintlock rifle using half-charges to full-powered ones. One-shot kills every time.
All work well with decent shot placement.
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Mad Professor said:
It's all about accuracy because an inaccurate gun is just an expensive tomato stake. Squib loads will cause you no problem as long as your rifle will shoot them accurately enough to cleanly kill a groundhog. Any time you are hunting an animal, you are morally obligated to kill it quickly and cleanly. Try your 30 grain charge at 30 yards and see if you can keep all of your shots within a 3 inch circle. If you can do that, you are ready to hunt groundhogs with that load.
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This morning it happened again....I stepped out of the shower and looked out the window as I was about to get dressed...And low and behold, there was a woodchuck in my yard...I threw on some underware grabbed my muzzleloader and snuck out the door....Leaning over the hood of the truck I drew a bead and......"click"..."click"...The dang cap was oil soaked....I snuck back into the house and got a new cap...but when I returned he was gone....
About a half hour later I went out to hang some laundry....and a woodchuck made a bee-line for the woodpile...I dropped the clothes and retrieved my gun...leaning up against the clothes line pole I scanned the woodpile....Bingo!...I spotted him...My aim was true...And a .45 caliber ball struck him in the heart and lungs...
I used the same load I use for deer and squirrels.
About a half hour later I went out to hang some laundry....and a woodchuck made a bee-line for the woodpile...I dropped the clothes and retrieved my gun...leaning up against the clothes line pole I scanned the woodpile....Bingo!...I spotted him...My aim was true...And a .45 caliber ball struck him in the heart and lungs...
I used the same load I use for deer and squirrels.
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Nice!
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