After you shoot pigeons you have to squab the barrel to get it clean. ![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I eliminate lead in my barrels by putting the shot in a plastic power piston wad on top of the powder then I cut the flaps off another wad and ram it on top of the shot. works great and I broke 20 skeet in a row with that system....thus ended an epic (for me) pigeon shoot with a muzzleloader.
42 and everything is black, the gun, my clothes and my hands.
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The barrels are now full of lead so it gets the boiling water treatment later.
Never missed a beat, not one missfire.
I used about 60gn of 3f and 1oz of 7.5 shot.
Think I missed 10 or 12 which is good for me!
Had I used a breechloader I could of doubled it but where would the fun in that be...!
The most fun a man can have without removing his trousers!View attachment 340329
Edit to add, no swabbing and definitely no so called cushion wad thingies. Just two thin cards and home made lube. And a thin card on top of the shot.
I don't use plastic and don't worry about the lead, falls out with boiling hot water all by itself.I eliminate lead in my barrels by putting the shot in a plastic power piston wad on top of the powder then I cut the flaps off another wad and ram it on top of the shot. works great and I broke 20 skeet in a row with that system
oh you are a purist probably got an outhouse no electric and get around on a horse.I don't use plastic and don't worry about the lead, falls out with boiling hot water all by itself.
I don't think I mentioned purist.oh you are a purist probably got an outhouse no electric and get around on a horse.![]()
Edible?! Why I do believe that Doves are right on the top of my list for the MOST delicious bird eating... ever! Sadly, they are not legal to take where I now live (Maine).Wow, what a bunch of birds!!
Are these any particular species or typical barn pests?
Edible?
I shot the skeet at a farm. for me better then shooting 20 pigeonsI don't think I mentioned purist.
I do have an outhouse, no horse and do have electric.
What I do like is simplicity. I find loading a muzzleloader as simple as possible adds to the enjoyment and I am perfectly happy with the performance loaded thus.
Do you not think I jumped through all the hoops trying to make muzzleloaders perform like err whatever before now?
Well I did, one of these, one of them, now one of them.... baloney. To much fiddle.
In winter and the ground is damp I often just take paper and scrunch a piece into a ball.
But hey you do what makes you happy, I'm sure someone on the skeet lay out was mighty impressed![]()
Oh yeah. It's been a few years since I've dove hunted. It coincides with archery and ml season and by the end of September there's usually been a cold snap that sends them south. I agree on tablefare. They are tops.Edible?! Why I do believe that Doves are right on the top of my list for the MOST delicious bird eating... ever! Sadly, they are not legal to take where I now live (Maine).
Negative, I went shooting direct from work. Early finish on a Friday.Nice shoot Mr Brit, did you get to take your Pup for this one?
After you shoot pigeons you have to squab the barrel to get it clean.![]()
You sir, are one of the finest assets of this forum.Not quite equal measures my friend.
It was 3f so it said on the can. Looked finer to me.
Yes these Berretta Tricentennial guns that are not Berretta at all, seems daft that Berretta would celebrate 300 years of gun making by not gun making! Anyway they can be troublesome on the bottom barrel IF they are not gas tight!
If yours is not gas tight you will be able to observe black soot in the stock inletting under where the bottom breech plug sits and it's M10 grub screw come flash tube meet the wood.
And you must never oil the bores! Like ever!! If it gets in them breech plugs wave goodbye to reliability!
The M10 grub screw is bull nosed and it is hoped it seals when screwed in tight. However it also has to line up with the bore to receive powder and flash efficiently.
Now if they get it wrong it means they have to fit them loose and sealing is lost.
Don't ask me how but that loss of seal seems to stop a clean ignition of the powder.
I had to add a copper washer and Teflon tape on the threads. It was worth the effort.
Test by firing with a piece of thin white paper under the breech block.
I did take a rod but it's end was to small and a ran the risk of turning a thin card on its side so I abandoned it and used the guns.Britsmoothy,
Thank you for sharing the adventure with us. I have a Beretta shotgun as well. I haven’t had any problems with mine and it shoots very well. When you shoot from a blind, do you use a range rod to reload with or the ram rod on the shotgun?
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Huh, not at all. Compared to others here I've done nothing relatively.You sir, are one of the finest assets of this forum.
Awesome thread,
Nice job Nathan a little hint if you don’t mind when I shoot lots like you did on this hunt I use a pair of those thin garden gloves with the thin rubber palms and a rag in my back pocket .I find the gloves work great because of the grip you get from the rubber on the palms works good if yer hands are all crippled up like mine .love your photos and reading your stories and wish I was there by your side .enjoy my friend and give Jess a scratch .Always enjoy your hunting stories and pictures, keep them coming.
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