Tried a little smoothbore RICOCHET shooting once......

[B P Maniac Shooter]

I had viewer request some ricochet shooting a few months ago. I REALLY enjoying fulfilling THAT request.
I'm going to try this again with different caliber guns to see what happens...

 

[Roundball2319]

Love it. Nothing like having safe fun shooting and popping soda cans or bottles. Thanks for posting this.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Love it. Nothing like having safe fun shooting and popping soda cans or bottles. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks for watching........my feeble o' brain is always trying to think of something wacky and safe to shoot...LOL

 

[Pioneer flinter]

Thanks for watching........my feeble o' brain is always trying to think of something wacky and safe to shoot...LOL

Hey Maniac, I noticed you did a video a while back on shooting double ball loads from a couple of rifles. Have you ever shot double ball loads from your smooth bore trade guns? If so how did they group? If not would you be up to doing a vid on that? Pioneer flinter.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Hey Maniac, I noticed you did a video a while back on shooting double ball loads from a couple of rifles. Have you ever shot double ball loads from your smooth bore trade guns? If so how did they group? If not would you be up to doing a vid on that? Pioneer flinter.

Pioneer flinter,
I haven't tried 2 balls from a smoothbore....YET!
Great idea, I'll try that one very soon, thanks for the idea.
I'll post it here when its complete.

 

[Pioneer flinter]

Pioneer flinter,
I haven't tried 2 balls from a smoothbore....YET!
Great idea, I'll try that one very soon, thanks for the idea.
I'll post it here when its complete.

Thank you, Maniac.

 

[Larry (Omaha)]

Thanks for watching........my feeble o' brain is always trying to think of something wacky and safe to shoot...LOL

Your ricochet video was a hoot! Do you have interest and the means to do a safe water ricochet?
Flintlocklar

 

[Yewbender]

Hey Larry, that would be a good one for Mark to do!!!Reason is i have seen it done and could not believe it unless i seen it with my own eyes. So 2 year on a woods walk shoot at one of my clubs it happened. We were at the pond and on the other side on the bank was 2 small targets around 50 yards. Well this one older guy is up to shoot, i’m off to his side and back from him. I’m looking at the angle of the barrel and thought to myself he’s going to shoot into the pond and next thing you know he fires then a splash in the water then the sound of the ball hitting and moving the target. Many were what the heck just happened and he was confused. They didn’t know what happened. Good thing a couple others seen it. So i told him about his barrel angle and that he had to be aiming at the reflection in the water which after replaying it in his mind thats what he did...not on purpose. It was the highlight of the day on a fun shoot.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

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Hey Larry, that would be a good one for Mark to do!!!Reason is i have seen it done and could not believe it unless i seen it with my own eyes. So 2 year on a woods walk shoot at one of my clubs it happened. We were at the pond and on the other side on the bank was 2 small targets around 50 yards. Well this one older guy is up to shoot, i’m off to his side and back from him. I’m looking at the angle of the barrel and thought to myself he’s going to shoot into the pond and next thing you know he fires then a splash in the water then the sound of the ball hitting and moving the target. Many were what the heck just happened and he was confused. They didn’t know what happened. Good thing a couple others seen it. So i told him about his barrel angle and that he had to be aiming at the reflection in the water which after replaying it in his mind thats what he did...not on purpose. It was the highlight of the day on a fun shoot.

You're on for that water trick. I need to find a suitable decent sized pond. I have an idea where I can try that one....I'll start asking permission.. ...looking forward to trying that! Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Thank you, Maniac.

I filmed your request yesterday while it was 40F here in KY. .....had a good time shooting 2 round balls at 25 & then 35 yards out. After I get it edited below 10 minutes long, I'll be posting it. It's coming soon.....

 

[Pioneer flinter]

I filmed your request yesterday while it was 40F here in KY. .....had a good time shooting 2 round balls at 25 & then 35 yards out. After I get it edited below 10 minutes long, I'll be posting it. It's coming soon.....

i will check it out thank you

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Hey Maniac, I noticed you did a video a while back on shooting double ball loads from a couple of rifles. Have you ever shot double ball loads from your smooth bore trade guns? If so how did they group? If not would you be up to doing a vid on that? Pioneer flinter.

Here you go my friend:
I tried some double ball muzzleloading from rifled barreled guns on video back in August 2018. Here's the fun with surprising results:

 

[Pioneer flinter]

Here you go my friend:
I tried some double ball muzzleloading from rifled barreled guns on video back in August 2018. Here's the fun with surprising results:

Thank you Maniac that is some useful information. Did you happen to try patching both balls?

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

Thank you Maniac that is some useful information. Did you happen to try patching both balls?

I didn't try that.....there's a ton of ways to load a smoothbore I could have tried. Some asked about trying shot wads, lubricated wads, etc...I'd love to try them all sometime...

 

[Pioneer flinter]

I didn't try that.....there's a ton of ways to load a smoothbore I could have tried. Some asked about trying shot wads, lubricated wads, etc...I'd love to try them all sometime...

Thank you again

 

[tenngun]

The only thing that got my attention on is the small top wad.
when I toad shot or bareball I like to up end the gun and give a few shakes. Then recheck to see if it’s tight. I would worry that the small patch wouldn’t be enough if you were on the trail for a bit.