Kamu
36 Cal.
Did a test fire and I pulled the trigger 3 times and it went boom 3 times... Time to start working up a load....
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Did a test fire and I pulled the trigger 3 times and it went boom 3 times... Time to start working up a load....
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Wow! A semi-automatic flintlock. :wink:
Really, nicely done. Enjoy. :thumbsup:
Wow! A semi-automatic flintlock. :wink:
Really, nicely done. Enjoy. :thumbsup:
jrmflintlock
45 Cal.
Nice!!
I'm Jealous!! I wish I could lay my fowler next to some turkey tracks!!
Try the Skychief Special!! It works great in my cylinder bore .62 fowler!!
Good Luck and Lots of Pictures!!
I'm Jealous!! I wish I could lay my fowler next to some turkey tracks!!
Try the Skychief Special!! It works great in my cylinder bore .62 fowler!!
Good Luck and Lots of Pictures!!
:hatsoff: smart piece :hatsoff:
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hanshi
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A very nice gun! What's the barrel length?
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nice looking smoothie! (did you ever get to see the turkey?)
Kamu
36 Cal.
O yea here's the story if it needs to be move to the hunting section please move it....
So I've been watching this area for weeks and have seen birds in it often. So the other day I eased up to the field and there was about 20 birds out feeding and one big tom.. the field is cut in half by a very very thick fence row.. so thick you cannot see through it so I circled around and got with in 15 yards of that tom... in the middle of the fence row is a break so I set up 15 yards from that break and start a very soft series of yelps and he started gobbling like crazy.. well after 30 mins the birds started feeding away so I circled back to another ambush spot and waited when the hens showed up without the tom I circled back around to get the stuff I had left and that dam bird was 15 yards from the first stop I left... anyway I had a small hill between him and me so I low crawled up and got within 40 yards which we all know is to far.. so I waited until he went back to the hens through that cut and I rushed up to the cut and he was standing a what I thought was 25 yards or so... I let him have it and he ran off like nothing ever happen... 25 yards turn out to be about 35 yards.. anyway he went into another field gathered up with the hens and went along his way... my load was 70 grains of 3f and same shot in volume.... think I need to work that load some hahahahah o it was 7 1/2's size shot
So I've been watching this area for weeks and have seen birds in it often. So the other day I eased up to the field and there was about 20 birds out feeding and one big tom.. the field is cut in half by a very very thick fence row.. so thick you cannot see through it so I circled around and got with in 15 yards of that tom... in the middle of the fence row is a break so I set up 15 yards from that break and start a very soft series of yelps and he started gobbling like crazy.. well after 30 mins the birds started feeding away so I circled back to another ambush spot and waited when the hens showed up without the tom I circled back around to get the stuff I had left and that dam bird was 15 yards from the first stop I left... anyway I had a small hill between him and me so I low crawled up and got within 40 yards which we all know is to far.. so I waited until he went back to the hens through that cut and I rushed up to the cut and he was standing a what I thought was 25 yards or so... I let him have it and he ran off like nothing ever happen... 25 yards turn out to be about 35 yards.. anyway he went into another field gathered up with the hens and went along his way... my load was 70 grains of 3f and same shot in volume.... think I need to work that load some hahahahah o it was 7 1/2's size shot
jrmflintlock
45 Cal.
Yowza!
SO IMHO 7 1/2 shot is too small for turkey I use #6 #5 or #4. and 35 yards is a stretch for a cylinder bore gun.
Additionally, equal powder to shot usually produces a donut pattern (for me) which is no good for stationary (standing Turkey) targets. I do ok on dove and quail with the equal ratio loads but I am swinging on them moving targets so I think I am hitting them with the edges of the pattern.
I Highly recommend the skychief special load I mentioned before it really gives a nice tight, uniform pattern! The proof is in the pudding!!
This was with my old fowler from a few years ago, but my new fowler likes it just as well!! I'm hoping to get a chance in Oregon in a few weeks!
Good Luck! I cant wait to see this years birds!!!
SO IMHO 7 1/2 shot is too small for turkey I use #6 #5 or #4. and 35 yards is a stretch for a cylinder bore gun.
Additionally, equal powder to shot usually produces a donut pattern (for me) which is no good for stationary (standing Turkey) targets. I do ok on dove and quail with the equal ratio loads but I am swinging on them moving targets so I think I am hitting them with the edges of the pattern.
I Highly recommend the skychief special load I mentioned before it really gives a nice tight, uniform pattern! The proof is in the pudding!!
This was with my old fowler from a few years ago, but my new fowler likes it just as well!! I'm hoping to get a chance in Oregon in a few weeks!
Good Luck! I cant wait to see this years birds!!!
Kamu
36 Cal.
Thank you for the info... I'll keep at it so we will see
