Tested 3f T7 in a T/C Hawken caplock without a BP ignition charge. Tentatively successful pending more testing. Stay tuned.
Awfully hard to beat a Lab as a companion. I have had three.I am 76 and our Lab Chloe is 12. When she goes I don't think it would be right to get a puppy. Dog should not have to mourn its master. Maybe a mature rescue dog is an answer. Chloe is our 6th Lab and I remember each one of them. Just can not imagine living without a dog.
Old wood I'm there with you. I still hunt and hope to for many years to come. I'm 67 now arthritic, diabetic and heart attack survivor with 5 stents. Thankful to God am i! This past opening day 2022 of Indiana gun season it was cold and snowed. I shot a nice buck at about 830 a.m. my fingers were so cold and stiff I couldn't start field dressing. My son came up and field dressed and dragged my buck to the truck. He worries so much about me. I'm so grateful to have him as he is a purple heart recipient (roadside bomb Ramadi iraq) and father to my 2 granddaughters and chubby little grandson
I have two out of three labs, one left is 11 and I’m 68. I agreeI too remember every lab we have had. Great hunting trips, fun times each one has special memories
60 Years ago it was live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse. I grew out of that. But do wish I could follow a dog as long and as hard as I used to.Got my hunting stuff ready for the last afternoon in a ladder stand for Pa. Flintlock m/l deer season. Being old and unable to go hunting , like I used to , sucks.
...but interesting 'off topic'Did more testing of 3f Triple 7 in my QLA'ed T/C Hawken .50 caliber. I'm using up the last of my old Hornady Great Plains 410 grain HBSP bullets. Caps were CCI #11 Magnum. Lube, in addition to the dried-out waxy stuff and Styrofoam stuck to it was cooking spray. Today fired four bullets without cleaning from yesterday. Later will clean and perhaps try again with either a Renegade or White Mountain Carbine.
Anyone tried T7 in a flintlock using actual BP in the pan?
Only complaint I have so far is the level of recoil with 70 grains of powder under that heavy bullet. Not really looking forward to the White Mountain Carbine test. Might go with a lighter powder charge. They do shatter plastic bottles nicely though.
Accuracy left a little to be desired, but as I am mostly testing for reliability, I am not worried about load development yet. Just as well... I will not be hunting velociraptors any time soon so won't be needing bullets that heavy.
Just heard about the clouded leopard that somebody let out of the Dallas Zoo. For those not familiar, Neofelis nebulosa, is nearly extinct in the wild. They are sort of a pocket-sized sabre-toothed cat, not nearly as large as the Smilodon genus tended to be.
Sorry, sometimes I get off topic....
And it looks SOOO much better! Beautiful!Feels much better in hand than bare brass.
Ramrod retaining spring-thing?just worried where the spare part came from.
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