Hntr79 said:Any of you guys killed an elk with a round ball? I plan to hunt elk in CO this year with a .54 with round ball. What kind of penetration did you get? Any blood trail? How close do I need to be?
This is a very very imporant point.CoyoteJoe said:It was a high lung shot which is generally not a real quick kill even with a modern magnum.
Dan Phariss said:Making noise has never worked for me. Nor do I use cow calls where I hunt. It attracts things with big teeth and claws and usually an attitude. http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2008/09/22/news/news3.txt
This is one of several where cow calls brought trouble in the past 2-3 years. They are also starting to come to gunshots as "dinner bells" in some areas.
Dan
Hntr79 said:Any of you guys killed an elk with a round ball? I plan to hunt elk in CO this year with a .54 with round ball. What kind of penetration did you get? Any blood trail? How close do I need to be?
paulvallandigham said:Patch thickness is about sealing gases behind the PRB. Any increase in velocity is secondary.
You have to read your patches to determine whether you need to use a thicker or thinner patch, or solve the gas seal issue some other way. There are NO shortcuts on this skill. You either learn how to read patches, or you play guessing games.
If you don't have it, buy Dutch Schoultz's Black Powder Rifle Accuracy System for $15.00 and you will learn how to read your patches, and then your groups. Its a very cheap means to get up to speed on these skills.
http://www.blackpowderrifleaccuracy.com/
is Dutch's website with contact info. I think so highly of his materials that I keep them here next to my computer to use when someone here sends in pictures of his patches with questions about what the patches "mean". I have not met Dutch. I have talked to him on the phone, when I needed help. I first saw an ad he used to place in the Want Ads section at the back of Muzzle Blasts.
I've noticed that a lot of you guys use thicker patches.018 and up. Does a thicker patch noticably increase velocity?
A Lyman GPR shoots best with a .015 to .018 patch with it's shallow buttoned rifled grooves,
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