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Black Powder Fun....1800 style
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North Country Gal
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Fantastic shooting is right. You've even got me thinking of shooting BP, again.
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RanchRoper
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Go for it!
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Ive seen quite a few rifles sold that would have made a good rifle for NCG. Go for it
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Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......
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North Country Gal
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
My concern, right now, is the availability issue. How hard is it to get percussion caps, lead balls and powder, what with everything else in the regular gun world being such a mess? I used to shoot some inlines with 209 primers, but I suspect getting those would be a nightmare, right now. Way back when we were shooting, we had to drive halfway across the state to get real BP. No issues with the substitutes, though.
The other issue for me is keeping rifle size and weight manageable. Will need to stay with a 32, 36 or a light 45 cal. My days of shooting the big heavy stuff are over.
The other issue for me is keeping rifle size and weight manageable. Will need to stay with a 32, 36 or a light 45 cal. My days of shooting the big heavy stuff are over.
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Sir Henry
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Great range report. You would have been a survivor even back then.
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RanchRoper
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
...not at the speed I load it.
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
Lead balls are no problem and caps either in my neck of the woods. The local Scheels has had caps and if you have a Bass Pro or Cabelas around I bet you could find some.North Country Gal wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:44 amMy concern, right now, is the availability issue. How hard is it to get percussion caps, lead balls and powder, what with everything else in the regular gun world being such a mess? I used to shoot some inlines with 209 primers, but I suspect getting those would be a nightmare, right now. Way back when we were shooting, we had to drive halfway across the state to get real BP. No issues with the substitutes, though.
The other issue for me is keeping rifle size and weight manageable. Will need to stay with a 32, 36 or a light 45 cal. My days of shooting the big heavy stuff are over.
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Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
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RanchRoper
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
A .32 would be like plinking I think. Good fun.
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1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
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zara_puppy
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Re: Black Powder Fun....1800 style
200 yards, iron sights? Tell ya what - I’ve a White Whitetail hunter 97 in .45 cal. A very accurate black powder rifle. Much more accurate than it’s shooter (me). It’s got a 1.5X5 Nikon shotgun slug hunter on top of it. It dumps a 400 grain lead trashcan (as my son calls it) down range at a pretty fair clip. A ton of fun. That said, on a good day I can’t beat that target at 100. WITH A GOOD SCOPE.
Your shooting skill is incredible.
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