March 8, 2021, 11:28 PM | #1 |
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Long Range Sidelocks
A few of my Long Range shoots with TC Hawken & Renegade Muzzleloaders that i put together
My most recent, 750 Yards Rice Barrels 1-24 Twist .50 Cal, Custom 615 Grain Paper Patch Bullet https://youtu.be/mUsBTZzn7u8 Last Summer, 825 Yards Green Mountain 1-18 Twist .45Cal, 530 Grain Custom Elliptical Paper Patch Bullet https://youtu.be/jCwf7AZsCUo Last edited by Idaholewis; March 9, 2021 at 08:52 AM. |
March 9, 2021, 07:59 AM | #2 |
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Few pics of the Bullets i cast and Shoot long Range
.50 Cal Custom Grease Groove, 610 Grain .45 Elliptical Paper Patch, From BACO (Buffalo Arms Co.) Mold i had made (Bullet shot to 825 Yards above) .50 Cal Custom Paper Patch, 615 Grain, This is another BACO Mold i had made (In the 750 Yard shoot above) Last edited by Idaholewis; March 9, 2021 at 08:12 AM. |
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I say, the Irish Creedmoor team would have made you welcome.
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Excellent thread and thanks for posting !! .....
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Very nice! Groups similar to my PRB groups at 130 yards with my T/C Renegade, yet at over 5 times the distance! Mine is bone stock with the compromise 1:48 barrel. Despite claims that it can shoot conical bullets acceptably, mine cannot. It may help if the bore wasn’t a sewer pipe (the rifle was given to me because the bore was rough).
Those are beautiful bullets, and their accuracy is obviously not matched by very many from a smoke pole. Do you have the stock T/C lock or have you replaced that? Mine is acceptable but the frizzen needs case hardening again I believe.
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March 10, 2021, 01:22 AM | #6 |
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Thanks guys, i sure enjoy this stuff
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That is outstanding! I bet that gun of yours will outshoot a Whitworth.
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Very fine shooting, indeed! Amazing demonstration, amazing accuracy, all with a muzzleloader. I also watched your "bump test" video, and was hoping to see your loading procedure, which you showed with your "Gould" bullet. (?) I think that's what you said the bullet was. Gas check on that one? Also, do you load your paper patched bullets the same way? Without any sort of false-muzzle type aid? Do you wipe between shots? Sorry for all the questions, it's just such an amazing demo you put together using bullets in a muzzle loader. One last one; is that a 1" across the flats barrel? Again, fine shooting!
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March 11, 2021, 01:20 PM | #9 |
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Idaholewis,
Watched your paper patching video, and saw how you loaded your pp bullets. Very cool, as you're just loading them without any type of muzzle-guiding aid. A big kudos to you on your m.l. casting, pp'ing and shooting skills, especially with those big long range bullets! Very fine. |
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