The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Excellent! NT

Excellent! NT (reply)

mcassill — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:44:37 +0000

I always love seeing your photos. Nicely done! NT (reply)

Bryan — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:25:50 +0000

Vicarious joy is what your picture is for me. (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:56:31 +0000

Here is my 50 yard accuracy from a rest of course.
MY goal is to put them in the black at 75 yards.
It may or may not be doable. I might have to increase the charge but I'll wait till warm weather to find out.

The King's musket took a bird a few month back (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:52:35 +0000

Here is the breast of the beast in the pan half eaten. I always take some seasoned flour and a meat mallet and a cutting board and butter. Usually I have a flattened and tenderized grouse breast sandwich with tomato for lunch if I'm successful. One grouse feeds two guys a nice sandwich each.

Nicely done! (reply)

Rob Leahy — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:22:04 +0000

The local muzzle loading group in Troy, Idaho all migrated to smooth bore flinters as they found percussion rifles too modernI was never that capable in the fine misty rains and 90 % humidity of an Idaho fall.

The King's musket took a bird a few month back (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:16:00 +0000

Have to admit it wasn't a wing shot but it was 25 yards sitting on a log. I used N0. 5 shot. I fried up the breast with seasoned flour and made some buckwheat Kasha to go along with it for lunch in the woods

WOW indeed! (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:14:25 +0000

The Pedersoli Bess always has good reviews so I thought I'd go that route after selling my Jackie Brown Carolina smoothbore. I do miss the lightness of it though. This Bess weighs 9-1/2 pounds.

Bob

impressive shot ! thats doing it right ! (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:11:02 +0000

By looking at the damage to the deer's upper leg bone all the surgeon would have to do if a soldier got hit in the arm would be to use a knife to finish cutting it off. No saw needed

Bob

Vicarious joy is what your picture is for me. (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:08:53 +0000

I've settled on 100 grains of 2f. The patching I use is the thinner brown or red striped .015 ticking from Wal-Mart. For some reason it seems to do better in this gun than the thicker blue striped.018 size, but I wouldn't swear to it. The wall mart ticking hasn't done well for me in my rifles but it is holding up good in this smoothbore.I've been lubing the patch with Track of the Wolf Mink Oil.

I also load the ball between two lubed fiber wads that I believe is just as accurate. This is the most accurate smoothbore I've owned. It will shoot grapefruit sized groups at 50 yards to the point of aim if I hold correctly.

I use a Lyman .715 ball. 7/8ths black English flint. I put a non removable touch hole liner in and right now it has a 5/64ths hole but I might open it up a smidgen. I didn't like the hole they had as it had a long fuse effect. The liner put the main charge much closer to the pan. Usually people just open up the touch hole on these Bess guns. My goal is to make this a 75 yard gun with more load testing and practice. Probably just more shooting practice with cheek weld consistency. I'll use it this next year at N.M.L.R.A smoothbore competition at the Territorial matches.

Bob

Very nice, Bob (reply)

MS — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:35:26 +0000

It's always fun to use something different

Vicarious joy is what your picture is for me. (reply)

Hobie — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:57:46 +0000

I have the short version.

If you've the time I'd like to hear/read some technical behind the scenes stuff. What size ball, patch, what powder(s), vent diameter, flint source.

Congrats! (reply)

Bri A — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 02:09:54 +0000

Very nicely done, darn few are using traditional front-stuffers of any stripe during the black powder seasons. It is sort of a shame.

WOW indeed! (reply)

Otony — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:29 +0000

I don't know whether to be impressed or confess to being jealous!

Smoothbore muzzleloaders are among my favorites, I have five here, two percussion and three flintlock, ranging from 24ga on up to 12ga. You are an inspiration for me to get off my derriere and challenge Bambi!

Otony

impressive shot ! thats doing it right ! (reply)

uncowboy — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:16:16 +0000

EXCELLENT

impressive shot ! thats doing it right ! (reply)

cable — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:39:49 +0000

glad you would have been on our side in the revolutionary war !

Smoothbore. no rifling. (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:02:22 +0000

It is minute of deer accurate. out to 75 yards

WOW! You did very well (reply)

Fivegunner — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:37:15 +0000

Nice looking rifle .

Yes indeed, very cool! (reply)

Hoot — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:23:16 +0000

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Very cool! Congrats! (reply)

Caz — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:41:55 +0000

Very good sir (reply)

Jhenry — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 14:47:02 +0000