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Building a 500 yards muzzleloader?
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<blockquote data-quote="Huntinfool" data-source="post: 30678" data-attributes="member: 2264"><p>Hi Quaken,</p><p></p><p>My ML mentor is a master gunsmith. I've got a couple beautiful flintlocks he made.</p><p></p><p>He recently made a Shutzen type flintlock he used a Green Mountain barrel with a slow twist for 45/70 type rifles. Basically it's a 45/70 flintlock. or 45/80, 45/90, 45/100 whatever powder you wish within reason of course.</p><p></p><p>He cut a two inch section of barrel off before he breeched it to use for putting rifleing on a hard cast bullet. He chucks it up in his drill press and swages the bullet thru the short section of barrel pre rifleing it.</p><p></p><p>He puts his powder in then thumb starts his bullet and has a short starter that is made to fit in the hollow point bullet.</p><p></p><p>He has two rear blade sites the second one folds down for the 100 yard sight when the taller 200 site is up it obliturates the shorter 100 site.</p><p></p><p>It's an awsome piece one could easly fix a peep site on it and have a Quigley Down Under type of weapon. As BP doesn't build pressure the same way smokeless does it doesn't kick bad at all even with a 405 bullet! </p><p></p><p>I was with him when he killed a buck with it. It perform great the deer ran about 30 yards and Ray Charles could have followed the blood trail!</p><p></p><p>Good Huntin' </p><p>"The Chuckster" <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>[ 04-11-2004: Message edited by: Huntinfool ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Huntinfool, post: 30678, member: 2264"] Hi Quaken, My ML mentor is a master gunsmith. I've got a couple beautiful flintlocks he made. He recently made a Shutzen type flintlock he used a Green Mountain barrel with a slow twist for 45/70 type rifles. Basically it's a 45/70 flintlock. or 45/80, 45/90, 45/100 whatever powder you wish within reason of course. He cut a two inch section of barrel off before he breeched it to use for putting rifleing on a hard cast bullet. He chucks it up in his drill press and swages the bullet thru the short section of barrel pre rifleing it. He puts his powder in then thumb starts his bullet and has a short starter that is made to fit in the hollow point bullet. He has two rear blade sites the second one folds down for the 100 yard sight when the taller 200 site is up it obliturates the shorter 100 site. It's an awsome piece one could easly fix a peep site on it and have a Quigley Down Under type of weapon. As BP doesn't build pressure the same way smokeless does it doesn't kick bad at all even with a 405 bullet! I was with him when he killed a buck with it. It perform great the deer ran about 30 yards and Ray Charles could have followed the blood trail! Good Huntin' "The Chuckster" [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [ 04-11-2004: Message edited by: Huntinfool ] [/QUOTE]
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