Out with the flintlock.

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Out with the flintlock.

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Being a grandpa is very demanding but she is worth it.

Alas only time for a short walk.

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Everybody looks happy! 8) 8)
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The both of you are lookin' good, Nath ! !


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Won't be long before you are taking granddaughter with you and showing her the beauty of nature....... :D
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gamekeeper wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:12 pm Won't be long before you are taking granddaughter with you and showing her the beauty of nature....... :D
Now that sounds like a grand plan! (And I'll be a grandfather to a l'il girl come September...)

I'm glad I opened and read your post Nath, as I'd misread it as: "Out" with the flintlock... And I was almost thinking that you were getting rid of it... :o

Instead of as "Out with the flintlock", which is just what you did. :wink:

Good huntin'!

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I was just reading about how you guys were being overrun by imported gray squirrels and they were knocking out your native reds....Seems everyone is trying to shoot them. I wish I had that problem in Washington. I sure miss squill huntin'.
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Nath, you have entirely too much fun. :D
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BlaineG wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2017 3:48 pm I was just reading about how you guys were being overrun by imported gray squirrels and they were knocking out your native reds....Seems everyone is trying to shoot them. I wish I had that problem in Washington. I sure miss squill huntin'.
Yes, they are everywhere. A trap box in my garden catches them regular.

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Happy to see both you and Jess looking so good. Salutations. MM
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Ray wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:24 am make ? …. model ?…. bore ?…..load specifics ?…..

you've probably already told us before….

i have a v e r y short barreled number 30 percussion that i've tried unsuccessfully on backyard squirrels with 7/8 oz. of fives and 60 gr. of powder…..they mock me while lounging in their arboreal paradise, throwing hickory and acorn hulls down the back of my neck as i stalk them…. but their day will come…..let them laugh…. there is a kestrel and some feral puddy tats lurking about, and who knows, but i might finally hit one myself….
It's a.63". A Pedersoli trade gun. That day I was dumping about 75grn of powder and just shy of 1&1/4oz of #6(English).

Thin wads oiled and a full fibre wad wet with oil on top of the shot.

Have you patterned your .30"?

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Looks like fun!

So, what is the temperature there right now? Here it is mid-90's with almost 100% humidity. "Stifling" is something of an understatement! :shock:
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Ysabel Kid wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2017 3:44 pm Looks like fun!

So, what is the temperature there right now? Here it is mid-90's with almost 100% humidity. "Stifling" is something of an understatement! :shock:
High 80's, not to humid. A front is blowing in tonight so some rain is on the way.

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Ray wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:00 pm
Nath wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:02 pm
Ray wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2017 6:24 am make ? …. model ?…. bore ?…..load specifics ?…..

you've probably already told us before….

i have a v e r y short barreled number 30 percussion that i've tried unsuccessfully on backyard squirrels with 7/8 oz. of fives and 60 gr. of powder…..they mock me while lounging in their arboreal paradise, throwing hickory and acorn hulls down the back of my neck as i stalk them…. but their day will come…..let them laugh…. there is a kestrel and some feral puddy tats lurking about, and who knows, but i might finally hit one myself….
It's a.63". A Pedersoli trade gun. That day I was dumping about 75grn of powder and just shy of 1&1/4oz of #6(English).

Thin wads oiled and a full fibre wad wet with oil on top of the shot.

Have you patterned your .30"?

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I have not patterned it properly....just riddled a soda can at 15 paces and assumed it good to go.....there are probably several squirrel sized holes in its average pattern....it is a #30 b.t.w. not a .30".... Closer to a .54"....just as your's is a #19 after the old way of gauging and probably referred to as a 20.....

pardon the confusion in mode of measurement..... I have learned to measure balls to the pound so I don't have to translate using a gauge chart when reading Oswell, Baldwin, Baker, Chapman, Roberts, Selous....etc.
Ahhr, I see, sorry.
Is it definitely shooting where you are looking?

Also, what kind of wad?

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