Powder question?
02-03-2008, 05:26 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: southwest Ohio
Posts: 1,047
RE: Powder question?
As stated it's the size of the granules.
I might also mention I pronounce it ffug or fffug. Often when a shot goes out of the group my first thought is of the powder granulation and I will mutter fffug!
I might also mention I pronounce it ffug or fffug. Often when a shot goes out of the group my first thought is of the powder granulation and I will mutter fffug!
02-03-2008, 05:56 PM
#6
Join Date: Jul 2006
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RE: Powder question?
I try to keep swearing down to a minimum
I need to learn how to control my trigger finger and let the wind die down before pulling it.
And it wasnt a cross wind, I live at the end of a canyon and the wind often swirls.
I need to learn how to control my trigger finger and let the wind die down before pulling it.
And it wasnt a cross wind, I live at the end of a canyon and the wind often swirls.
02-03-2008, 07:16 PM
#7
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 411
RE: Powder question?
One time about9 or10 years ago, one of my brother-in-laws came down to W. Yellowstone to elk hunt with me. He forgot his rifle. So, being the good guy I am, I loaned him my .300 win mag and pulled my ML out of the moth balls from back in good old Illinois.
So, I was shooting a .50 cal hawken type with 350 gr. TC maxiballs. I hadn't even looked at my powder in a couple of years since I had moved up from Oregon, so I pulled it all out and went out to "test-fire" prior to our elk hunt.
I set up a target along the logging road (on the way to our hunt loc.), and fired one shot at50 yards, at a paper plate stapled to a tree. The wind was howling so bad and I hadn't shot in a couple of years, that when I pulled the trigger I not only jerked it, but bucked at the recoil as well. Needless to say you could still eat off that plate without any leaks.
I hit the plate nearly dead center on the second shot, and called it good, unfortunately for me I didn't see an elk within 50 yds that day.
So, I was shooting a .50 cal hawken type with 350 gr. TC maxiballs. I hadn't even looked at my powder in a couple of years since I had moved up from Oregon, so I pulled it all out and went out to "test-fire" prior to our elk hunt.
I set up a target along the logging road (on the way to our hunt loc.), and fired one shot at50 yards, at a paper plate stapled to a tree. The wind was howling so bad and I hadn't shot in a couple of years, that when I pulled the trigger I not only jerked it, but bucked at the recoil as well. Needless to say you could still eat off that plate without any leaks.
I hit the plate nearly dead center on the second shot, and called it good, unfortunately for me I didn't see an elk within 50 yds that day.
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02-03-2008, 08:04 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 411
RE: Powder question?
Yeah, I know man. He just made Major in the US army two weeks ago, and we went to the ceremony in Livingston, Montana. He's a very professional guy, my brother-in-law, served in Bosnia, Iraq and is getting ready to deploy back to Iraq.
You would think a mistake like that would be out of the question, but hey, he was only a leiutenant then. About the time he made captain, he did remember his rifle on an elk hunt, and ended up shooting a hole in the floor board of his new Chevy truck. Blasted the p--- out of his catalytic converter, and we had toduct tape it so the fumes didn't kill im' on the way back to Bozeman.
Anyway, when he made major, his Colonel asked me for some dirt on him. I told the guy about him shooting a hole in his truck... dude, I thought he was going to scream right out of formation and duke my --s, but he held it until the end. I got a little retribution later though....
Dan
You would think a mistake like that would be out of the question, but hey, he was only a leiutenant then. About the time he made captain, he did remember his rifle on an elk hunt, and ended up shooting a hole in the floor board of his new Chevy truck. Blasted the p--- out of his catalytic converter, and we had toduct tape it so the fumes didn't kill im' on the way back to Bozeman.
Anyway, when he made major, his Colonel asked me for some dirt on him. I told the guy about him shooting a hole in his truck... dude, I thought he was going to scream right out of formation and duke my --s, but he held it until the end. I got a little retribution later though....
Dan
