Getting Ready for Bear
09-15-2013, 12:37 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada
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Getting Ready for Bear
I took the Lyman Flintlock .54 Cal Great Plains Rifle out to prep it for bear.
The load I was trying is: 100 gr GOEX 2F, GOEX 4F for prime, .535 Hornady Round Ball, , .018 Thick Blue Stripe Pillow Tick that I buy at Walmart whenever I'm in the USA. I cut a strip about an inch/inch and a half wide. Dip my finger in some of my bear fat / bees wax lube and rub it into the patch material. Then I cut the patches at the muzzle while loading.
Lube and Patch material.
First target. I had the 1/2 bull sitting right on top of my front sight. I was shooting high??? So I looked at my sight and found out why. It was set for 100 yds. set the sight to 0 (my 50 yd setting) and fired three more shots. That was better.
Now that I had that sorted out I fired a five shot group for effect.
Here is a picture of a few patches from today. They look just fine. No cutting or burn through.
Now if I can just get a bear or two to hit my bait!!! AND keep my teenagers out of my stand!!!
HA
The load I was trying is: 100 gr GOEX 2F, GOEX 4F for prime, .535 Hornady Round Ball, , .018 Thick Blue Stripe Pillow Tick that I buy at Walmart whenever I'm in the USA. I cut a strip about an inch/inch and a half wide. Dip my finger in some of my bear fat / bees wax lube and rub it into the patch material. Then I cut the patches at the muzzle while loading.
Lube and Patch material.
First target. I had the 1/2 bull sitting right on top of my front sight. I was shooting high??? So I looked at my sight and found out why. It was set for 100 yds. set the sight to 0 (my 50 yd setting) and fired three more shots. That was better.
Now that I had that sorted out I fired a five shot group for effect.
Here is a picture of a few patches from today. They look just fine. No cutting or burn through.
Now if I can just get a bear or two to hit my bait!!! AND keep my teenagers out of my stand!!!
HA
