Frontier .50 cal, April 17th

[RanchRoper]

70F today, shot real BP for the first time. Very tired today though and it shows in the targets. Drove 5 hrs round trip yesterday to Calgary to get the powder. Driving wipes me out.

Goex 2fg 60 grains
.015 patch, .490 lead ball
Pedersoli Frontier .50 cal




50 yds off hand, bit of a cross breeze...6" target

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100 yds from 1 knee....not my finest hour....10" target

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Short report today, thanks for droppin' in....shoot safe,
RR

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[BigAl52]

Looks good to me tired or not. I get the driven and tired.

[JEBar]

if the point of aim was the heart of a big game animal, everyone of those rounds would have put it in the freezer .... well done, well done indeed

[North Country Gal]

Hope you get some rest. How do like the actual black powder compared to the substitutes? Any differences?

[RanchRoper]

At the risk of alienating all the traditionalists....I actually prefer the Triple 7. I can shoot many times before fouling is an issue, but with the Goex I have to patch after every shot it seems. There is a lot of fouling.

My guess is if Triple 7 existed in 1800, those guys would have liked it too.

[Sir Henry]

Your not the finest hour sure looks fine to me. Offhand or a knee isn’t easy

[fortyshooter]

Not bad at all for a tired shooter RR!

[BigAl52]

At the risk of alienating all the traditionalists....I actually prefer the Triple 7. I can shoot many times before fouling is an issue, but with the Goex I have to patch after every shot it seems. There is a lot of fouling.

My guess is if Triple 7 existed in 1800, those guys would have liked it too.

But you are using prelubed patches correct.

[RanchRoper]

Pre lubed patches. Correct.

[BigAl52]

If you can find some mr flintlocks or Hoppes #9 BP cleaner and lube that would change. I dont swab out between shots using those as a patch lube.