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General discussion => Black Powder Shooting => Topic started by: walt53 on November 27, 2011, 07:18:10 AM

Title: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: walt53 on November 27, 2011, 07:18:10 AM

First of all I would like to thank every one who gave me help and susgestions threw out the year.Because this after noon I shot a 4/6 whitetail with my new 54cal GM drop in barrel. 120 grns of 3f grafs and apatch over the powder and a denem patch lubed with HOPES ''9 AND a
224gr rb.One shot at  about 50yds is all she wrote .ill try get a picture ,
again thanks so much.  walt :) :)

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: D. Taylor Sapergia on November 27, 2011, 09:24:07 AM

Well done Walt.  I congratulate you on a clean kill.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: lakehopper on November 27, 2011, 04:11:08 PM

What a great ending to a year of trial and error. Congrats Walt

glenn

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: wattlebuster on November 27, 2011, 04:38:42 PM

Congratulations. Glad you got er done ;D

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: smylee grouch on November 27, 2011, 05:11:18 PM

Good shooting Walt with what sounds like a very effective load. I have a couple of the GM drop in barrels for my loaner gun and they shoot great too.   Smylee

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Daryl on November 27, 2011, 08:51:56 PM

Glad it worked, Walt - way to go.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: jamesthomas on November 28, 2011, 06:24:02 AM

 Man, 120grns of 3fff? whew! :o thats a stout load! but if that what it takes to be accurate use it.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Daryl on January 17, 2012, 02:44:41 AM

Here are Walt's pictures.
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv638%2FDarylS%2FBonnyvilleNo87-20111126-00240.jpg&hash=6aff389c7bf994f838c071e4d7aa8a8b7cd107d5)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv638%2FDarylS%2FBonnyvilleNo87-20111126-00241.jpg&hash=bfcc702b9e4e0189e65ff026a3880fab49c15da4)
(https://americanlongrifles.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv638%2FDarylS%2FBonnyvilleNo87-20111126-00242.jpg&hash=7f2dec8a8d6005b8a8420bed5d47197b6308f4e9)

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: mountainman on January 17, 2012, 05:20:03 AM

Congratulations! That's a heavy bodied buck, thick horns wow!

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Skychief on January 17, 2012, 06:24:11 AM

Congratulations Walt!

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: WaterFowl on January 17, 2012, 06:27:16 AM

That's great..Good shooting and nice buck...did you get a pass through with that load?

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: walt53 on January 17, 2012, 08:01:06 AM

Sorry it took so long to get them but i'm a working progress that needs lot's of work.Yes i got a threw shot,just above the front shoulder threw the spine.Needless to say he hit the ground right where he stood.I don'thave all that many shot's threw the 54cal gm barrel yet but I have lot's plans for this spring.I'M making jerky now and has turned out very well,in fact so good my fussy ole girl even commented on how good it was.This fall I got a relacement stock for the hawken and the guy's at pecatonica reshaped the butt for me to stand a bit more recoil ,hope to have that done for spring. Maybe next fall some thing alittle bigger like a moose.Again I would like thank every one for there helpfull infirmation , comment's and 2cent's worth this special site and the knowledge in it.AND VERY SPECIAL THANKYOU TO DARYL for helping me with the pictures,hope you enjoyed them .hopefully next time they well of better quality as it was getting dark . -36TODAY AND COLDER TOMMOROW - C that is.AGAIN thankyou all.  WALT >:(

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Gene Carrell on January 17, 2012, 07:39:37 PM

Congratulations, great buck and great shot.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Daryl on January 17, 2012, 08:37:00 PM

Nice young 4 point, Walt. (they've started counting the brow tines here, hense 4 points) I do hope you get a moose next year.  Your load, even in 2F is perfect and if your accuracy & the accuracy of the load holds up, has 150yard capability.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: hanshi on January 18, 2012, 12:21:46 AM

That is a nice buck.  Congratulations.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: FRJ on January 18, 2012, 10:00:44 PM

Smoking load!!!! That would be hot even with 2f!!!! Good luck on the moose, that load should really work well on one, if anything works well on moose. FRJ

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Osprey on January 19, 2012, 04:27:14 PM

Congrats, great buck!

What's all that white stuff?  Haven't seen any of that yet this year, even went to Iowa the other week and it was 60 degress there.   >:(

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Hudnut on January 19, 2012, 04:39:51 PM

White stuff?  Check the current Alberta weather.  Big windy deepfreeze.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: alsask on January 19, 2012, 08:26:11 PM

It was -40 two nights in a row here.  Now it has warmed up to -24.  Anxious to get out with my .32 flinter and try some more loads.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: Daryl on January 19, 2012, 08:32:26 PM

Dang balmy here too.  Only went below -40 with wind chill - -38 actual.  We're sitting at -34 now. Stay in, stay warm, and congratulations.

We've found hunting in -40 to be quite hard on springs, both leaf and coil.

Supposed to be above freezing on Monday.

Title: Re: ALBERTA HUNTING SUCCESS
Post by: rudyc on January 20, 2012, 04:29:08 PM

-40 would be pretty hard on my springs as well, I'd guess????

rudyc