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General discussion => Black Powder Shooting => Topic started by: Smilax on September 24, 2024, 11:04:24 AM
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Managed to get out for squirrels after the opener, first harvest with this gun. I’m shooting a Kibler colonial smooth rifle in .58, took this squirrel with ~7/8-1oz of #6 shot. I spent a fair bit of time patterning this gun and had good luck with the Skychief load everyone knows about, and I think I landed on a winner with some minor tweaks. Rather than just loose shot under the oil soaked buffer wad, I rolled the shot into a paper cartridge with an equal volume of corn meal buffer. I read about others doing something similar on another forum, definitely not something I came up with. I have to pattern it on paper still but at 20 yds, this guy had numerous hits, might even up the shot size to #5 next time - fewer pellets to spit out!
(https://i.ibb.co/B2sHKgw/IMG-5250.jpg) (https://ibb.co/23K0Yj5)
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👍 Squirrel 🐿 hunting is fun! Good job!
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I'm itching to go skwirl hunting. Went into the forest to cut firewood yesterday. I saw lots of Abert squirrels. Our season does not open this year until October 4.
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A beautiful fowler and a nice way to start the season off right. Florida's squirrel season is open year round now, but only on private land. James Levy
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I spy a rear sight. Oh, wait that is not the fowler............
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Correct, its a smooth rifle. Jim offers a lot of barrel options and I took advantage of the option for smoothbore in .58. Conveniently that equates to 24ga so wads are easily available. Always wanted a gun I could use for small game with shot and still shoot accurately with round ball. Got out again yesterday and bagged this trio
(https://i.ibb.co/7QFHpMC/IMG-5271.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xYQyg9L)
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Great looking rifle and great harvest!
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Nice, I know you had fun.
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Best be careful around here. They are organizing for revenge.
(https://i.ibb.co/FstDDTq/back-at-ya-bill.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7gF11mN)
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Nice Smilax!