#3012722 - 11/02/12 01:22 PM
Musket and round balls
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harley 2008
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Registered: 03/16/09
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Loc: mont tn
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Is anyone hunting with a hawkin and round ball during muzzleloader season?
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#3012726 - 11/02/12 01:24 PM
Re: Musket and round balls
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Brisco Darlin
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Loc: East Tn.
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right here. been doing it that way since around 1982. like they say if it ain't broke don't fix it.
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#3013003 - 11/02/12 04:28 PM
Re: Musket and round balls
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Wobblyshot1
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Registered: 10/13/10
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Loc: Rutherford County
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I'll be using my 54 flinter with 100 grs Goex 3fg and a patched .535 ball.
The wife will be totin the little 45 fullstock caplock that I built her. It will be loaded with 65 grs Goex 3fg and a patched .451 ball.
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#3013082 - 11/02/12 05:41 PM
Re: Musket and round balls
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quigleysharps4570
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Registered: 09/06/04
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Loc: Kansas
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Here's another. 
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#3013118 - 11/02/12 06:09 PM
Re: Musket and round balls
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TennesseeJed
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Registered: 08/01/05
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Loc: Cumberland Plateau
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T/C Renegade .54, .530 round ball, pillow ticking patch, and 70 grains 2F Goex.
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#3013176 - 11/02/12 07:01 PM
Re: Musket and round balls
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BrokenArrow
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Registered: 08/21/08
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Loc: Columbia ,TN.
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.50cal. Kentucky Long Rifle..490 round ball and patch...90gr 3F.
Still carry the shot bag and powder horn too. Been getting it done this way since the 80's.
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#3013665 - 11/03/12 08:15 AM
Re: Musket and round balls
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Robtattoo
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Registered: 08/14/12
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Loc: Tullahoma, TN.
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Uh huh, I'm sat at the base of a tree admiring the curl in the maple stock of my .54, John Anderson long rifle as i type this.
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#3014111 - 11/03/12 02:34 PM
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southernhunter
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Loc: alabama
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I use a 45 cal t/c Hawkins or t/c Cherokee. With 3f powder and patched round ball.kiled a deer a 70 yards last year
And a coyote at 50 yards .
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#3014236 - 11/03/12 04:52 PM
Re: Musket and round balls
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BrokenArrow
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Registered: 08/21/08
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Loc: Columbia ,TN.
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Uh huh, I'm sat at the base of a tree admiring the curl in the maple stock of my .54, John Anderson long rifle as i type this.
Im jealous.....always wished i could afford a custom flinter.
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