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MADNESS Forum Font Offline Posts: 1302 Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2012 Gender:	Let's see your black powder rifles Sep 18^th, 2016 at 4:20am	Print Post
	First of all thank you to Alan for setting up the black powder section Now we have our own black powder section we better use it. Let's see a few of your black powder rifles Here's mine, a Lyman stainless 50cal deerstalker

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Micky Duck Ex Member	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #1 - Sep 18^th, 2016 at 7:59am	Print Post
	very nice looking smoke pole you have there Madness.


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RoaringStag Donor Member Offline Posts: 1516 Location: Canterbury Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2009 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #2 - Sep 18^th, 2016 at 10:31am	Print Post
	This is my one (thanks Saltro). My mate Russ pulled the trigger that day though and shot his biggest stag to date... Thompson Centre. Hawkins Mountain Rifle, 50 cal.


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Carlsen Highway Forum Font Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 2518 Joined: Feb 7^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #3 - Sep 19^th, 2016 at 4:36am	Print Post
	Inspiring. There is a Lyman great plains rifle here I have been looking at. 54 cal percussion - but I sort of had my heart set on a flintlock. Just because.


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seventenths Forum Font Offline Posts: 3410 Location: Dunedin Area Joined: Nov 11^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #4 - Sep 19^th, 2016 at 12:18pm	Print Post
	I'm gonna like this section I'll post up some photos of my Deerstalker but here's a photo of some molding of .50 cal round balls and 385 gr Great Plains projectiles

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headcase Global Forum Guide Donor Member Offline Former Youngest Person in the World Posts: 27316 Location: Ponsenby Joined: Jul 9^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #5 - Sep 20^th, 2016 at 6:21am	Print Post
	nice, beautiful guns.

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hawken 50 Full Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 303 Location: Hokitika Joined: Apr 28^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #6 - Sep 20^th, 2016 at 6:44pm	Print Post
	Great stuff guys. I'll have to learn how to upload photos. This is going to be a very interesting section.


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Bow Stalker Donor Member Offline Posts: 1401 Location: Taranaki Joined: Jan 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #7 - Sep 21^st, 2016 at 4:46am	Print Post
	I'll be watching this page with interest. Would love to have a crack at a deer with a muzzle loader one day.


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seventenths Forum Font Offline Posts: 3410 Location: Dunedin Area Joined: Nov 11^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #8 - Sep 21^st, 2016 at 10:04am	Print Post
	Finally dug out some photos The same rifle (Lyman Deerstalker) as Madness although its wood/blued and left handed.

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Dog Runner Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 125 Location: Te Anau Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #9 - Sep 23^rd, 2016 at 8:50am	Print Post
	My interarms .45 piece of pipe. Not quite as classy as a few others here- the deer stalkers are a nice looking piece.


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MADNESS Forum Font Offline Posts: 1302 Joined: Oct 22^nd, 2012 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #10 - Sep 24^th, 2016 at 10:45pm	Print Post
	Looks pretty good to me Dog Runner. Is it a stainless barrel?

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Dog Runner Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 125 Location: Te Anau Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #11 - Sep 25^th, 2016 at 8:51am	Print Post
	I wish madness, just the light. Really would be better especially down here-Im realising Fiordland and black powder arent best mates, one day everything will align


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avon_7 Forum Senior Offline Posts: 530 Location: Gold Coast Joined: Apr 6^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #12 - Oct 2^nd, 2016 at 10:32am	Print Post
	I also have a Stainless Lyman .50 Deerstalker I tried various round balls through it with 'ho hum' accuracy and then settled with Great Plains bullets that worked really well last year on some Fallow Bucks. Infact I believe I read somewhere that the DeerStalker was never designed for round ball. The great plains really flattened them and the bullets were found mushroomed under the skin on the other side. The only mods i'm going to make to it for next year is fit a Lyman aperture sight. I initially had issues with mis fires until I found out Remington caps were much better than CCI versions. I also clean and fire a cap every time prior to loading. I also invested in a C02 discharger which has saved the day in the field a few times. Love Black Powder it compliments my bow hunting and rifle shooting

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Flintlock Donor Member Offline Posts: 6389 Location: Blenheim Joined: Oct 14^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #13 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 3:42am	Print Post
	I wipe out with maths or isopropyl alcohol before use , then dry the bore , when you cap off point the muzzle at a blade of grass , if it moves it is clear , if not try again . The nipples that come with the factory rifles are usually inferior cheapies and it would pay to get some better quality ones from Track of the Wolf , the budget ones burn out rapidly, enlarging the hole each shot , thus changing the flash size and the back pressure , thus grouping difficulties . If the hammer recocks on being fired you definitely have nipple problems . Patch thickness and patch lube have a large bearing on round ball accuracy , as does twist , slow twist for ball , fast twist for slug .

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wanganuikid Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 684 Location: Wanganui Joined: Nov 9^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: Let's see your black powder rifles Reply #14 - Oct 4^th, 2016 at 8:59am	Print Post
	OK< so two or three of them are more for target shooting than hunting,but hey they are black powder.


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