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Post by dakota on Dec 16, 2006 18:32:53 GMT -5
The wind is blowing quite high around here 30+ mph and has been pretty steadily since season started (and a little longer). Will a maxi-ball handle wind better than a round ball at 150 yards. (about my maximum range for off hand with a muzzle loader) The wind might limit it to 100 yards.
It is so windy --- I have a hard time getting the powder into the rifle without some blowing away. Heck round balls, and anything loose on the bench today were blowing off. The stetson went for a ride of the merry little breezes today also.
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Post by bounce on Dec 16, 2006 21:34:27 GMT -5
The more the lead mass weighs the less wind move's it But your at .54? I would use the best shooter for you of the two. If yours is a Maxi rifled gun use a Maxi but if deep rifled round ball use round ball
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Post by dakota on Dec 17, 2006 10:40:59 GMT -5
Well both seem to be accurate enough on a still day. It seems that the maxi-balls are less sensitive to wind. The T/C I have is rifled for Maxi-balls. I have shot both a bit at the range, but only have shot deer with the round balls. I believe that when I go out on Monday, I will be carrying Maxi-balls. The loads I worked up for the two, shot to the same point of impact at 50 yards, but the Maxi-balls must be moving slower, even though I am using more powder with the Maxi-balls. At 100 yards the Maxi-balls are shooting lower. Therefore I sighted the rifle in for 4" high at 100 with maxi-balls, the round balls would be now shooting quite high at 100.
I have another question:
When I bought the muzzle loader (it was quite a while back) I read books and articles on muzzle loaders. There was this one writer that wrote a bit about what the condition of the patches ought to be after the rifle is fired. I looked at the used patches --- these patches were the store bought pillow tick pre-lubed type from Midway --- they looked like they could be re-used, very little wear. As I recall the writer of the article would not have approved, any comments?
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Post by bounce on Dec 17, 2006 19:52:25 GMT -5
If they have hole's or rips you have a problem.
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Post by dakota on Dec 18, 2006 1:12:50 GMT -5
It was so windy that it blew three old people down in the area and they had to be hospitalized. The wind blew down power lines and interrupted power.
A former girl friend in Seattle said the wind took out her biggest tree in her yard. A lot of damage occurred.
In this kind of wind, how do Flintlock shooters keep the powder in the pan?
Next week the wind is supposed to die down somewhat and it is supposed to be colder.
I will be out in the a.m. to the hunting spot. Hopefully I will at least fill my doe tag tomorrow.
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Post by dakota on Dec 18, 2006 1:18:32 GMT -5
Here is what she sent me.
"High winds and thunderstorms knocked out power to 1 million people in the Seattle area Thursday night. There are still 400,000 without power and it will get down to 20 tonight. Guess that power grid is a complicated puzzle."
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