Balls To It!

[Underdog 2,337]

A great afternoon was had with my .45 front stuffer.

Loaded with two .440 balls it makes a great small game getter with some power to spare.

I was after a rabbit and they are scarce but had a doe moving in some bramble 20 yards away.

I could see her but it was so thick I could not locate her head!

After ten minutes she moved her head and I got a fix on it, two brambles formed a cross for me to aim at, bingo!

 

 

Looking for another was very difficult.

I only saw five all day but no shots.

The good thing was though whilst stalking a wood I bumped a deer up but could not identify it well.

I attempted to go around the wood to try and get a better look at it.

 

While I was on that I then bumped a fox out of its bed! Right in front of me the drowsy fox slipped directly away from me, me shielded by small trees.

I got ready and started mouse squeaking.

The vixen slowly made its way back to me.

 

As it stepped in to a clearing quartering on the smooth rifle settled on its neck and shoulder joint, boom and smoke bellowed out.

As the smoke cleared I could see it was over for the vixen.

27yards.

 

 

 

U.

[sussex 5,776]

Great stuff UD ...what sort of distance are you confident with that gun ? ..

[Underdog 2,337]

Great stuff UD ...what sort of distance are you confident with that gun ? ..

It is capable to 50yds + on small game and dual ball loads.

I emptied it on the way home at 82 paces and one of the two balls hit the mark!

 

With shot it is good for wing shooting to thirty yards.

 

U.

[walshie 2,804]

Does that count as a rifle or a shotgun?

[The one 8,393]

Nice going mate , that black powder ? how long does it take you to clean it after a outing ?.

[Underdog 2,337]

Does that count as a rifle or a shotgun?

It's a smooth bore on SGC.

[Underdog 2,337]

Nice going mate , that black powder ? how long does it take you to clean it after a outing ?.

Takes me about ten minutes. Just about to do it.

[sussex 5,776]

 

Great stuff UD ...what sort of distance are you confident with that gun ? ..

It is capable to 50yds + on small game and dual ball loads.

I emptied it on the way home at 82 paces and one of the two balls hit the mark!

With shot it is good for wing shooting to thirty yards.

U.

I did have a couple of shots with a muzzle loader on pheasants a few years back , both flew on laughing there beaks off ..

[Underdog 2,337]

 

 

Great stuff UD ...what sort of distance are you confident with that gun ? ..

It is capable to 50yds + on small game and dual ball loads.

I emptied it on the way home at 82 paces and one of the two balls hit the mark!

With shot it is good for wing shooting to thirty yards.

U.

I did have a couple of shots with a muzzle loader on pheasants a few years back , both flew on laughing there beaks off ..

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[Baldcoot 2,352]

Good shooting as always U.D nice to see the old ways still produce the goods

[Bigad 136]

Cracking work using the muzzle loader and great pics too

[Fellman Mark 604]

Spot on that

[toxo 160]

Well done as usual UD.