Wee rabbit hunt.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

I was keen to get out to get me a rabbit or two this afternoon. 

I used my .45 and loaded five .36 balls in it to be legal.

I missed #1 rabbit but got #2. 30yd shot. can you see the ball in the hawthorn? Here is a close up. Number three was right on dark. Another 30yd shot. When it stuck its neck out I made a perfect neck shot. 

Turned out to be a grand afternoon,  saw no one, the rough weather got them all confined to barracks, just how I like it  

[Stavross 13,764]

Lovely front stuffing stuff

[David.evans 5,323]

Mr sausage 

could we please have a bit of history on your firearm , I think that they look fantastic, and would like to know more about it 

thank you sir , and good shooting as usual 

atb 

[Wolfdog91 6,272]

Seriously SD you need to hurry up and corner the market on UK black powder hunting videos on YouTube!

Awesome post as usual. Btw that's some nice metal work on your barrel 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

55 minutes ago, David.evans said:

Mr sausage 

could we please have a bit of history on your firearm , I think that they look fantastic, and would like to know more about it 

thank you sir , and good shooting as usual 

atb 

Dave it is an Armi Sport from Italy. No longer in business. Made in the early eighties. Its based on the American Kentucky long rifle.

Many a reproduction muzzleloader manufacturer offered smoothbored versions of their rifles for sad countries like ours when it comes to firearm laws. That said its still alot of fun. Every successful hunt has more involved and thus satisfying. 

I was tipping about 70gns of powder in it. It make a lovely sound and gives a healthy thump in the shoulder, nice

[David.evans 5,323]

Thanks Nathan 

I thought is was something from the 1800 hundreds it looks like it

70g of powder is a  lot , not that I don’t know about these guns 

is black powder a lot cheaper than rifle reloading powder for modern rifles 

what I mean is I pay £86 for one kilo ( I think ) of vit 160 for reloading the 243 with 42g per round , your almost double that ?
atb mate 

[David.evans 5,323]

What length is the barrel mate

[Sausagedog 7,381]

51 minutes ago, David.evans said:

Thanks Nathan 

I thought is was something from the 1800 hundreds it looks like it

70g of powder is a  lot , not that I don’t know about these guns 

is black powder a lot cheaper than rifle reloading powder for modern rifles 

what I mean is I pay £86 for one kilo ( I think ) of vit 160 for reloading the 243 with 42g per round , your almost double that ?
atb mate 

It was cheap Dave. Its about £60 a kilo now.

I like to load my muzzleloaders so they are just starting to jump out of the fore hand!

I think any form of shooting after the 90's stopped being cheap.

Before 2000 one could load anything cheaply.

Archery is about the cheapest today, chiefly due to arrows can be shot indefinitely! Some fools stopped us using that though.

Iirc,  the barrel is 36" mate.

[Baldcoot 2,352]

You need any more musket balls just drop me a message .

Good shooting as always but where are the p.j,s

[Sausagedog 7,381]

1 hour ago, Baldcoot said:

You need any more musket balls just drop me a message .

Good shooting as always but where are the p.j,s

Thanks mate.

PJs are for night time only!

[David.evans 5,323]

If you melt down lead for your balls mate I can drop off a ton at least foc

atb 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

8 hours ago, David.evans said:

If you melt down lead for your balls mate I can drop off a ton at least foc

atb 

Thanks Dave.

I'll bear it in mind but I haven't casted for years.

[David.evans 5,323]

Just in case