Our deer season is broken into two parts, the first two weeks of December are shotgun, then the second two are muzzleloader. Interestingly muzzleloaders can be rifles but no cartridge rifles are allowed. As with roundball hunting shot placement is critical. Slugs and roundball should go in the "engine room", the lungs or heart. As you've found they don't do well with bones. I recently read a history of the 1953 Enfield rifle which was the first rifles musket in general use. At the time there was much discussion about the destructive capabilities of the Miné ball vs roundball. During muzzleloader I'll be using 450grain "Buffalo bullets" out of my .54. Those go into the shoulder and break the hell out of whatever they hit.Actually when I'm hunting alone I'll probably always carry the muzzleloader, it's much more accurate and fun to shoot than the shotgun. The guys in my hunting group already think I'm weird, no need to remove any lingering doubts... Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 6:37 PM, Greg Fiorentino<ml320@fiorentino.space> wrote: I'm not a big fan of slugs. I had an experience of zero penetration from a Rem 12 ga. slug fired from my 870. It struck a good-sized whitetail buck in the shoulder at about 45 yds. It flattened the slug to the shape and size of a silver dollar, and slid up to the neck just under the skin on the near side. The buck fell away from me, and the second shot hit the heart. I will be impressed if the new trigger turns that pattern into a group. If rifle is legal in your area, that other group will put venison in your freezer for sure. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond via Mercedes Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2019 3:21 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curt Raymond Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: M*Carbo? That's 50 yards with a rifle I hadn't shot for at least 20 years. The big holes are indeed 12ga. I put the trigger kit in it today. Trigger pull is much nicer now. I need to find time to get back to the range and try it out. Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 8:48 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: If I'm judging the holes correctly, your offhand shots with the rifle scored a bulls-eye and a 9. That is indeed impressive! What was the distance to the target? Are the two really big holes from the Mossberg? ------------- Max Charleston SC On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 12:20 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Anybody ordered from M*Carbo before?I ordered one of their Mossberg 500 > trigger kits yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frpF4vwy9Fk > A week or so ago I fired my 500 with the slug barrel, it shot adequately > but not "minute of deer". I was thinking the problem is the trigger. I plan > to pull it apart and polish the seer (yeah I know, don't change the angles) > and figured a new spring wouldn't hurt while I was there... > As an aside a month ago I found 180gr .300 Savage ammo, I've got my > grandfather's Savage 99 which shoots 150gr bullets sideways. I took it with > me to the range when I shot the 12ga. I fired 2 shots offhand, buddy Ben > looking through the scope says "I think you hit just under the paper, good > windage." We walk down range (50 yards) and, well I'll let you see the > picture... > https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49095377378_f969cfb3ed_b.jpg > You can see the two hits below the paper, they must have been there before > we started... > > -Curt > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
