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Post by pacecars on Sept 13, 2022 22:30:05 GMT -5
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Post by junebug on Sept 13, 2022 23:36:59 GMT -5
With anything much above 32 caliber, or anything much over 15 to 20 grains of powder, if you hit anything below the head you won't eat much squirrel. The bigger bores will work fine for head shots. I hesitate to throw a big piece of lead over 32 cal. skyward anymore, given how crowded our world is getting. I use a 32 and 15 gr powder when I squirrel hunt. It doesn't take as much powder as most people think to make a small bore black powder rifle shoot accurately.
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gregs
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Post by gregs on Sept 14, 2022 2:18:21 GMT -5
Thinking the same thing in 32 or 36 and a forum member over on CB who builds f locks recommended a Kibler kit to me in a 36 or 40 cal.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 14, 2022 4:48:45 GMT -5
I bought a used 32 Caliber flintlock back the 1st primer shortage I went through… nothing fancy or expensive… was amazing how accurate it was… now I’m well stocked in primers, I rarely shoot it, but can see no reason to ever get rid of it either… had always heard I wouldn’t like the “hang fire” effect of a flintlock, but mine was always minimal, and I had no problem shooting it well
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Post by bula on Sept 14, 2022 7:40:48 GMT -5
Neat ! My BP rifle also a 54 Lyman, and accurate. Killed a few deer with it. Patched round ball. The squirrel rifles.. long and lean, elegant to my eye.
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weiler
.30 Stingray
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Post by weiler on Sept 14, 2022 7:44:18 GMT -5
Jim makes a really nice kit from what Ive seen, I really want to use one of his CNC locks and triggers for a build one day (most others are cast parts, still great but need a little smoothing/stoning)
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Post by eagle1899 on Sept 14, 2022 11:22:01 GMT -5
I've been wanting a Kibler kit for awhile now. They are really well made and ready to go.
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Post by leadhound on Sept 14, 2022 12:17:58 GMT -5
With anything much above 32 caliber, or anything much over 15 to 20 grains of powder, if you hit anything below the head you won't eat much squirrel. The bigger bores will work fine for head shots. I hesitate to throw a big piece of lead over 32 cal. skyward anymore, given how crowded our world is getting. I use a 32 and 15 gr powder when I squirrel hunt. It doesn't take as much powder as most people think to make a small bore black powder rifle shoot accurately. They tell me Grandpa would "bark 'em" could eat it from head to tail then, the head was a popular treat. |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 14, 2022 12:23:36 GMT -5
can't be much meat there... cheek meat??? temples??? jaw muscles???
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Post by leadhound on Sept 14, 2022 12:24:30 GMT -5
can't be much meat there... cheek meat??? temples??? jaw muscles??? Yep and then crack ‘er open. Waste not, want not. Might’ve just been in my family?! |
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Post by owen67 on Sept 14, 2022 13:22:09 GMT -5
Cheeks and brains. Cheeks fried, brains in scrambled eggs.
Used to use a 36 cal flinter.
36 is a little more forgiving on ramrods than 32 but regardless a synthetic rod is nice. Impaled hands and forearms not so much.
If using a 45 just bark em.
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Post by putnro01 on Sept 14, 2022 13:25:49 GMT -5
Absolutely you need one! Built a .36 cherry stocked SMR last Spring/Winter. Well worth the time and expenditure. Fire blued a few components, rust blued others, left the lock in the white and laid on a few layers of boiled linseed oil on the cherry. I'm pleased. Shoots and handles well.
Looks to have a short wait on the SMR for the moment, unless you want one of their one off ready to go stocks (ash or maple at the moment).
This was my first built, it went easily and I feel confident to tackle another.
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Post by starmetal47 on Sept 15, 2022 10:26:23 GMT -5
I shot a squirrel with my Marlin 45 Colt Cowboy one time. Used a 255 grain RCBS SWC. Wasn't a head shot and it ruined no meat what so ever. That's discounting the 45 hole through him. Yes I did it safely.
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Post by pacecars on Sept 15, 2022 11:33:44 GMT -5
The first thing I ever killed with a pistol was a Fox Squirrel siting on a limb facing me at 125 yds. Shot him with a T/C Super 13 .41 Mag with a 2x Leupold. Hit him under the chin and it was one of those “cleaned and gutted him” in one shot deals. All the meat was intact
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Post by starmetal47 on Sept 15, 2022 12:32:53 GMT -5
I'll tell y'all don't shoot squirrels with Stingers or Rem Yellow Jackets at any place on their bodies!!!!!!
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