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jfrench
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: Range |
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| Took the Hawken out today and had a blast! Shot my Omega for the first time today too. Those sabots are a bear to load. |
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jfrench
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| What a great day! Taking the muzzleloaders back out, then an afternoon of kayaking. I attached a TC 1.5-4x scope to the Omega. I'm going to sight in with TC 250gr shockwaves that came with the rifle. They are yellow sabots, so I'm assuming they are the easy glides. I hope they go down easier than the mag expresses I have. |
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Kirrmeister
Joined: 06 Oct 2007
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Location: Bavaria, Germany
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: |
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Hey jfrench,
show us pics! What Hawken do you have?
Regards
Kirrmeister |
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jfrench
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| I have a TC Hawken .50 and my inline is a TC Omega. I would like to get a flint lock at some point. If I do, I think I will look into fowlers. I have an original fowler from the early 1700's, and I greatly appreciate the look and feel of this rifle. Unfortunately, it had been converted to percussion at one point, and the lock and trigger mechanisms are now missing. I have it locked away, but the next time I clean it I'll post a couple photos. |
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.50 cal smoke pole
Joined: 18 Aug 2008
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Location: MAINE
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey french. Just a tip to help make the loading a bit easier. After you clean your muzzleloader use TC Bore butter as the final step. Makes the loading much easier. You can even put a small ammount on the sabots prior to loading and they will load like butter. Also, if you are going to stick with the shockwave bullets, make sure you buy the ones with the 3 petal sabots rather than the 2 petal. The 3 petal sabots load MUCH easier even without lube. |
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jfrench
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Location: New Hampshire
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Hey, thanks for the tip! :thumbsup1: |
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