I got tired of all the 209 drama and now have two sidelocks. Good luck with yours.
Pretty funny. Not long ago you jumped me because I said something derogatory about inlines; and you defended them! They suck, and I'm glad you figured it out.
I got tired of all the 209 drama and now have two sidelocks. Good luck with yours.
Pretty funny. Not long ago you jumped me because I said something derogatory about inlines; and you defended them! They suck, and I'm glad you figured it out.
Don’t recall the encounter, but in general I don’t like people who want to dictate how others hunt (or fish) so if you’re one of those that would be my best guess of what was “discussed”. I sold my Knight mainly because it was a lot of money to have tied up in something for a one-week season that takes place after the deer have been pressured for a couple of months. The secondary reason was that it was a PITA to clean, and primers tended to stick in the bolt. I even bought the shims to fix that, and an aftermarket plug too, but never bothered to use them. A third reason is that I just don’t enjoy shooting inlines as much as I do the more “organic” oldtimers, and now that I have good glasses, I can use them effectively. Have a very nice PH 1858 thats a pleasure to fire just for fun, and bought a used Renegade to use up all the .50 stuff I have laying around. Both will see woods-time.
Several great suggestions. I will add that whenever I had stuck primers the pressures were too high and went away when I lowered the powder charge. I would powdercoat cast lead bullets and shoot them before I ever used bore butter or any similar bullet lube.
I got tired of all the 209 drama and now have two sidelocks. Good luck with yours.
Pretty funny. Not long ago you jumped me because I said something derogatory about inlines; and you defended them! They suck, and I'm glad you figured it out.
Don’t recall the encounter, but in general I don’t like people who want to dictate how others hunt (or fish) so if you’re one of those that would be my best guess of what was “discussed”. I sold my Knight mainly because it was a lot of money to have tied up in something for a one-week season that takes place after the deer have been pressured for a couple of months. The secondary reason was that it was a PITA to clean, and primers tended to stick in the bolt. I even bought the shims to fix that, and an aftermarket plug too, but never bothered to use them. A third reason is that I just don’t enjoy shooting inlines as much as I do the more “organic” oldtimers, and now that I have good glasses, I can use them effectively. Have a very nice PH 1858 thats a pleasure to fire just for fun, and bought a used Renegade to use up all the .50 stuff I have laying around. Both will see woods-time.
Yeah, that's what it was. I take issue with attempts at navigating around the intent of the "primitive methods" seasons. But I ain't no elitist. I used to shoot compound bow with sights and release, but lately I would rather go with flintlock. Challenging!
Been making my meat with a crossbow for the past few years, but like the inlines it’s not something I shoot for fun, just enough to verify zero and then hunt. It’s a killer, but heavy and awkward, however if I can scratch down a baldie with it early on, I’ll satisfy our Earn-a-Buck rule and not have to pass on any shots later. We also have some early antlerless opportunities before the rut and I plan to try out some other “alternative” weaponry during those days.
CVA, and others I'm sure, make a little tool that removes stubborn primers. It has a little channel that the primer "rim" slides into and you can easily remove them. I'm almost certain my Accura V2 came with one. The Paramount Pro has one under the floorplate, albeit a slightly different size.
