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I did a little jackrabbit shooting last week with my flintlock Trade Gun. This Trade Gun is a Chief's Grade from North Star West, smooth bore .62 cal / 20 gauge. I was loading 70 grains of FF Goex black powder under 1 1/8 ounces of #6 shot. The gun is a straight cylinder bore, no choke at all, so I had to be quick on the shots. Those jackrabbits can get out of range in about three jumps. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Sells/Sells%20hunting%20lease/85375e2f-1200-4e96-b477-e6f9a051127f.jpg) I had not been drinking, my cheeks are red because it was 13 degrees with a wind chill reported at -2 degrees Saturday. That white stuff on the ground was sleet!
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Nice prairie dog!
Nice gun and accouterments too!
I heard Matt makes a top quality trade gun.
How does it do with round balls?
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At 50 yards. ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/Sells/Sells%20firearms/DSCF3170.jpg) Matt does good work. Can't go wrong with one of his guns.
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Nice!!
I have the NSW Early English that is jugged. Throws a wicked pattern for Turkey but I haven't dialed it in for roundballs.
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What load? What FPS with the RB?
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Any pictures of the NSW Early English?
Nice shooting with round balls there prairie dog!
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Qtip, My Early English is "antiqued" and has a 36" barrel. ![[Linked Image]](http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l305/bucktales/mlf/IMG_6674.jpg)
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The loads I am shooting are 70 grains FF Goex, .015 ticking patches, and a cast .600 round ball.
The shot loads are 70 grains FF Goex, over powder card, lubed wad torn into four or five layers and re-stacked, 1 1/8 ounces # 6 shot, over shot card with a hole poked through the center with the vent pick.
The gun will shoot heavier powder charges well but it doesn't seem to need more than 70 grains to pattern / group well.
Kills jackrabbits just fine too.
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Nice bird Qtip. I hope to get one with my Chief's Gun this spring.
I'm going to load # 7 1/2 shot for that application.
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bucktales,
Nice gobbler! Nice gun too!
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NICE job. well done on the hunt , nothing like it . cold crisp air and then you add the BP smoke from a flintlock . just cant beat that kind of day
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Good to see other rocklock shooters out there. I hunt almost exclusively with a Lancaster county style .50 cal flintlock. 65 grains of 3f, ticking patch with olive oil/ bees wax lube, and a .490 ball. Puts deer in the truck.
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