A day in the woods.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

18 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Keeper messaged this morning saying geese have moved on on the look out for them so plans may need to change.

Some pinks were passing over this morning in North Staffordshire. 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

I've shot about 100 plus crows, 10 pigeons and a squirrel since Saturday morning, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. 

50 crows approx and 2 pigeons were shot by with my Pedersoli 10g. It has shot over 70 shots this weekend without a misfire and was when I cleaned it, as black as a crows arse!

The icing on the cake would of been if I had used it on that scabby fox that windy Friday night! I'm yet to lamp a fox with a muzzloader!

[BenBhoy 4,706]

I've never fired a 10 - if fits good does it boot you about a bit? 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

5 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

I've never fired a 10 - if fits good does it boot you about a bit? 

Ben today I was only loading light. Muzzleloaders are very versatile so I was only loading with like a 12g load but when on the geese I will tip 2oz (56 gram). It lets you know then but it's not to bad. I to have never shot a breechloader 10g but understand they let you know when they have just been fired!

[Stavross 16,003]

23 minutes ago, BenBhoy said:

I've never fired a 10 - if fits good does it boot you about a bit? 

I had a go at geese with an old AYA 10 bore and it had a hell of a kick to it, it would break your skinny Welsh arse in half

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Great stuff on the crows Geese cancelled for tomorrow as they have disappeared

[Sausagedog 7,381]

4 minutes ago, Stavross said:

I had a go at geese with an old AYA 10 bore and it had a hell of a kick to it, it would break your skinny Welsh arse in half

Think they shoot upto 2&1/2oz the standard 10g??

Years ago I think there was a shorter chambered 10g. 2&5/8" rings a bell?? I think it was built around a standard 10g muzzleloaders performance.

Then there was a 2&7/8", a 3" and a 3&1/4"!

[Stavross 16,003]

I can’t remember what loads I was shooting in it, what I do remember is the stock on the thing was like a fence rail and wrecked my shoulder, I only fired about half a dozen through it and that was enough for me 

[Dervburner 2,549]

19 hours ago, Stavross said:

I can’t remember what loads I was shooting in it, what I do remember is the stock on the thing was like a fence rail and wrecked my shoulder, I only fired about half a dozen through it and that was enough for me 

When I was a lad, my uncle had a lightweight single barrel twelve with a three inch chamber. He used to give me the old single and a handful of eley magnums when we were shooting crows. Talk about kick, I was probably about nine stone wet through at the time, and my uncle and his pals would fall about laughing every time I took a shot. It nearly put me on my arse every time.....

[Sausagedog 7,381]

46 minutes ago, Dervburner said:

When I was a lad, my uncle had a lightweight single barrel twelve with a three inch chamber. He used to give me the old single and a handful of eley magnums when we were shooting crows. Talk about kick, I was probably about nine stone wet through at the time, and my uncle and his pals would fall about laughing every time I took a shot. It nearly put me on my arse every time.....

Mean old gits

 

[Dervburner 2,549]

46 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

Mean old gits

 

You know them.......?

[BenBhoy 4,706]

1 hour ago, Dervburner said:

I was probably about nine stone wet through

Some of us still are... 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

I've decided to splash out on some maize stubble common.

What you think?

[Stavross 16,003]

Careful, you won’t get that front stuffer loaded before you get mobbed