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Not a super high tech compound bow I hope.

It's kind of unfortunate that the TC Hawken was the most popular traditional muzzleloader in the '70s & '80s. The rifling was 1 in 48" & was very shallow @ .004" similar to what a CF rifle shooting jacketed bullets . This was a "compromise" twist designed to work with either patched round balls or the Maxi-ball & other conicals. Unfortunately, although it did a passable job with either, it did not do a really good job with either and it tended to foul very quickly. The CVA Mountain Rifle & the .54/.58 version the "Big Bore" Mountain Rifle had a much more appropriate round ball twist of around 1 in 66" with rifling that was over .010" deep. Unfortunately, these rifles never had the popularity of the TC Hawken. In the mid '80 I started building rifles from the slab with slow twist deep rifled barrels. I could shoot 20-30 rounds in competition using a water based patch lube or plain old spit. Only when the breech face started to build up carbon would it be necessary to use a breech scraper, usually between relays. When used with open sights, as is appropriate IMO for "muzzleloaders", the modern inline has no real advantage over a properly designed traditional piece including accuracy as well as ease & speed of loading when traditional speed loading techniques are employed.

For several years when I lived in Indiana all I hunted with was muzzleloaders. .36 cal flint for squirrel, 12ga dbl barrel for pheasants & rabbits, 54 cal flint for deer with a 54 cal cap gun for back-up if it was raining HARD. Also killed a few squirrel & rabbits W/my 45 cal Rugar Old Army percussion revolver.

So will the 8 X 57 & that cartridge is chambered in much better rifles. Nobody ever made a high end custom rifle on a Mosin Nagant or chambered one in 7.62 X 54R as far as I know.

Not surprising considering that he isn't owned by any of your masters.

Worked for me. Incidentally, Ted Cruz was at the bottom!

I clean my rifles at the end of the season, or I only run a dry patch through if I get caught in the rain. After checking zero before the season. I do not clean them. Bullets will strike a slightly different POI from a perfectly clean bore compared to a fouled bore. The bullet pushes out powder fouling W/each shot so there will be little difference in POI W/consecutive shots. Copper will not build up fast enough to affect accuracy until a lot of bullets are put down the barrel.

So we do nothing?

You could probably shoot6 to 10 deer from a bait pile in the summer too if it was legal. Hunt Squirrels on public or private land where they are regularly pursued as game & it's a whole different story. Want to make it even more sporting? Use a .36 caliber flintlock rifle like I did at one time when my eyes where better..

Some sort of plastic should get the nod over fiberglass if you want to use it in swift currents. Fiberglas & rocks don't get along when there is any speed involved or it is difficult to maneuver around obstructions. Good example of a SIS kayak. It won't be extremely fast due to the short fat shape of the hull.

If you are speaking of my Kayak, it is a FOLBOT, a design that was brought over from Germany in the 1930s & improved W/more modern materials & engineering. While it is extrememly smooth, stable & seaworthy due to the limited flex that is inherent in the design, that particular model is geared towards cargo capacity for long range touring & just not all that fast. There are single seat models that are much more streamlined & therefore faster.

Do lots of research. What is your primary purpose? For touring you want a long narrow hull for stability, speed & ease of paddling. For white water you might want something short & maneuverable. Fishing might indicate other features as desirable. There are SOT & SIS configurations also. SOT (sit on top) might suit a fisherman better, while SIS sit inside would be better suited for touring. I have a tandem folding model that is adaptable to a sail rig. It is capable of venturing far from shore in rough seas with the spray skirt & such. This is my kayak with the sloop rig. This picture was sent from a fellow in Greece that sails a rig just like mine on the Aegean sea among the Greek Islands. He does tours with his Folbot Greenland II/Klepper Sloop rig outfit. This is to just give you some idea of the extent of models that are out there. On calm days we leave the sail rig in the bags & paddle.

The image isn’t entirely correct. Only 220 United States Marines were killed. The remaining casualties consisted of 18 killed sailors and three soldiers, for a total of 241 servicemen. Yet other than that small error, what the image claims is true — it was President Reagan’s fault that incident occurred. In fact, the official investigation and subsequent Department of Defense report found chain-of-command errors and placed fault on the Reagan administration, as well. Those Marines had been ordered into Lebanon by President Ronald Reagan as a part of an international peacekeeping force following the June 1982 Israeli invasion of that country and the Palestine Liberation Organization’s withdrawal. Making an already-dangerous situation even more hazardous, the Marines were under strict presidential orders not to load their weapons — this, so that they would appear as peacekeepers and not as armed belligerents in the conflict and despite the fact that they were moving into a war zone. Realistically, they had become “sitting ducks” from the moment they entered Beirut. And as a result of their absurd orders, when the explosives-laden truck sped toward their doomed barracks, the two unarmed guards had no way of stopping it.

Same here.

I have used a Lyman digital scale that I originally purchased for weighing wood arrow shafts in 1994. It has worked flawlessly for all that time. I use a manual powder dispenser set to within a few 1/10 of a grain of the desired weight & finish of with a "trickler". That combo works great & it is fast.

And where the guards allowed to have their weapons loaded?

That was the young man's 1st buck. He shot it from my trusty tri-pod stand W/my 7mm-08 Rem 700 Mtn Rife DBM that I loaned to him..

Pretty close in ballistics, but a whole different cartridge. The .284 Win was similar to today's short fat magnums only less so. Rebated rim case, etc.

If you don't like my signature just kiss my rosy red a$$ & put me on your ignore list.

Why is everyone failing to grasp the fact that the original intent of the post about the 3000 yard shot W/a 7mm-08 was to point out the absurdity of the calim by one of the "7mm-aught 8 experts". As far as 139 or 140 grain bullets go. Why not choose the one that groups the best out of your particular gun? Hornady 139 grain .284 bullets have failed to group as well as 140 grain Noslers in every 7mm bore rifle I have tested so far. The Hornadys will seldom group 1" or less while the Noslers routinely group 1/2" or less. I did prefer the Hornady 139 grain Interbond to the 140 grain Nosler Accubond due to the superior termenial performance of the Interbond when driven in excess of 3100 fps Mv. The interbond would retain 86% or more weight while the Noslers would blow the nose off resulting in meat damage on the entry side W/small exit would resulting in very poor blood trails. At 7mm-08 Mv there s no need for controlled expansion & the Nosler BTs have superior terminal performance (larger exit wounds) compered to the 139 grain SSTs. Here is a typical exit wound from a hand loaded 140 grain Nosler BT driven from a 7mm -08 @ 2900 fps Mv. Distance was about 80 yards.

Never forget the Reagan war on the working middle class that is all but won due to the continuance of his failed economic policies.

When a squirrel is in the top of a 100' hickory with late summer foliage, a .410 will not even come close to getting the job done. To say it is "the best squirrel gun" is a blanket statement that would only apply to limited circumstances. Many don't realize that a full choke .410 is spec'ed to put 70% of the pattern in a 30" circle at 25 yards, not the normal 40 yards where true "gauge" bores are patterned. (.410 is a caliber, not a "gauge") That being said, full choke .410 will put a little more than 1/2 the number of pellets into a 30" circle @ 25 yards that an Improved cylinder choked 12ga W/1 1/4oz loads. Squirrels need a high pellet count/dense pattern due to the very small vital area. At the top of a hickory tree, a hunter shooting at a squirrel W/a.410 would be lucky to get 3 pellets strikes in the vitals.

And who appointed you to the "post police"?

The OP that cited "air rifles" was referring to a run of the mill .177 air gun. A far cry from what you are referring to.