Recent content by FD Roe

We used to include a note on all mechanical drawings that said, "regardless of the dimensions shown all parts must fit". Sometimes the phone rang and a technician would ask the engineer to come to the shop! A 3D printer just prints what the file says.

Great Christmas DAX. I even got a deer on my birthday. Small 8 point but I can still get one out of the woods at 82! If you decide on brass cases here is a link to the reloading manual. Smokeless data is available on the net...

Here is another option and you don't need a press! https://www.buffaloarms.com/16-gauge-brass-shotgun-hulls-f-mhsbr16.html This is what the old market hunters used! Perfect for a double. Just add bismuth shot.

Here is a link to the black powder load that is popular among turkey hunters with ML shotguns. https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/skychief-smoothbore-load-recipe.113195/ Should work fine for ducks. Fred

https://www.abebooks.com/Muzle-Loading-Shotgun-Care-Use-Starr/32202904594/bd?msockid=07e2b3c8355f65032deda1ad3409646b This is the reference book on the ML shotgun. VM Star author. Wish I could find my copy! Fred

Follow this link for instructions from the people who make the correct wads. https://circlefly.com/muzzleloaders Fred

Gaboon Ebony with stabilized cherry insert. Real nice and loud for open water.

I hunted a Texas ranch this summer for Axis deer. A Barbary sheep was taken on the same hunt by another hunter. Nice horns and an interesting mount but they buried the rest. They don't eat them! Fred

Well, I will be 82 next month and I have not missed a hunting season since I was about 10. Grew up with bird dogs and quail hunted with my Dad. Discovered duck hunting when I was to young to drive. I had access to a sixty-acre private lake where Dad kept a flat bottom fishing boat, and we fished...

Wow! Looks to be a dozen or more of those big boys. All I have ever made are some regular Reelfoot size calls. Interested to see the tone board.

https://www.memphisnet.net/product/Stainless-Trotline-Clips-25-bg. Maybe something like these?

An H&K Classic Lion is a very nice 3 inch 12 ga SxS that has choke tubes. Love mine.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1013168495?pid=392796 MEC is where I started and still load with one of these. 28 ga is a PITA to load mainly because of the 6-point crimp. I shoot 50 rounds a week and load on the MEC 600 jr. The Lyman Shotgun Reloading Manual is a good place to start. Unlike...