A question to all you black powder hunters?

[Ace Lungger]

I  have picked up several books on the BPCR, because they have a lot of knowledge about the rifles and the shooting of Black Powder> In every book I have read, they talk about the first shot being a fouler!
 Okay, i can understand some of that, because when I was long range Varmit hunting, i learned to never run a copper brush to clean the barrel, just a little Hopes No.9 and then what ever patches to dry it out, then 1 patch with free breese and ready to go hunting the next time.Theroy behind this, when you totaly clean the barrel is lie a new barrel and needs some rounds shot threw it to back to where it was ?? But that is what i learned from 20 years of long range shooting Ruger #1.
I know that after you shoot your black powder guns you have to get all the depoosits, sulfur ect. to keep anything that is corrisve out and cleand and treated.
Show how do you hunt with a Black powder rifle, and need to make that first shot count?
 
If anything in my statement above is wrong, please correct me and explain, how to do the B.P. hunting, with out a fouler?
 
I would be very great full for any advice!!
Thanks 
ACE

[Ranch 13]

 You need to spend enough time with the rifle to know where the first shot will go, and if you're using good lube the second shot won't be far off.  Also if using a good lube and good powder you should be able to get more than enough shots off in a hunting situation to fill a couple of freezers.
 

[Otter]

Generally, my BPCR rifles shoot high out of a clean, cold barrel. When shooting longer ranges (500 to 600 yds) it is quite noticeable, like 12 to 24" high, depending on how well I am seeing the target. At hunting ranges (as far as 150 yds for me) I just sight in at 100 yds and hold a bit high or low and squeeze the trigger . . . worked so far . . .

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[Galloway]

I thought I remember reading somewhere that back in the day at the scheutezenfests they would clean the barrel every shot. That would be one way of solving the problem.

[Will Ketchum]

The problem with cleaning every shot is that for the buffalo matches you have a given amount of targets with a short amount of time.  You don't have time to wipe more than once during a match.  For hunting I would sight in for a clean barrel.  Most shooters find that target sights don't work well for hunting.  For hunting I would choose a Rocky mountain type front blade and barrel sights for the rear.  So even if you use the same rifle for hunting you can change the sights.  Or if you can afford it have one rifle for target and another for hunting.

Will Ketchum

[Mizura Kid]

I use a 45/90 rolling-block rifle to hunt with. It has a 30" Badger barrel on it, and it has about 3000 rounds thru it, all cast bullets and black-powder. Looks like a mirror in there!

Before heading out to hunt, I run 3 dry patches thru it to get the oil out and this rifle will place ALL bullets into the same group , no high shots!. Of course, the bullet design is my own.

And Ranch 13 can verify the deadlyness of this particuler smoke-pole. One dead buck antelope at 175 yards with the bullet landing right behind the front shoulder, out of a dry, clean barrel, no fouling shot needed.

Best of luck to all BP hunters,

Mizura Kid

[Ranch 13]

And Ranch 13 can verify the deadlyness of this particuler smoke-pole. One dead buck antelope at 175 yards with the bullet landing right behind the front shoulder, out of a dry, clean barrel, no fouling shot needed.

Best of luck to all BP hunters,

Mizura Kid

Yup I can verify that, and also present testimony as the the fine quality of character of the Mizura Kid his ownself.
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