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Unread 08-20-2013, 06:27 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by charlie cleveland View Post
do nt do like i did last deer season.i loaded the ball and cap but forgot to put the powder in..got a shot at a nice buck but that primer was notr stout enough to get the bullet out of the barrel...i hope you boys well on that dove hunt with the black powder guns..always thought it would be neat to have a dove hunt and only allow black powder in percussion guns...neat uh... charlie


Charlie, I saw an old powder horn several years ago that I might copy some day, down the curve it read in two lines



"Of all the rules you must recall

its powder first - then the ball"
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