![]() Come to think about it, maybe it's time to remind her one more time. Yeah we didn't kid her too much about it. She acknowledged feeling more recoil at the shot, but didn't realize what she had done till she started looking for her ramrod to reload. Testimony to her marksmanship, she just missed the 10-ring on a 3" bull at 25 yards. This sight is for Inline Muzzle Loading Rifles, any black powder rifle, Learning to shoot them 200 yds. Their tips will ensure the most accurate and safe. He tried shooting small game with wooden "arrows" in his rifle, but as I recall he was pretty darned hungry when reunited.Īnd yeah, my wife forgot to withdraw the ramrod when shooting her 36 cal at targets. Share 571K views 7 years ago longrangehunting Tony Smotherman and Jason Sebo show you how to load and shoot your muzzleloader properly. Memory is foggy whether it was L&C Journals or another source, but there's a historic account of one explorer or trapper that got separated from his party for some time with his rifle and powder but without his ball bag. Shoulder fired muzzleloading harpoon guns are still in use up here by native whalers, especially for the kill lance. So what does anyone think about the idea of shooting wooden arrows, harpoons, bolts or darts from the various types of muzzle loading guns, who has ever tried it or would be willing to? I suppose that if someone was in a survival situation and ran out bullets to shoot, that making a projectile from available materials would be an option. But I think that it could be done safely and would work to some extent. However a safe method for preloading such a projectile into the barrel would need to be developed before the cylinder is loaded with powder and then finally capped. It may even be possible to shoot a single short arrow or "bolt" from a C&B revolver barrel. The arrow projectile could additionally be wrapped with some leather or other gasket material to keep it stable once loaded inside the barrel.Įven if a larger caliber barrel was used, a thicker arrow or "harpoon" could be used to better fill the bore since a thinner arrow might snap or fracture with a heavy load.īut unless someone has a very good backing for their target like a wheel of hay, there's a good chance that the arrow would get damaged or destroyed upon impact. If some thick wadding was put in the bottom of a smaller caliber barrel the gases would be sealed. I know that plenty of people have forgotten that their ramrod was still in the bore after ramming and ended up launching it downrange.Īnd I believe that there are also some kind of wooden darts that are commonly fired from the modern reproductions of gonnes. There's a well known Connecticut company that makes archery barrels for the Ruger 10/22, as well as guns that fire arrows, harpoons, tranquilizing darts and larger caliber bullets powered by compressed air or blank cartridges.īecause the basic idea has already been proven to work, it should also be possible to shoot an arrow or harpoon type projectile from a muzzle loader. ![]()
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