Nice buck with a rifle made in 1825

[Wobblyshot1]

My friend Rick Weber has an affection for fine antique English guns, and he uses them. This past week he took this buck with an original John Manton 17-gauge rifle. His accuracy load for this gun is a patched .648 ball ahead of 60gr 2fg Olde Eynsford black powder.... yes, I said 60 grains. The rest of the story is on the TWRA Facebook page.

 

[tndeerman]

Nice deer ,love the gun

 

[Wolverine72]

Cool!

 

[PossumSlayer]

Real cool

 

[DMD]

That's pretty cool! Congrats to him.

 

[Crappieaddict]

Old style! Love it!

 

[WilcoKen]

That there...is awesome.

 

[DoubleRidge]

That's cool...will have to check out the rest of the story...thanks for sharing.

 

[Specializedjon]

That is so cool. The 'ol girl still got it.

 

[encore06]

So cool

 

[Wrangler95]

That is great,congrats on the buck and rifle!

 

[Gravey]

I saw that on TWRA's Facebook page. Really cool!!!

 

[TnHoffa]

My friend Rick Weber has an affection for fine antique English guns, and he uses them. This past week he took this buck with an original John Manton 17-gauge rifle. His accuracy load for this gun is a patched .648 ball ahead of 60gr 2fg Olde Eynsford black powder.... yes, I said 60 grains. The rest of the story is on the TWRA Facebook page.

As somebody that has only shot my dads muzzleloader a few times when I was a kid, is 60 grains a lot?

 

[RUGER]

Very cool.

 

[RUGER]

As somebody that has only shot my dads muzzleloader a few times when I was a kid, is 60 grains a lot?

No, not at all.
Alot of modern guns use 100-150 grains of pyrodex.

 

[Wobblyshot1]

As somebody that has only shot my dads muzzleloader a few times when I was a kid, is 60 grains a lot?

That's a very mild load for a 65-caliber rifle and ball. For deer hunting I use 82 grains in my 58 which I would call moderate at best. Just shows what kind of momentum a big old round ball has to punch all the way through a deer with that load.

 

[TNGunsmoke]

I love it

 

[KTS]

That is awesome, love the old guns. Congrats!

 

[Appalachian American]

Very cool!

 

[TNlandowner]

Outstanding photo & brief story, thank you for sharing.... I've seen modern 270 win bullets not pass through both lungs yet this rifle and ole round ball smashed right through! very cool