>>
>>>Reloading those damn smokepoles while shaking
>>>like Michael J. Fox is
>>>the most frustrating thing in
>>>my personal recent memory, especially
>>>with a trophy in your
>>>sights!
>>
>>BnG,
>>Ain't that the truth. I shot
>>a buck this year and
>>reloaded the rifle for the
>>recovery and I'm sure I
>>only got a partial charge
>>of powder down the bore.
>>I was shaking like a
>>aspen leaf in a wind
>>storm! Oh well, I didn't
>>need it and purged the
>>bore the next day on
>>a patch of dirt.
>>
>>Zeke
>
>Yep! The bull I shot last
>year I was excited as
>all get out. Walked up
>to him and he started
>to stumble away. I was
>so surprised I took a
>halfassed shot. As he was
>stumbling away and I am
>trying to reload, I spilled
>about 2/3 of my quick
>loader. Thankfully, after I ran
>over the little ridge he
>was laying there dead. I
>think that round would have
>bounced off him like a
>bb gun...
>
>Its all easy and quick at
>the range. Trying to pour
>that down the tube in
>the heat of action with
>a animal stumbling out of
>sight on a mountain breathing
>hard combined with adrenaline...
>lol, whole new game
>
>Mntman
>
>"Hunting is where you prove yourself"
>
These replies make me feel so much better about how long reloads were taking me on my bull this year! All I have to say is thank god for pelletized powder! It's saved me more than a couple of times!!
Replicating the intensity would be very difficult! Zeke's suggestion sounds like it would work!