After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

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After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby bushmeister » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:28 pm

A new first. I was hunting with my 450 in some thick GA pines, overlooking an intersection of 3 deer trails, when something happened that has never happened with my 30 cal or 7 rem mag.... A yellow jacket that had been pestering me for about 6 minutes, decided to land on my izzy and proceeded to crawl down into my bore :shock: Of course you know the deer would present himself seconds later. So I weighed my options and decided that yellow jacket guts might be an obstruction rather than a lubricant, and began to shake the 16" barrel ever so slightly to encourage the little pestulence to fly for the light so I could make my shot. It was not to be as the buck also saw my barrel wiggling, and decided to run for the light before the yellow jacket did. A good friend summed it up best when he asked "if it were a true trophy, would it still have been an obstruction, or a lubricant?" I had to admit, I would have considered it a lubricant and taken my chances. I realized I was making excuses for not killing a legal, but non-trophy deer. Here's a cell phone pic from my treestand right after the ordeal. You can see why the 450 is such a good choice here.
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby wildcatter » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:40 pm

bushmeister wrote:A new first. I was hunting with my 450 in some thick GA pines, overlooking an intersection of 3 deer trails, when something happened that has never happened with my 30 cal or 7 rem mag.... A yellow jacket that had been pestering me for about 6 minutes, decided to land on my izzy and proceeded to crawl down into my bore :shock: Of course you know the deer would present himself seconds later. So I weighed my options and decided that yellow jacket guts might be an obstruction rather than a lubricant, and began to shake the 16" barrel ever so slightly to encourage the little pestulence to fly for the light so I could make my shot. It was not to be as the buck also saw my barrel wiggling, and decided to run for the light before the yellow jacket did. A good friend summed it up best when he asked "if it were a true trophy, would it still have been an obstruction, or a lubricant?" I had to admit, I would have considered it a lubricant and taken my chances. I realized I was making excuses for not killing a legal, but non-trophy deer. Here's a cell phone pic from my treestand right after the ordeal. You can see why the 450 is such a good choice here.


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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby 2zero6 » Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:40 pm

Would the shoot through muzzle caps work or would the alter the flight path on the .450? Maybe some of those little finger cots that look like tiny condoms? I actually never thought of covering the muzzle even in this rainy state. The military does so it maybe better to err on the side of caution than not? I hate to hear all my hunting buddies cracking all sorts of nasty comments at my expense after seeing the finger condom on the end of my barrel....which is the lesser of 2 evils?
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby bushmeister » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:08 pm

2zero6 wrote:Would the shoot through muzzle caps work or would the alter the flight path on the .450? Maybe some of those little finger cots that look like tiny condoms? I actually never thought of covering the muzzle even in this rainy state. The military does so it maybe better to err on the side of caution than not? I hate to hear all my hunting buddies cracking all sorts of nasty comments at my expense after seeing the finger condom on the end of my barrel....which is the lesser of 2 evils?


Great point, although I was being tongue in cheek for the most part, it really would make sense to have a game plan for a rain event. Are you referring to a finger from a latex glove when you mention a finger cot?
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby BayouBob » Mon Nov 01, 2010 9:26 pm

Finger cots are little bitty condoms that a proctologist uses. You can buy them at a drug store.
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby 2zero6 » Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:33 pm

BayouBob wrote:Finger cots are little bitty condoms that a proctologist uses. You can buy them at a drug store.

I thought they were for the guys with the really BIG guns.....just kidding :lol:
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby wildcatter » Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:58 am

bushmeister wrote:
2zero6 wrote:Would the shoot through muzzle caps work or would the alter the flight path on the .450? Maybe some of those little finger cots that look like tiny condoms? I actually never thought of covering the muzzle even in this rainy state. The military does so it maybe better to err on the side of caution than not? I hate to hear all my hunting buddies cracking all sorts of nasty comments at my expense after seeing the finger condom on the end of my barrel....which is the lesser of 2 evils?


Great point, although I was being tongue in cheek for the most part, it really would make sense to have a game plan for a rain event. Are you referring to a finger from a latex glove when you mention a finger cot?


You?? NAAHHH!!!!!

Buuttt, this is actually something we should give some serious thought to. Bees, Rain, all manor of debris can enter our large bore, while crawling in the underbrush. Something like the cots might just be the answer. Now that Marky has had this happen and 206 has further identified the problem, I bet I go and get some of those cots. What has been a very good funny story, told to share, has ID'ed a problem we haven't thought about.

The GI flash-hider has a muzzle cap available for it, and prolly wont work for us. I don't have one here, but can somebody try it, on the Izzy?
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby Archie » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:09 pm

I have a rubber glove thumb currently draped over the end of my muzzleloader barrel (.50 cal) for the sake of keeping the rain out. Many also use a short piece of Tape gently put over the end of the muzzle. As the bullet moves through the barrel, it pistons the air and the air piston actually pushes the tape or glove finger off the barrel before the bullet gets there. Works as well for a thumper, but you do have to be sure the tape is not on there tight and/or it is very light and thin. You don't want to cause an obstruction.
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby bushmeister » Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:04 pm

Look what showed up today....notice I ordered them in Xtra large :mrgreen:
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Re: After decades of hunting with smaller calibers...

Postby bushmeister » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:35 pm

In the midnight hour...she cried more, more, mo-o-ore...
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