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Post by mike on Nov 2, 2015 19:21:13 GMT -5
Howdy everyone,
Just want to say hello and introduce myself. I'm Mike living in a small farm town out on the flat dirt plains of far north-central Illinois. I'm a life long hunter, fisherman and shooting sports enthusiast.
After getting tired of the erratic and very inconsistent groups from my black-powder muzzle-loader, not to mention the big cleaning mess, I decided to investigate smokeless-powder muzzle-loaders and was impressed with Jeff Hankins youtube videos. After researching all the good offerings I decided to order a SPML from Jeff early this year and am anxiously awaiting its delivery. If I get it soon I'll take it to West Virginia for the buck season Thanksgiving week. I also have a late season muzzle-loader whitetail hunt scheduled to start December 19 in west-central Missouri and am looking forward to using my new Hankins SPML.
I have a lot of questions I'll need help with to be ready for shooting the new rifle, but first need to get the SPML and get it scoped and ready. I'll be posting my questions and appreciate the valuable information some of you experienced shooters can offer me.
Take care and good hunting/shooting to all this fall, Mike
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Howdy All
Nov 2, 2015 19:50:34 GMT -5
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Post by bestill458 on Nov 2, 2015 19:50:34 GMT -5
Glad to have you onboard. You will receive a top notch rifle from Jeff guaranteed and he will lead you in the right direction with load. Rest comes from range time and tinkering. This site is loaded with knowledge and years of testing many ideas. Good hunting
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Post by Richard on Nov 2, 2015 19:58:32 GMT -5
Good luck wit the new rifle. Jeff will hood you up with a load that will shoot the eyes out of a nat 300 yards. Get a head start and order up some 275 Match Hunters or 275 Ballestic Extremes from Tom Parker along with a couple of pounds of H- or IMR 4198. For low cost shooting the 250 and 300 SST/FTX Hornady bullet will do very well. Richard
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 20:35:28 GMT -5
Good luck wit the new rifle. Jeff will hood you up with a load that will shoot the eyes out of a nat 300 yards. Get a head start and order up some 275 Match Hunters or 275 Ballestic Extremes from Tom Parker along with a couple of pounds of H- or IMR 4198. For low cost shooting the 250 and 300 SST/FTX Hornady bullet will do very well. Richard +1. With that gun you'll be in business post haste
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Post by itneverends22 on Nov 2, 2015 21:06:33 GMT -5
Mike, Welcome to the forum..
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Howdy All
Nov 2, 2015 21:51:20 GMT -5
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Post by Kyle on Nov 2, 2015 21:51:20 GMT -5
Mike, You made a good choice. I have a SML that Jeff Hankins built for me last year and I love it!! Keep us posted. We're here to help!!
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Post by mike on Nov 3, 2015 0:12:11 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcome guys!
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Post by schunter on Nov 3, 2015 7:59:46 GMT -5
Welcome Mike you have made an excellent choice!
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Post by Hank on Nov 3, 2015 13:18:04 GMT -5
Welcome to the board.....
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