by Tom Gaylord
Writing as B.B. Pelletier
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This is the continuing fictional saga and guest report of a man teaching a woman to shoot. Today Jack will start teaching Jamell, how to shoot a muzzle loading rifle.
Our guest writer is reader, Jack Cooper. Take it away, Jack.
Teach me to shoot
by Jack Cooper
This report covers:
- The mountain men
- Black powder
- Characteristics of black powder
- Safety first
- Possibles bag
- Charging the rifle — step one
- Charging the rifle — step two
- Black powder grain sizes
- Loading the ball
- Ramming the ball home
- Cap the rifle
- Clean the bore
- Finishing
Things have certainly taken a turn since I started teaching Jill to shoot. Now I’m teaching her friend, Jamell, how to shoot a muzzleloading rifle, to prepare her for the custom rifle she is having built. At least I thought it was going to be a rifle. Let me stop for a moment and bring you all up to speed on what it is that Jamell wants to do.