Long Range Muzzle Loader Class

[@Muzzlebrake1]

God was looking over your group on this day. You are the best in the buisness.

[@jamesspallinger938]

Check with the ramrod, had to be up 3" from the witness mark. You loaded the rifle, you had to realize it didn't go all the way down. I've made crazy mistakes as well....double check!

[@bretboyd7114]

God was with you and all your participants of the class today. I saved the video so I can show all my friends. I was at a long range shot with high power rifles and the guy next to me left his bore sighter in his rifle and shot it got peppered pretty hard with pieces of barrel. Thanks for sharing this

[@rickywagner3551]

This almost happened to one of my friends. He double loaded his rifle. We checked his witness mark and he did in fact put a 2nd load in it. We tried to clear it. Just didn’t have the tools we needed. So he took to local gunsmith got it cleaned and cleared. All good and ready for the coming season. Jeff you can’t preach this enough. Safety first Safety first. Glad I tuned tonight, be safe ,keep your videos coming.

[@vernonwilson4762]

Absolutely Jeff i would keep it n tk god he's ok good lord was with him n tky for sharing this people need to c n not being distracted is the way to go

[@mrrifleman1695]

ps;always messure ur ramrod before ,after loading so u can ck if loaded or not if u loose consitration,ck w/ powder only also,wont heart to know

[@charlesmullins3238]

Holy moly Jeff….lucky sob right there

[@mrrifleman1695]

i learded this by forgettin to powder chrg m.l. n had to pull bullets ,i used airpressure once ,n another time i sprinkled powdr into breach by pullin cap plug,got enough to shoot bullet out,measure w/ramrod n save all extra work

[@BUCKEYEFARMBOY54]

One reason why I take the time to drop the ramrod in before I load ANY powder

[@JeffandLeslie]

my target shooting / plinking load is always about half or less of what would be max charge for whatever muzzleloader I'm shooting. Accidents happen and regardless of how much we concentrate, we can become distracted. I'd rather be safe than lose a few fingers or an eye. Of course, even lighter charges won't prevent the potential for tragedy when powder / bullet / powder / bullet is loaded. That's a lot of pressure, especially when the second charge ignites. I only use black powder or substitute in muzzleloaders. Mostly I shoot flintlocks which means blackpowder for best reliable ignition.

[@jeffhankins6616]

Even with black powder a double load will cause an explosion.

[@JeffandLeslie]

​@@jeffhankins6616 An "explosion" from black powder would be exceedingly rare with any modern (in the last 50+ years) muzzleloader. Also, if you read my post, I said my day to day load is about half what would be considered maximum which gives room for a double charge. The person in this video was loading smokeless powder which can build up far more pressure than any amount of blackpowder. Typical failures would be nipple blowing out, touch hole on flintlocks blowing out, "walnut" in barrel if ball short started, etc. Catastrophic explosions like in this video would be rare if they happen at all when using real black powder. If you can find one that blew like this when using real black powder I'd like to see it.

[@JeffandLeslie]

@@jeffhankins6616 that would be exceedingly rare.

[@JeffandLeslie]

@@jeffhankins6616 thus my using about half the max charge for my daily charge.

[@hunteranglin3750]

Bringing that scope to every class you do is worth way more than a replacement scope

[@justbaggit70]

That is one lucky guy. Im very sorry about your loss of the rifle tough. Beautiful rifle.

[@timrayn9516]

Appreciate your lesson about smokeless powder guns. I'm a hunter ed instructor. We need more guys like you!

[@jeffhankins6616]

Thanks. I appreciate that.

[@kennyhood4470]

Prayers for you all no body was hurt

[@a_logical_conclusion]

Do you mean a cva wolf? The scout is a single shot center-fire rifle if I'm not mistaken.

[@jeffhankins6616]

No. It is a 45/70 converted to a muzzle loader.

[@a_logical_conclusion]

That's pretty cool, didn't know you could do that!

[@EChunter]

Love that bench top , care tp share the dimensions ?

[@jeffhankins6616]

46.5X46.5

[@samoliveira6598]

Oh no Hank, Im sure you are mostly glad that he's okay but you must be heart broken as well with all the hard work you put into that build. Glad everyone is safe.

[@aaronsmith7854]

Holy shit that's some power! Man everyone was lucky. To bad about that rifle looked like a beauty.

[@bobbystevens4087]

Thank the lord nobody got hurt.

[@kyleniederkohr9719]

Had a buddy blow up a Thompson center omega I sold him. He’s an avid reloader and was shooting loose powder and mixed up his powder bottles and loaded 100gr of rifle powder instead of his muzzleloader powder he was using. He had pieces everywhere luckily he only had a few cuts he apologized to us friends that were there for possibly hurting us because he was in a hurry and didn’t double check his powder we told him accidents happen everyone is fine he’s now very very careful but glad to here your guys is fine along with all other shooters

[@mrrifleman1695]

if ever in dought if u charged a ml;dump barrel to ck,its better to loose 50grns then to loose a rifle n worse bodyparts or life,my rules on my range w/muzzelloaders esp,even blk powder,better to be safe then injured

[@waynemayle865]

Like you said in your last video pay the freakin attention to what you are doing whit these muzzle loader

[@waynerobinson2656]

Thank goodness Jeff its only the rifle,scope, rest & windshield that needs replacement. Maybe some shorts too…

[@michaelmaruffi662]

Did I understand you correctly, you did not hold him responsible for the damaging destruction of your rifle, scope & stock? That had to be around $6000.00

[@BlackPowderTherapist]

Do you still do the Kentucky challenge?

[@jeffhankins6616]

Yes, twice a year. We have one coming up this weekend August 23-24-25 2024

[@chadleonard2009]

Vortex would 💯 send you a new scope, if you did send it in. I bought one for $50 that was ran over by a truck. They sent me a brand new one. No questions asked.

[@jimcruise3106]

Wow. 2 men are very blessed to be here today.

[@Bayan1905]

I'll stick with my Goex and Schutzen for my muzzleloaders, thanks.

[@rogersmaland7077]

Wow Lucy person 😮

[@captsunny9946]

“Keep your head out of your ass!” Drill Sgt . Mantra, Echo co, 3rd battalion, 1st brigade, Fort Polk, La. 1967. Good advice, I don’t always remember, but I try. These mz rifles are a discipline apart, as I know, having ruined one with the bullet sliding for word of the charge at my private range, bulging the bbl, hell of a detonation, but walking away with a “Weatherby Eyebrow “. Like the man stresses, complete attention is paramount with this method of shooting!! HM 1, ret

[@TODinWY]

Jeff, you have managed to scare the living hell out of me. I will stick to black powder and substitutes only, and hope like crazy Blackhorn, or something like it will return to within the means of us average citizens. Best.

[@jeffhankins6616]

a double load of blackhorn will do the same thing.

[@seetownwv]

😳

[@stevensheldon9271]

What was the charge?

[@jeffhankins6616]

100 grains of H4895 with a 325 grain bullet times 2

[@David-bf9ux]

Can you build me a single shot 300 win mag.?

[@jeffhankins6616]

I could, but I have a very long lead time.

[@David-bf9ux]

@@jeffhankins6616 ok.. can you give me an estimated time frame.?

[@jeffhankins6616]

Email me. [e-mail]

[@geraldmcclelland1603]

Wow that is a catastrophe brain fart ! Thank the good lord no one was hurt badly.

[@georgegooding8207]

God was with that gentleman.

[@EChunter]

Vortex is mostly trash.

[@jeffhankins6616]

Sorry you feel that way, I think they are a good scope for the money and they have a lifetime, no questions ask warranty