Am I Making A Mistake

[Deep C]

Black powder season is on top of us here in Florida... The last couple nights I greased and cleand the dirty one and played with all the stuff... All the while, memories of last years opening morning smack down passed through my mind. How vivid the memories were. Not so much of of the blamming and carnage, but the 300 yard hike back to the car after each shot to clean the bore out and reload.
Right in the instruction book that came with the gun it mentions that you MUST clean it after each shot UNLESS you are using POWER BELT bullets which run much cleaner... That paragraph gnawed at me and after fishing today I was chummed right into Gander Mountains slick... I shoot 295 grain sabot now... So at least I went with 295 in the power belts...

Now heres where my question comes from... I have not sent one of these down range from my gun. Dont know how straight they fly. Don't know how hard they hit... Season starts for me in a few hours and I have not tried one out. Am I making a mistake by switching to them last minute?

[WAHOONBOX]

DUHHHH...


BUT .....ARE YOU GOING TO HUNT IN TARBORO THIS YEAR OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO MESS AROUND IN FLORIDA...?

[Deep C]

Box,
I'd love to hunt somewhere other than here... The schedule looks tight though... Just added a second October tourney today... That pushes the big boat move down til Early November... Then mid november I have a few days of fishing on the Deep scheduled... End of month its off to keys through first week of December... Gotta load of yard work to get done to get her island ready... It'll be tough but if a window does open I will come a blammin...

[knot for shore]

Deep, never try something new out on game. what if you were to wound the animal and never find it? that's a kill for no reason. and what a waste. practice with something new until you know it. a life, even though an animal, is more meaningful than that.

[Cardinal Joe]

Box,
I'd love to hunt somewhere other than here... The schedule looks tight though...

Deep - I could fly you into Philly , and you could hunt all the Obama Lover's you want ???????????? Cardinal Joe

[Deep C]

Deep, never try something new out on game. what if you were to wound the animal and never find it? that's a kill for no reason. and what a waste. practice with something new until you know it. a life, even though an animal, is more meaningful than that.

Wise Advice
Second Guessing myself over and over. When I get off game plans things start to suck... Did a mock load and the power belt seems to slide easier down the bore...May not build the same kind of pressure that the other does...
I think I'll load out at least for the morning with my known quantity... I'll do a little practice mid day with the new if I havn't tagged out by then...

[knot for shore]

suite yourself Paul. just keep it ethical. I know you're a man of principal and know how to do and act in the name of what is right.

Good luck. And get that tackle shit straightened out, Jesus H!!

[Deep C]

Yeah yeah yeah... I've been working at break neck pace since before OCWMO and need a little blammin to get my head stright first...

[knot for shore]

I hear ay. it's called multitasking!!

get mini and mrs deep out of the mall and get them busy!!! no cells phones or credit cards for 10 hrs and you're good to go. hell, get mini's boyfriend to wash the floor, by hand, and you're good to go.

[Deep C]

Mini's boyfriend is the only good thing around the place... He keeps her out of strangling range...

Actually a great kid. He's got her studying harder than she ever did before and she's getting "A"s across the board.

I have to hunt tomorrow. Missus is on a carnivore roll. She even ate the bones from a venison shoulder we did last week.