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Post by Travis on Apr 1, 2009 21:17:14 GMT -5
I can remember back in the early 80's my now late half brother had two muzzle fed rifles. He had a CVA and a Hawken. One was .45 and the other was a .50 cal. . I believe the CVA was the .45 and the Hawken was the .50 IIRC. Both were awesome! He would take a 3" Magnum 12 ga. empty / used shotgun shell and cut off the crimped end and load them full while tamping with his finger full of FFG DuPont or Goex black powder and dump that in the barrel and finish loading with a grease patched MAXI BALL and fire it. It would kick the bejeezuz out of him but he'd laugh like an idiot and do it again. He died of cancer a few years back, do I miss him? Nope!  |
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rob
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Post by rob on Apr 4, 2009 13:20:58 GMT -5
i have tryed muzzle loader and just could not get in to thema lot of people here use them for deer and turkey
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Post by Travis on Apr 4, 2009 14:46:43 GMT -5
I've considered a .50 or a .54 caliber for deer. Once in a while they are fun just to see the smoke fly. LOL!
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Post by stalkingbear on Apr 4, 2009 19:37:00 GMT -5
I currently have 2 Knight inline muzzleloaders with scopes-they shoot extremely accurate out to about 250 yards with the right loads.
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Post by jeffs on Apr 5, 2009 16:41:54 GMT -5
Back in high school, one of my good friends was a Civil War reenactor, something I never really got, but he had a genuine 58 cal Springfield rifled musket. What a hoot that was to shoot. You could see the minie bullet in flight and when it hit something it really thumped it. Other than a cap and ball pistol, I've never really shot any BP since, but just traded for a 50 cal Hawken looking rifle. I'm eager to try it out, but there isn't much out here you can hunt with it, since most shooting here is a lot longer range.
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Post by Travis on Apr 5, 2009 20:44:44 GMT -5
Here in my state we have special seasons for in-line BP and flintlock, but percussion can be used in Rifle seasons. We are blessed with that. I need to go buy one.
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Post by greenbudsmoker4201 on Apr 20, 2009 19:29:43 GMT -5
ive got a 50cal cva buckhorn mag i only gave 100 bucks for it at walmart and its fun to shoot havent bagged a deer yet with it but still like to shoot it im keeping 3inch groups at 100 yards
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Post by tommyt on Apr 23, 2009 15:32:56 GMT -5
I used to have a .50 cal. Hawken rifle but some guy named Jeff has it now.  I've always prefered the Civil War era ML rifles. I like the big .58 and even bigger .69 rifled muskets. |
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Post by Travis on Oct 14, 2009 22:37:40 GMT -5
Will the Mystery Jeff please come forward? ;D
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