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Stir up the new forum :) Shoot traditional not
plains scout
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inline. 
I shoot a precussion cap 50 cal Hawkin. Would not be caught in the field with an inline or scope on it.
Be that as it may. What do you shoot?
I shoot a precussion cap 50 cal Hawkin. Would not be caught in the field with an inline or scope on it.
Be that as it may. What do you shoot?
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But - after obeying the law - I think it is all a matter of personal choice and taste and desire ... like someone has already said, the deer doesn't know what hit him. Just do the deed clean and safe![:)] That would be the only real ethical issue, if you were to ask me.
For me it is strictly so that I can hunt deer a few more days a year. All guns are cool, but I've yet to develope a desire for a handicap. Who knows, maybe someday I will. And come on, as long as they load down the muzzle, why squabble over style?
A long rifle (39 inch octagon barrel), .54 flint.
Another long rifle (42 inch swamped octagon barrel), .50 flint.
A Repro Brown Bess, .75 smoothbore.
An inexpensive .45 percussion full-stocked with a 36 inch oct. barrel
A CVA Mountain Rifle .50 percussion.
All are used with patched round balls.
...and a few more.
If I want a modern-looking rifle, I want it to shoot ammo in modern cartridge cases.
IMO, the real problem with deer wounded by hunters shooting round balls is due to one or more of the following:
1. Lack of practice with resultant lack of familiarity with the gun and its loads
2. Aiming at the animal instead of its kill zone
And/or,
3. Belief that a muzzleloader has the range and power of a .30-06 (see no. 1)
Just a set up each time.[;)]
Mine are traditional:
A long rifle (39 inch octagon barrel), .54 flint.
Another long rifle (42 inch swamped octagon barrel), .50 flint.
A Repro Brown Bess, .75 smoothbore.
An inexpensive .45 percussion full-stocked with a 36 inch oct. barrel
A CVA Mountain Rifle .50 percussion.
All are used with patched round balls.
...and a few more.
If I want a modern-looking rifle, I want it to shoot ammo in modern cartridge cases.
IMO, the real problem with deer wounded by hunters shooting round balls is due to one or more of the following:
1. Lack of practice with resultant lack of familiarity with the gun and its loads
2. Aiming at the animal instead of its kill zone
And/or,
3. Belief that a muzzleloader has the range and power of a .30-06 (see no. 1)
I agree with your opinion statement. I have used patched round ball for years and had great success. Practice, aim small-miss small, and know your limitations. that says most of it.
I have and shoot a Hawken style in .62 which was produced by Sharon. I also have a .54 Hawken by Sharon. Both in percussion. I also shoot a custom Pennsylvania .36 flinter. It's a tack driver if I can hold it.
I would not own an inline. Most places call it a Primitive Season. If I wanted modern, I would go modern. Most Muzzleloading seasons are the direct result of the Primitive shooters doing battle with their states to get such a season established. enough of my 2 cents for now.
I may still use my in-line for hunting in the rain! [;)]
And this one goes out in the woods.
While I it doesn't bother me that people have and want in-lines, I see no point in them.
I'm thinking that the whole point was to enable modern rifle shooters a chance to hunt another week or two during ML season. More power to them but hats off to states like PA that offer "traditional muzzle loader season."
I've been watching a couple forums dedicated to ML's and have to wonder how practical it is to hunt with a weapon that requires so much work to develop a load when a round ball will hit where it's aimed from a slow twist sidelock. AZfter all, with either, you only have one shot.
I like my .50 cal. I have never wounded a deer and lost him with it shooting a round ball.
Know they limits and your weapon's limits. I think black powder hunting is like bow hunting. The skill is in the hunter.
Ok guys, so bash me because I own both trad and hunt with inline. I just can't begin to take my perfect wood un-scratched trad into the woods. I'm not a pretty hunter, I don't stand on an open hill whistling and drinking coffee. I'm down in the thick stuff, no cut trails to ease my way in so scratch the synthetic stock up... who cares thats what it's for.
Sig232
No Inline / No scope for me. Never
Question,what would you do if you coudn't see very good without a scope?
Question,what would you do if you coudn't see very good without a scope?
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I would get a new set of glasses. I would practice my woodsmanship to get closer to my game. I would limit the distance of my shots. If you want to shoot over 75-100 yards then get a modern rifle and scope. I guess that is one of my problems with the inlines. Many nimrods beleave that because it looks and feels like a modern rifle, then it must perform like a modern rifle. Consequently shots are attempted which are beyond the capabilities of the rifle and shooter. Again, if inlines are what gets you to the woods then great. Just not for me!
It is the hunt. Not the kill. That makes a hunter and not a killer.
I like it![;)]