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Gh that could be a weaver k-1 they made a 1x. They were very popular and a few places restore them and still sell them.
What was the final verdict or is it still being decided? Did they go with change and allow 1x scopes on muzzleloaders? Or are we still on 29 pages worth of discussion?
It was literally the only thing I commented on...but I reckon you crybabies will get your way. I want it to be easier
Whew! That was a long read! I have been away from big game hunting in general, archery hunting and muzzy hunting for quite a while. Long enough ago that I did not know in lines were legal here now. Or 209 primers, for that matter. I recently drug my Hawkins out and noticed the sights are pretty blurry...Just some notes on 1 power scopes. Yes, they DO magnify. And a surprising amount. Back in the 70’s we hunted a lot of Yotes in Montana for pelt side money. The best shooter in our group used a 1.5 power scope. He head shot a yote at 510 yards, measured by me with a steel 100 yard tape. He also shot a small juice can off a fence post at 400 yards when I challenged him on the 510 yard shot. Both one shot each. Yes, we had a sweet ‘bench rest’ made from set up logs. We had that set up on a few of the fields. It still does not negate the long shot. Look at the long shots Buffelo hunters used to shoot. 1000 to 1500 yards on many of them. I am not for the scopes on muzzle loaders, but I was against the shotgun primers and in lines when I first heard about them years ago, but, changes are probably a comin’.
He was the exception for sure, but the point was, if I didn’t make it clear, it is the shooter, not the gun, the majority of the time. In 50 years of shooting and competing I would put him in the top three I have ever seen or known. You can work on the weapon, but it still is the shooter in the end. I forget what scope ‘White Feather’ had on the big Browning 50 double paddle machine gun he used, but it was not much. I remember reading about some of his shooting with it. Pretty amazing. He was also ‘the exception’ of shooters.
If I am correct one of his shots with the M2 was 2500 yards? With an 8X scope? Awesome! I need to check on an old Weaver I have in the shop that I think may be very low power. I know I have two Leupold 2X pistol scopes... Maybe we should push for 2X!Still not sure I would put a scope on the stuffer, but maybe...
