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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #45 on: September 29, 2009, 08:55:08 PM »
Thompson Center pensylvania hunter side lock. 50 cal.

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #46 on: October 01, 2009, 05:25:54 AM »
Austin Halleck 50 cal. 375 grain sabot lead spitzer boat tail made by Buffalo Bullet Co. (not anymore sadly) in front of 120 gr. of 777.

Too much personal history with this rifle to leave it home.

If I ever screw up the courage to go round ball hunting for elk I'll take this one:



Shot my first muzzle loader elk with an old under-hammer Hopkins & Allen buggy carbine in .45 cal. Worked just fine but no longer legal except for deer.

I leave tomorrow for elk.

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #47 on: October 01, 2009, 11:33:01 AM »
DJR,
.45 cal is legal for ELK in Washington. Is the rifle not legal due to breech?
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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #48 on: October 01, 2009, 02:07:24 PM »
whitelightning is right, this is from the regs.

A muzzleloading shotgun, rifle, or handgun
used for all other big game must be .45
caliber or larger.

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #49 on: October 01, 2009, 02:34:37 PM »
Lyman Great Plains (Hunter Barrel) .50 Cal - It just looks at home out there...

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #50 on: October 01, 2009, 06:59:40 PM »
started with a t/c thunderhawk .54 #11 caps
then 4 years ago a t/c black diamond xr .50 musket cap
2 years ago a cva elkhorn 209 magnum "of course with the musket cap conversion"
always shot the dead center 340 45 cal sabot great bulltes but am trying the barnes tmz this year with the new laws
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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #51 on: October 02, 2009, 05:24:21 AM »
DJR,
.45 cal is legal for ELK in Washington. Is the rifle not legal due to breech?

Well, I'll be dipped, it is legal. Don't know where I was getting my information from, just remembered it wrong from somewhere. Possibly Montana or Idaho. Any case it looks like it would be legal (open and exposed etc.) Too late to sort it out for this trip as I'm leaving today but good to know for future reference. It's a handy little thing, the "model 94" of muzzle loaders.

Wish me luck, I'm gone hunting.

DJR

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #52 on: October 04, 2009, 02:22:25 PM »
.300 WIN MAG Ruger

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #53 on: October 06, 2009, 09:38:45 PM »
T/C Grey Hawk, Stainless barrel, symthetic stock
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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #54 on: December 01, 2009, 08:41:25 PM »
Home-made lefty .54 flinter or home-made .54 caplock replica of a real Hawken. Black powder. Round ball. Clean with plain room-temp water. Simple is good.

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #55 on: December 02, 2009, 06:41:54 AM »
started with a Cabelas 54 cal. Hawkins replica,went to a 54 cal CVa,then a 50 cal. Austin Halleck (great gun) I still have it but now i use a Knight bighorn.
Put the Austin&Halleck to rest afraid if something breaks can't get replacemet parts.Bighorn is a GRRRREAT muzzleloader very accurate. 95 gr. 777 and 300 gr. Hornady SST.
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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #56 on: December 02, 2009, 07:23:30 AM »
CVA buckhorn. havent shot it but its nice, hope to use it someday though.  :dunno:
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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #57 on: December 02, 2009, 02:10:47 PM »
I like my TC black Diamond.
Shoots great and I can actually pose a significant threat to the critters.

Hey how come they don't have any Muzzel stuffer emoticons on here  :dunno:

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #58 on: December 02, 2009, 11:22:44 PM »
Winchestor X-150 50 cal (.5015), synthetic camo stock, fluted stainless steel barrel, customised free floated barrel, truglo ghost ring rear sight with customised truglo seahawk green front globe sight.  Getting another muzzleloader so my 11 year old son can hunt with me next season...can't wait!!! 

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Re: Who shoots what?
« Reply #59 on: December 04, 2009, 09:14:47 AM »
Started with a TC Hawken 54, now use an underhammer 50, awesome lock time, no misfires, light, and get some looks (what the heck is that?).


 


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