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Underhammer, green mountain barrel, .50 cal
I feel kinda out of place saying that I use an old-style sidelock percussion rifle. Actually, it's a Cabelas Hawken carbine, 54 cal. with a 21 inch barrel. About 5 years ago, when I got back into deer hunting with blackpowder, I hunted with the Hawken I built in the '70s out of Dixie Gun Works parts. .58 Cal. 1-1/8" x 32" barrel. I got a deer with it that year, but my arms felt like they were 6 inches longer from lugging that cannon around. By the next year I had the .54 carbine. Guess I just can't wrap my old brain around the concept of an in-line muzzle loader.
Quote from: lokidog on January 17, 2011, 08:57:41 PMUnderhammer, green mountain barrel, .50 calLokidog; I've always wondered--ever have the cap fall off the nipple when you cock the hammer? (It probably stays in the hammer and goes off anyway, huh?)