traditional muzzelloading

[jharstad]

does anybody on here still shot percussion caps or flint lock. all my Buddy's shot inlines and such. i shot a 58 cal t/c big boar in with percussion caps. i use patch and ball for deer and conicals for elk what do you shoot? r you a traditionalist like me, or do you shoot a inline. lets See your front stuffer and what you have killed with it. not here to offend anybody. i just think it feels more like muzzelloading and not so much like shooting a rifle you load from the barrel. don't get me wrong they r all fun to shoot at critters 

[Kowsrule30]

My first ML deer was taken with a Hawkin.... Then I used my inline..... Way easier to clean/maintain and shoot imo... Plus it's quite a bit lighter....  But I was raised rifle hunting til I made the switch when I was 16 or so....

[carpsniperg2]

Not a traditional gun but most of us do use percussion cap's since the law requires it. We can't shoot 209's so probably 90%+ of the guys out there hunting in washington shoot percussion caps like muskets or #11's.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

When I hunted ML, I used a Zouave percussion my father gave me
if/when I hunt ML again, that is what I will use.
I also have a CVA kit to put together, sometime.....



















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[WSU]

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[Whitelightning]

I shoot an inline and an interesting fact is that a guy by the name of Samuel Pauley Patened the first inline action in 1812 four years after the invention of the percussion cap. Inlines might well be a Traditional as a side lock.

[jharstad]

wow intersting learn something new everyday

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

 
As a Trad Archer, I had to comment, that is the same as Arguing about Recurves, stabilizers, aluminum arrows, etc...
"Traditional" means different things to different people, but the general consensus has to do with what was the norm, when the first seasons were instituted,
 all sorts of different weapons were made in the 1800's (1700's also) You could argue for breach-loaders shooting black powder, etc...

The English word "tradition" comes from the Latin traditio, the noun from the verb traderere or tradere (to transmit, to hand over, to give for safekeeping);
So in my opinion, "Traditional" is using the same type, or even the same weapons as those who established the sport and seasons, and wish to keep it as close to the same as it was then.