Post by: flintlocker on December 01, 2009, 07:00:40 PM
Round balls?
Real black powder?
Post by: jdb on December 01, 2009, 07:06:52 PM
Post by: MagKarl on December 01, 2009, 07:51:18 PM
Post by: flintlocker on December 01, 2009, 08:11:56 PM
I love the old guns and simple ways. I don't know that I have ever felt handicapped with a flinter, even in the rain forest. It's always gone off when I needed it to. And my round balls always seem to go all the way through, even on elk at over 100 yards. Everytime I take the next step in simplifying, I seem to have more fun. I build my own, too. If you need any advice or sources, I can hook you up.
Post by: KLRKeith on December 03, 2009, 07:55:58 AM
Post by: flintlocker on December 03, 2009, 08:37:15 PM
Post by: gadwall on December 04, 2009, 07:04:38 AM
I have been hunting off and on with a muzzleloader for about 20 years and hunting deer exclusively with one since 2004. I have a Traditions Hawken that I built from a kit that has a nice piece of english walnut for a stock. Shoots roundballs and the TC conicals pretty well. I shoot 777 in both my inline and the hawken because it is so much cleaner.
Gadwall
Post by: WSU on December 04, 2009, 04:44:31 PM
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Post by: KLRKeith on December 05, 2009, 09:55:31 PM
Post by: flintlocker on December 06, 2009, 05:34:07 PM
Post by: Hangfire on December 14, 2009, 08:55:10 PM
Post by: Dadbear on December 16, 2009, 10:43:23 AM
.... Dadbear :)
Post by: boneaddict on December 16, 2009, 10:50:55 AM
Post by: RunningBear on December 24, 2009, 06:01:15 PM
Post by: lonedave on December 28, 2009, 09:14:03 PM
So far just caplocks (currently a .62 T/C Hawken), round balls, and 2f or 3f Goex blackpowder. I do have a smoothbore .62 flintlock fowler that I'm just getting to know. Here's last year's buck, a chukar and this year's elk.
DK
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Post by: andy* on April 11, 2015, 08:56:42 PM
I have a Royland Southgate rifle in .38 caliber that I use for small game.
A .20 gauge NorthWest Tradegun is my grouse and clay bird gun.
My favorite rifle of all is my .54 Hawken copy built by Loren "Doc" Brown.
Andy
Post by: RG on April 12, 2015, 07:54:53 PM
So I know this is a old thread. but just wanted to say that I too love to shoot a traditional muzzleloader.Sweet rifle! I have a track of the wolf early flint fullstock Hawken I built in 1995. Three elk and a bunch of mule deer later it still fires every shot.
I have a Royland Southgate rifle in .38 caliber that I use for small game.
A .20 gauge NorthWest Tradegun is my grouse and clay bird gun.
My favorite rifle of all is my .54 Hawken copy built by Loren "Doc" Brown.
Andy
Post by: andy* on April 13, 2015, 04:47:06 AM
I do love a Hawken rifle. Sounds like yours is hard to beat.
I use mine on everything from grouse to deer, bear and elk.
My one load is 80 grains of 2F a .15 patch with bear grease as lube for hunting, otherwise just spit and a .530 round ball.
Kinda nice having one load, keeps things simple. I find that I have to aim just a shade under at 25 yards and a bit over at 75 yards to hit what I want.
Andy
Post by: oneshot12 on April 13, 2015, 12:05:53 PM
Post by: busterbrown on June 19, 2015, 08:54:35 PM
Gadwall,
Do you hunt ML out of state, or just Wa?
Flint:
I have been hunting off and on with a muzzleloader for about 20 years and hunting deer exclusively with one since 2004. I have a Traditions Hawken that I built from a kit that has a nice piece of english walnut for a stock. Shoots roundballs and the TC conicals pretty well. I shoot 777 in both my inline and the hawken because it is so much cleaner.
Gadwall
Post by: MLBowhunting on June 19, 2015, 09:19:46 PM
Post by: shibbershabber on June 21, 2015, 11:00:46 PM
However, I've been blowing smoke for a while. I keep it traditional with the exception of an inline .54 pistol.
I've got a nice TC Hawken .54cal that's dead on @ 100yds... She's sure to fill my freezer this year.
Beyond that, I have a 'Zouave' .58cal, 2 .44cal '58 Remingtons, '62 Colt Navy police model .36cal, Trad Buck Hunter .54 pistol and my garage built Lyman Plains Pistol .54cal.
I absolutely love BP shooting... I even sold an AR to fund some of it ;)
I have some Goex but have plenty of Pyro on hand. I always lube up and thoroughly wash everytime so I dont worry about fouling so much.
I also pour my own... Round balls, .54 Maxi balls, .58 Minie balls
Glad to see others are into it.
Not too many forums online, I've seen a few whose sites are straight out of the 90s.