What caliber and style for you?

reddogge said:

I hate to sound like the Kibler parrots but I sure like that .54 Woodsrunner. I got to shoulder one recently and it balances perfectly. It would be a "snap" to put together too.

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deerstalkert said:

I love my 50's, 54's, 58's and 60's for hunting. they have the authority to put down anything i have hunted and will hunt. I also get a kick out of the big holes in my targets from the 50's, 54's, 58's and 60's.
but for me, the one that just tickles me the most is my SMR .45 with a Green Mountain barrel and a doc Haddaway lock.
it handles like a dream, shoots where i am looking, and barely kisses me when it fires. next to my 11 gauge English shotgun, it is my favorite fool hen getter.
and it looks pretty good too.
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Arrowhead124 said:

Hard to beat the look of a nicely curled Lancaster style in my opinion. I like a .50 cal just because everywhere seems to always have supplies / jags etc. for a .50. I would like to have a .54 too though one of these days.

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cjgregory said:

Really good looking rifle Deerstalkert. .45 would be sweet to shoot. Thanks for the pic.

cjgregory said:

My buddy and I were talking last night and apparently he has some time in December to do another build for me. I’ve been thinking it over. I need to decide what caliber first and then what flintlock pattern I want to do.

I have a swamped barrel .50 colerain with a Siler lock. And a sweet .36 caliber with an L&R lock and a rice barrel. Both flinters, shoot like champs and I’ve well tuned them.

I know that here in Colorado if I want to hunt elk with a patched ball, the minimum is .54. I mostly bow hunt so I don’t give a damn one way or another.

Know what calibers I already have, what caliber rifle would you have him make for you? Specifically, why do you like your caliber choice?

As far as right now, Im thinking a Jacob Dickert (Lancaster County) pattern. What pattern is your favorite

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Art Caputo said:

My favorite rifle is the J Dickert early Lancaster. Builder: Marvin Kemper
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hanshi said:

Whatever one's needs are will certainly guide any choice. I also really like the early Lancaster architecture and a .54 in that style would be a dream rifle. I no longer hunt so a rifle for any game, large or small, simply isn't needed. I've probably killed between 100 - 200 deer. My favorite BP rifle for whitetail is without a doubt the .45 in a rifle with late Lancaster styling.

I already have the .32, .36, .45, .50, .54 and 62 in a smoothbore. My shooting is limited to targets at the range and plinking tin cans. Doesn't take much powder or lead for the little bores and that's what I mostly shoot nowadays. So my .32 and .36 flint SMRs are my fun guns and I appreciate their unadorned beauty.

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smokepolehall said:

A Verner in a .40 LH rock sparker for me !

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ronaldrothb49 said:

I think my favorite caliber is .45 which I have several. Been thinking about making one in a larger caliber. I've had .54's before so that might be nice built as an early Berks colonial with a drooping feather patch box.

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