How many years Muzzleloading experience?
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70+ years collecting, shooting, building & meeting many great m/l folks 
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Built my first rifle; a “Hawken “ of course, in 1973. Hunting and shooting traditional muzzle loaders ever since. Have built around 40 so far. My latest-
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I 1976 I was a member of the Bayville blackpowder club we had a Bicentennial target shoot right in Bayville NY village with Long Island sound as the backstop. this year makes 50 for me.I don't think that it would be allowed Today
Yanqui
I hate change! It’s never the same! Archie Bunker
That is one long piece of pipe! Excellent!
Yanqui
I hate change! It’s never the same! Archie Bunker
I remember back in the 60’s, when I was a kid a couple original flinters at a flea market for $100. Lots of good stuff back then no one fully appreciated at the time.
Got my first, a Navy Arms Pietta New Model Remington Army in December 1980, so currently 44 years.
36 years now. Great fun
Well, in reality, about 1 year with real black powder. However, 65 years ago when I was 10, I had a toy Hubley cap pistol that looked like a flintlock. It finally broke. So I took the upper barrel, made a crude wooden stock for it, punched a touch hole in it using a nail, attached one of the hammers near the touch hole, and I had a muzzleloader! For powder, I scraped off the powder from 50 to 200 toy caps and put them down the barrel. It made a nice "poof" when I fired it using a single cap in the "pan" next to the touch hole. Then my grandfather told me about "wadding". Once I knew about that, it made an incredible "kaboom!", especially using the powder from 200 caps. I think I'm lucky to still be alive, as the barrel was definitely not made of top-grade gun steel 
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62 years. My father bought me an original .32 percussion in 1962 that had been freshened to .36 by W.G. Suter who lived about 7 miles from us. Shot it for years then like a d.a. sold it to buy a TC "Hawken". Sold that to buy parts from Harry Schoeller at Antique Gun Parts to build my own. That was 1975. Built 9 more since then, last one in 2021. Flintlocks only.........Below....English sporting rifle. Colerain barrel, Chambers English lock, plank from Dunlap, barrel inlet by Dave Keck. I love building but hate barrel inlets.
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Bought my first ML while home on boot camp leave ca. Jan 1972, so getting close to 52 years.
Gus
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Off and on for at least 50 years, but it has never been my main focus, more so now than previously.
mtfishn
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Started hunting w/MLs in '74. Built one in '76. Been competing and hunting ever since.
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In 1980 a pal let me shoot his .50 cal Hawken. He shot round balls and used poly patches.. A few months later some people at the range offered to let me shoot one of their black powder guns, but they were using pieces of cloth for patches instead of those plastic things that my pal used, so I passed - thinking it must not be safe. He explained afterwards that the patches were actually better - little did I know. It's been 44 years now. Still learning...
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53 years. I received a Zoli Zouave as a HS graduation gift in 1971.
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