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  1. GAHUNTER60

    Got a $1,500 budget! What should I look at?

    Just got off the phone with Melonie at TVM. Very pleasant lady, I must say. She pretty much tried to talk me out of a Tennessee or Southern Mountain rifle in .54 caliber, since both these guns feature their sleek profile and emphasize their svelteness. She suggested the unless I want to...
  2. GAHUNTER60

    Got a $1,500 budget! What should I look at?

    "Bigger is not always better." You obviously never had a conversation with my wife, but I digress. Bigger may not always be better on deer, but I may have an elk hunt or two left in me. In that case, bigger is DEFINETLY better!
  3. GAHUNTER60

    Got a $1,500 budget! What should I look at?

    I'm definitely sticking with the .54. In my 50 years of hunting with a muzzleloader, I've managed to wound and lose three or four deer -- all with round balls of either .45 or .50 caliber. That's one of the reasons I switched over to heaver conical bullets. Since the change, I've not lost any...
  4. GAHUNTER60

    Got a $1,500 budget! What should I look at?

    What's the knock on Siler locks (other than they are of German origin and style instead of English)? Are they not as dependable?
  5. GAHUNTER60

    Got a $1,500 budget! What should I look at?

    Flint. I've got all the percussion rifles I'll ever need. I've been hunting and shooting percussion rifles for over 50 years. Only recently have I become interested in hunting with flinters. My philosophy on staying young at heart is to never stop challenging yourself to learn and achieve...
  6. GAHUNTER60

    Got a $1,500 budget! What should I look at?

    Here's what I'm looking for: I'm primarily a hunter and recreational shooter, so accuracy and functionality are paramount. I'm stuck on .54 caliber because I plan on shooting patched round balls only, and .54 caliber round balls provide adequate terminal ballistic on game. Since I'm getting...
  7. GAHUNTER60

    What do you carry in your patch box when hunting?

    It seems the ubiquitous coffee grinder and bean storage in the butt stock has gone out of style in modern incarnations of black powder guns.
  8. GAHUNTER60

    What do you carry in your patch box when hunting?

    Mine has a jag, a patch puller and five or six musket caps in case I have a misfire or lose one off my nipple (which happened just last weekend.)
  9. GAHUNTER60

    Mid Tennessee 8 point down...

    Killing a buck like that with a traditional muzzleloader is really special. I hope you have been sure to send a picture to everybody who ever gave you grief about using a flintlock for hunting over unmentionables and modern firearms. I know when I shot my nice buck here in GA (not as nice as...
  10. GAHUNTER60

    Soon to be a flint shooter (maybe)

    I guess I would have been clearer had I said The Battle of King's Mountain was the only battle (other than local skirmishes, of which there we dozens), where the victorious Colonials' predominant weapon was a rifle. Yes, there were riflemen (designated marksman units, snipers, etc.) at most...
  11. GAHUNTER60

    Last Saturday in Morgan Co, GA

    Just got a trail cam picture of a buck bigger than the one I shot last week. Third time this week he has walked in front of that camera. The wind will be right for that particular stand in the morning, so me and the Hawken will head that direction about 4:00 a.m. (one of the advantages of...
  12. GAHUNTER60

    A lot of bear around this year.

    It's gotten to where here in the north Georgia mountains, you are just about as likely to see a bear in the woods as you are a deer. In some places you'll see considerably more bears than deer, as our mountain deer population has somewhat collapsed over the last 20 years. A lot of hunters here...
  13. GAHUNTER60

    Just Joined the Forum from Georgia

    Just joined yesterday. Live in Gainesville. Hunt deer exclusively with traditional black powder guns.
  14. GAHUNTER60

    Soon to be a flint shooter (maybe)

    Okay, I'm so new to flintlock shooting, that I have not even gotten one yet. How newbie is that? I'm 69, and have been shooting sidelock percussion guns since 1967. Like many who started back then, I took up the sport because the State of Georgia sponsored special primitive weapons hunts on...
  15. GAHUNTER60

    Last Saturday in Morgan Co, GA

    Here in GA, if they opened the deer season any later than they do, we would totally miss the rut in most areas of the state. In middle GA,, where I hunt, the bucks start chasing does around October 31, with the peak coming somewhere around Nov. 10-15. At some point during this period, we...
  16. GAHUNTER60

    Original Civil War musket buck.

    Now that's a deer worth writing about! I hunted with an original Springfield musket that belonged to a friend of mine way back in 1967. As I remember, I shot the exact same load and Minie Ball combo as you did with the Colt. That one was not particularly accurate, however, and any shot we...
  17. GAHUNTER60

    Last Saturday in Morgan Co, GA

    In Georgia, it is perfectly legal to hunt with a handgun during regular rifle season. Remember, I took this deer with a muzzleloader during regular firearms season, not during the early muzzleloader (primitive weapons?) season. Besides, I was not hunting with the handgun, it was only my side...
  18. GAHUNTER60

    Last Saturday in Morgan Co, GA

    It's Eau de GAHUNTER. They can't resist it!
  19. GAHUNTER60

    Last Saturday in Morgan Co, GA

    This is my first post here. Shot this deer with a TC Hawken, .50 cal., 90 grains of 777, RWS musket cap, 385-grain Hornady GP bullet. Best ML deer to date (but then again, this is the first year I decided to forego my scoped modern rifles and hunt with nothing but traditional muzzleloaders...
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