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  1. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Convert to the Holy Black

    I prefer real black simply because it is easier to ignite than most subs. As far as subs go, I exclusively use BH209 these days. Basically, if a rifle (always unmentionable) will handle BH209, that’s what I use. If it won’t (traditional as well as a surprising number of unmentionables won’t)...
  2. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Real Black vs Pyrodex velocities

    Your home made powder is probably (almost certainly) producing lower velocities than pyrodex causing the higher impacts. The lower speed causes the ball to be in the barrel longer thus exiting the muzzle when the barrel is higher in recoil. This phenomenon is easily observed in fixed sight...
  3. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Hawken Rifles, What's All The Hoopla?!

    Speaking personally, I believe there is an allure to the “Hawken” style rifle. Obviously its actual historical role in the fur trade era is overstated, no one disputes this. Obviously it benefited from the Bicentennial & surrounding Hollywood films featuring it. Obviously it has benefited from...
  4. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Hawken Rifles, What's All The Hoopla?!

    I found this article & I thought it might interest some folks on this thread: http://grrw.org/the-heyday-of-the-hawken/
  5. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Fire Blued Lock

    I’d bet you are absolutely correct.
  6. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Brown Bess Flints?

    I bought a pound just to have. I’ll probably get another too.
  7. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Brown Bess Flints?

    I hope it’s ok to share a link, if not I apologize. These are available & I believe were intended for use with a BB musket. Original 18th Century British and French Flintlock Musket Flints- Sold by the Pound
  8. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    New in Virginia.....

    Welcome!
  9. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Another .62 Smoothbore Grouse Hunt

    Yes
  10. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Another .62 Smoothbore Grouse Hunt

    I went out again with my 24 gauge trade gun but alas no grouse were harmed.
  11. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    If T/C Would Have Made a Northwest Trade Gun...

    I have a 56 SB Renegade with the plain trigger guard & single trigger. Like you, I thought it might be a “trade gun ish) arm. More so if it were flint but alas it’s percussion, though later trade guns were percussion.
  12. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    .62 Smoothbore Flintlock Grouse Hunt

    I’m in Victor in the Bitterroot.
  13. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Anyone else excited for squirrel season?

    I love squirrel hunting! No one really hunts them in MT. But growing up in WV & OH I’ve always hunted them. In MT all we really have are red (not fox) squirrels and there is no season, no limit, & no license required. Locally they are known as “pine” squirrels. We had them in the higher parts...
  14. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    New member from Queensland Australia.

    Welcome from Montana!
  15. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    WANTED T/C Flintlock barrel & lock

    Hello. I’m passively looking for a barrel & lock to convert a T/C Hawken or Renegade from percussion to flint. Might even be interested in an entire rifle.
  16. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    European maple?

    The style or type of arm isn’t exactly pertinent to the identification of the wood used. Now days I don’t do much with modern arms either, but I did this one years ago on a whim. I *believe* it’s a cousin to the maple that’s referred to as English Sycamore as it’s nothing like American sycamore...
  17. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    European maple?

    I stocked this Traditions Tracker 209 inline rifle in what I was told was “English Sycamore” or “lacewood”. Is it the wood you mentioned?
  18. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Hello

    Where are you located?
  19. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    Next Saturday!!

    I lived in CO once upon a time. I enjoyed the ML season immensely. I wish you the best of luck & a great hunt!
  20. Ozark Mtn Muzzleloader

    .62 Smoothbore Flintlock Grouse Hunt

    Nice post! Looked like a spruce grouse (Franklins grouse) right? What part of the country are you in? I hunt them in western Montana with my 24 gauge Trade Gun.
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