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45-90's with long 400gr type bullets will kill much better, at longer range than a 229gr roundballs. The commercial buffalo hunters used Quigley style rifles. The mountain men used plains style muzzleloaders that some historians say averaged .53 cal

Boy, those are sweet rifles. I'm suprised it's still here at that price. Hard to find, cause no one turns loose of one.

In my youth I thought JJ was the best movie, and The Mountain Men with Heston, and Kieth was a little too cheesy. Now I like the MM better, it's more historically on point. The landscape looks more accurate. Now JJ seems like the cheesy one...like a fantasy fiction.

People swam the river and lost their stuff all the time. Robbed by natives? Whiskey & Gambling? Friends , rifles, horses....easy come, easy go. You can worry about it, or survive it.

This is the muzzle off a Sharon trade rifle.

It's got 8 square bottom grooves. What rifles used that?

Bored old white guys need something to do. Weighing round balls Twist rates The best catfish bait Yadda Yaddda

I would buy this. Send me pm with you payment info. Thanks

Sportsman's Warehouse has had these pretty regularly lately.

It's not just caps, it's about anything you can think of. I saw a scam site for taxidermy.

This is a .58 The mountain men subdued the great plains, and rocky mountains with .53's Max range depends on your skill set. If you got the eyes, and the form, your Probably OK out to 200yds

A Hawken will require 2 more zeros on your budget price. Your looking for modern commercial half stock representation of a plains rifle.

https://www.coltforum.com/forums/colt-percussion-revolvers.52/

All the Civil War info says these were dangerous because they came apart. Are the new ones safer?

Does anyone know what the twist was on these?

You will love that book

The one in ND/MT was kind of a big deal.

I would like to be. It seems like too much to learn. I should see if there's any good books on the subject.

Box? C - series? F - series?