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Try using from a tree stand or a ground blind.

As far as caliber, my two cents are, what are you going to use it for? If you want to hunt deer, check your state hunting regulations. Are there muzzleloader caliber regulations?

Kibler kits are the best kits out their for a new builder, most other take varying degrees of building experience to do them justice. As Jim expands his selection of kits there will soon be something for most muzzleloadening folks. SMR not my cup of tea, Colonial is great, and Woodsrunner even...

Interested, next time I am up in the State College area I will pick up a pound to try.

Having entered what I hate to say is my Senior Years, hobbies come and hobbies go. I have hunted, fished, and been a shooting sports enthusiast since I was 16. Within those activities I have changed my activities as the social and physical environments have. As a child I enjoyed hunting...

I think Pedersoli Brown Bess muskets are going for north of $1,000 these days.

Good comments about clean dry and/or alcohol patches. But I also pick the vent hole every time when hunting, before priming or capping.

I know of no instance of an Indian gun blowing up because of a poor barrel. I have seen flintlocks that fail to ignite the priming charge or main charge due to poorly made locks or touch hole placement. I have owned six or seven Pedersoli or Miroku Brown Bess or Charleville muskets, never an...

Bump with price reduction, open to offers.

Patience, bargains come up every now and then that will not break the bank. You question has three requirements: 1. "do want one that works and goes "bang" when I pull the trigger" 2. Do not want to "break the bank", "spending limit of $700 for ANY firearm". 3. Want a "GOOD 2nd model Brown...

Most places I thought let you mix and match your powder order. I have purchased from Powder Inc (Powder, Inc. | Master Distributor of Goex, Swiss and Schuetzen). They let you mix and match your choice of powders so that they are equivalent to bundles of 5, 10, or 25 lbs of powder. Powder Inc.'s...

WTS: Used J.E. Brown 20 gauge French Tulle Smoothbore This French smoothbore was assembled by contemporary builder J.E. Brown. This muzzleloader is over 20 years old, but is in Verry Good to Excellent condition. It has been fired, but has no significant marks, or scratches. Wood stock is solid...

If you go to Jim's web site, they offer additional barrels for I think $350 per model. So you can get a 50, 54, or 58 rifled or smooth bore for a colonial, and the same for the Woodsrunner or SMR. Because of the stock manufacturing process Jim uses, you can drop other barrels with the same...

Goex filling the Government contracts is no surprise, DoD buys way more powder then then the Muzzleloading community. You need to think of it like the Lake City over runs in the modern cartridge world. Who ever operates the Lake City Ammunition Plant for the Army, Federal-Winchester-. . . . . ...

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I think you need to do more research on your "great great grand dad that was in the revolution", as weapons changed over time during the war. The American Revolution can be broken down into Early - Pre-1777 - Mid- 1777 til 1778 Late - 1779 til1781 Early war or what is sometimes called the New...

When I range shoot I will use a container, horn or can, and measure. When I am hunting I like pre-measured charges, I keep a couple of speed loaders or 35mm film canisters in my pocket and I am good to go.

So many toys from our childhoods we can't own today, for various reasons. But aside from the politics of that statement. Interesting, never saw that before. The Conestoga Company's Big-Bang® Cannons are a favorite of mine. They are still being made.

The Gunmakers' Fair is the go to show for Muzzleloading. I normally can find a good selection of flints, and spare parts. Normally none of the guns are in my price range or style but still great to window shop. As for horns, very nice selection and some very nice leather pouches.

Following this discussion, Swiss, Schuetzen, Goex and maybe someday Olde Eynesford (Goex)? So we have three primary sources for black powder again - two European and one American. I find this discussion interesting, I have been a flintlock and black powder cartridge rifle (BPCR) shooter. I...