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The farthest shot with a traditional muzzleloader with open sights was 80 yards. A .62cal roundball from my underhammer through the front of the neck dropped the big nyala in its tracks. I took a large waterbuck a few days later at less than 15 yards; it ran about 30 yards before expiring. The...

I have the $16 dollar TOW vise and it's worked fine

It might help to patch up a rocky marriage but the girlfriend probably wouldn't like it!

@JTSpirit If thieves can't see your gun safe, they don't know where it is or even if you have one. If you want to show your guns to make your guests jealous, I'd suggest building a reinforced room with a display window as you described but have a moveable bookcase or wall in front of it. It can...

I'd suggest doing one inlay at a time because it's easy to lose focus if you're multi-tusking. Then again, you could find a better solution which would render all this advice irr-elephant.

Percussion caps at concussion pricing! A person would have to take a hard hit in the head to pay that ridiculous price.

It would cause Romans to die a painful death with bad caesars! In all seriousness, there's lots of helpful info in this discussion.

The picture is a'moosing! 😂 But in all seriousness, the different cleaning recipes are very informative.

Congrats @vervillev It looks like a great utilitarian rifle that will serve you for many years 👍

Welcome from the Heartland!

You can feel sure because it's pure...a clean as real as Ivory 👍

Ya'll gon' hog wild! Fun video 👍

I've never sold a black powder gun but I do regret buying one because it was/is way too nice and should be in a museum or owned by someone who appreciates it more than I do.

I'm paws-itive that would be an a-mews-ing catastrophe

Great idea. A guy could put a little tintype of their wife in there if they're portraying someone after the early 1850's.

I've taken two nice sized black bears with .50cal conical bullets so a .58cal round ball should be no worries. Like pwbsmokey said, be familiar with bears anatomy and when practicing, visualize yourself in a hunting scenario. Have fun and good luck!

Sounds like paradise!

I'll resurrect this thread with my introduction. I'm a suburbanite in Johnson County getting back into muzzleloading after a 15 - 20 year hiatus. I hunted and shot an unmentionable but also a 20 bore underhammer and an Austin & Halleck .50cal percussion mountain rifle. I still have them and look...

People have lost their minds!

Thanks for all the advice. What I've decided to do is reinstall my existing parts on the original stock and use the NOS A&H parts I ordered a few weeks ago to build another rifle. Everything is the same except the barrel which is 1:66. I need to find an A&H tang (anyone have one?) and make a new...