.36 small game rifle

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

I have a Pedersoli Frontier in .36 flint and highly recommend it. It was my first flintlock and sold me on them, I now have six flintlocks and that is all I would buy now,

I'll second that. Shooters for sure.

I thank the both of you.
Appreciate your time for posting.
When I get her I'll take her out back and run a few balls through her and post results.

Take Care Stay Safe
GSM

 

[Gum Slough Muzzleloader]

Always interested from seeing them online. Unique historical Hatfield styling, easy barrel removal w/o pin removal, etc...

Hammer just get ya one. You'll lovevit.

 

[snakebit]

Hammer just get ya one. You'll lovevit.

He ain't lying Hammer

 

[yellowhammer]

Hammer just get ya one. You'll lovevit.

If the right deal pops up, I'll look hard at it. But, I've already got the mission covered with the .36 & .45 SMR's.

 

[Rudyard]

Cant help re 32 or 36 cals don't have any. do have a 290 cal rifle in' Baltic Bird' rifle style maker one G Tyler of Ohio region at a guess barrel which ide guess was a few off rural possibly Depression or before era Squirrell gun but their being No Squirrels' in NZ lent its self to a Baltic Small game rifle probabley suited to big shot . If you get a Large Siler replace the cock with a C shaped cock you will more than double the throw of the flint . might look odd in Tennessee But didn.t in The Baltic regions C 1730 One such in the Visser collection so inspired me to knock one up so I did. .cheap to shoot .Prime is near the main charge .any one shoot so small a cal ML ?.
Rudyard

 

[MDH]

Because, as I have said in two different locations (once here and I made a thread in the percussion sub forum) I'm not finding information. I have searched the net for days trying to find range and target information on the Investarms .36 Santa Fe Hawken. I have not been able to find any more. Its kind of difficult for me to let go of $649.00 without more credible information.

The only site I know of is Muzzlel-loaders.com and they do not show any range or target information. One would think that unless sales are booming, why would they not advertise this ML more? Why the lack of information? Why no credible videos of range time and targets to be found?

Go over to ALR.

 

[hanshi]

I killed a lot of squirrels with my wonderful little Traditions Crockett; but sadly it's now gone. I now have two flintlock SMR, one is a .32 and the other is a .36. I shoot the .36 the most but love them both.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

After much deliberation I think I have my eyes set on an investarms Santa Fe hawken in .36 cal as a new small game/varmint rifle. Primarily for squirrel and rabbit with a round ball. I'd love to hear peoples experiences and opinions on .36 cal for hunting, and especially your thoughts on this particular model or general thoughts on investarms quality and reliability. I've managed to find a couple threads about .36 cal hunting and one on this rifle, but more info is always appreciated. Watch your top knots.

Here’s my thoughts, on the .36 and it’s neighbors:

The .36 calibre is a great little calibre for punching paper and taking small game. It packs a lot of punch for its size. It has such energy that I’ve often downloaded my hunting loads, to limit meat damage to small game. I’ve used the .36 to take game up to the size of coyotes. I’ve not afraid to shoot and harvest game out to 75 yards.

The .32 calibre is a premium small game calibre. I’ve found this calibre to be a finicky calibre, it doesn’t take much to change point of impact, shot to shot. The diminutive .32 will teach you how to consistently load your rifle….it’s an incredibly accurate gun, as long as you’re able to consistently load each shot. My little .32 will shoot 1/2” groups at 50 yrds. I have taken lots of squirrels and rabbits with the .32, it just shines as a small game firearm…it’s the blackpowder equivalent to the .22 LR (...maybe the .22 Magnum.)

For the last 8 to 10 years, my goto calibre has been the versatile little .40 calibre. In my state, I can use the little .40 to take deer sized big game. Inside of 75 yards, it’s a solid deer calibre, and it doesn’t need a huge diet of powder and lead to punch a tag. The beauty of the .40, in my opinion, is that I can also use this sweet shooting gun to take small game on the regular. I use a heavy denim patching material, or a cotton dutch canvas, and a .375 RB. This combination of thick patching and ball shoots tight groups and performs on par with the .36 calibre. So yeah, beware the man that shoots one gun, he probably knows how to use it.

 

[oldwood]

Only reason I quit using my .36 longrifle back in 1980 , was that it was percussion , and I'm too stupid to keep caps from igniting , while hunting. I went to flint lock ignition , and never had any more ignition problems. Was w/o a small game gun until ten yrs. ago , and went nostalgic , and scratch built a super light wt. walnut .40 longrifle for small game. Fell in love w/.40 , how it can easily be load adjusted to be universal from coyotes to squirrels and such. I like it so much , thinking to scratch out another w/ a Johnson tang peep sight so as to see what I'm aiming for.

 

[yellowhammer]

...Fell in love w/.40 , how it can easily be load adjusted to be universal from coyotes to squirrels and such...

I built my .45 SMR to experiment with that exact concept.