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Friends,
I recently picked up a 1961-vintage "Civil War Commemorative" ZOUAVE in .58 caliber, for $ 150.oo & which "had spent it's entire life" over a fireplace mantle.
I took it out and shot it (out of curiousity) and discovered that it is DEADLY accurate with RB, 500grain "home-brew" minie-ball and Lee R.E.A.L. bullets, out to 150M.
BTW, I'm planning on taking a TX Mouflan/Bighorn hybrid SOON with it, as it's a great KILLER. My "cheap musket" will be going to deer camp this fall, too.
(ImVho, anyone who isn't hunting "the muzzleloading season" with their BP rifled musket is "missing a bet" to fill their deep freezer.)
yours, satx
I recently picked up a 1961-vintage "Civil War Commemorative" ZOUAVE in .58 caliber, for $ 150.oo & which "had spent it's entire life" over a fireplace mantle.
I took it out and shot it (out of curiousity) and discovered that it is DEADLY accurate with RB, 500grain "home-brew" minie-ball and Lee R.E.A.L. bullets, out to 150M.
BTW, I'm planning on taking a TX Mouflan/Bighorn hybrid SOON with it, as it's a great KILLER. My "cheap musket" will be going to deer camp this fall, too.
(ImVho, anyone who isn't hunting "the muzzleloading season" with their BP rifled musket is "missing a bet" to fill their deep freezer.)
yours, satx
