Converted another one the other day

[biliff]

A friend of mine found out one of his favorite deer hunting areas here in Oregon was going to have a muzzleloader hunt this year. He did a quick read in the regs on what was a legal muzzleloader here and went to one of the big box stores for an "in-line" because he thought it would be easier to deal with than a traditional rifle. (note: inlines are legal here, but with a lot of restrictions, open iron sights only,no fiber optics, exposed percussion cap only, no centerfire primers, no sabots,etc.). When he got there they tried to sell him an in-line that was clearly illegal based on the regs (don't even know why they bother to sell those things here as you can't use 'em) so he ran for the door and tracked me down since he knew I shot muzzleloaders. I don't own any in-lines but I took him out and showed him the ropes with a .58 percussion rifle and a .54 flintlock. After demystifying the traditional rifles he decided that was the way to go. I think he's looking at a GPR now at the same store that tried to sell him the in-line. So we got's us another front stuffer. Its amazing how much people like these things if ya can just get 'em to shoot one. Now if I can just get him into shooting the rock locks. :redthumb:

 

[musketman]

So we got's us another front stuffer. Its amazing how much people like these things if ya can just get 'em to shoot one. Now if I can just get him into shooting the rock locks. :redthumb:

Now, if he becomes a member here, his life will be whole...

 

[BLAHMAN]

So we got's us another front stuffer. Its amazing how much people like these things if ya can just get 'em to shoot one. Now if I can just get him into shooting the rock locks. :redthumb:

Now, if he becomes a member here, his life will be whole...

Yeah, bring him on board, if he the front stuffer was fun....he aint seen nothin' yet! :thumbsup:

 

[sse]

...and becomes a member of the TMA!!!!!!!

 

[SimonKenton]

Bill,

I had a similar experience a couple of years ago in Peekskill. I was shooting at the pistol/.22 range, where they also allow muzzleloaders and shotguns with slugs, and some 12 year old was watching me while his dad was sighting in a .22 bolt-action. I asked if the kid could take a shot and his father said it was all right. Now he was scared of recoil since he'd only shot .22 rifles and airguns, so I dropped from the 120 grains I was shooting to 70 grains and let him pop one off.

You'd have thought the Lady of the Lake had just handed Excalibur to young Arthur the way he looked at the flinter. The questions were endless like "How come I saw fire near the hammer when it went off?" and such. I haven't seen them since and I wonder if either got the bug.

-Ray :RO: