Felt like I was cheating!

[Stumpkiller]

I'll probably buy a sks or Mosin Nagant for my end of the world gun. Mosin Nagants have strong actions and they are cheap.

Funny you should mention that . . .

I have hung up my modern centerfires since 2002. Three years ago they opened up a section where I was hunting to centerfire rifle - first time in my lifetime. I had to try. I blew the dust off my 'ol Mosin-Nagant M39 (the Finnish version - mine has a Sako barrel) and sighted her in with soft-point Golden Bear ammo to hit on at 150 yards. Took a six-point and a button in two days from the same spot - at 10 and 15 yards. :shake: Back to my muzzleloaders now.

I've also got a M91/30 that is a tack-driver. Though it was a cast-iron b**ch to initially sight in with a casing hammer and drift punch. They must have welded that durned dovetail at the factory. You can't beat the Mosin-Nagants for value and . . . for a centerfire . . . shooting fun.

I also hunt with a sightless recurve, my own fletched and crested cedar arrows and file sharpened glue-on broadheads.

Makes my muzzleloaders feel like cheating. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Zonie]

I don't know about the laws in all of the other states but when a hunter is in Arizona during the high powered rifle season, there is absolutely nothing that says he can't use a flintlock or percussion muzzleloader if he/she wants to as long as it meets the normal requirements for muzzleloading rifles for the type of animal being hunted.

 

[jerem0621]

I used to have a 29 pound recurve that I gave my father in law, deadly at 15-20 yards, not much steam after that, but my groups were about 1.5 inches at that range. Not to bad I suppose. I would like to get into the traditional archery at some point, right now I'm having a ball with my m/l. One thing about a recurve you can target practice with one almost anywhere.

For some reason the only centerfire rifle I have any desire for are old army guns like the mosin nagant etc. old and cheap but definently not inferior and potentially very effective shooters.

Jerem

 

[jerem0621]

In Tennessee I can use whatever kind of weapon I want in big gun rifle season, I can use centerfire rifle, m/l, or archery. I just have to have the appropriate liscense for the weapon I choose and I have to adhear to the rules of big gun season.

Jerem

 

[Halftail]

Jerem,
I made the switch after the 2002 hunting season was over.I haven't carried anything but a Traditional muzzleloader[url] since.In[/url] fact since then I have Bagged a Buck a year with the roundball here in the Thick woods of Southwestern Nova[url] Scotia.In[/url] FACT I traded off my Modern Browning Hi power rifle for a hawkin muzzleloader last summer.The only guns I got is a Few Semi-auto handguns and a Revolver for home protection. :thumbsup:

 

[rebel727]

got busted by a keen eared doe this morning when she haerd me cock my hammer... :redface:

Hold your trigger back when you cock it and there'll be no click.

I'm not giving up all my centerfires and I won't give up my bolt action hunting rifles. I have given up some centerfire pistols for C&B's and I have gone back in time to some degree. For cartridge guns I prefer lever actions and sa's. I have more SXS shotguns than pumps. I'm kinda short on ml', only three rifles(one original), one SXS shotgun(original) and five pistols. No flinters.........yet. I'm at a point in my life now that I can't go out and buy whatever I want. Usually if I get a new toy I have to trade an old toy for it so I have to make dmn sure it's what I really want and I'm getting short on stuff I'm willing to part with. Maybe things will change but right now it's not looking too sporty.

 

[oldwolf]

This is a great thread.

Ever since I turned 50 it seems BP is beckoning me ever stronger. I am not much of a hunter, never really had much of an inkling for it, not that I haven’t spent many hours in the forests of NC with a rifle in hand though.

Any way, I have 4 BP guns now out of my 37 total. Some of the centerfire and rimfires are my Dad’s WWII rifles, some are my Granddad’s and have other sentimental value. I have sold some modern guns in the past that I can kick myself for doing so, so don’t sell your guns if at all possible is my recommendation.

So, at this stage I can’t see adding too many more modern guns to my collection. I do plan on adding some more BP guns, maybe a few more handguns and for sure a couple more sidelocks rifles of varying calibers. A Remington Rolling Block has always been on my list too.

These days I am increasing my stockpile of ammunition for my CF’s, RF’s and also lead, caps and powder for my BP guns. Never know what we may not be allowed to buy in the coming years.

 

[PaulN/KS]

Thanks for the advice Reb but this rifle is an old style set trigger.It won't hold the hammer back unless set and holding the trigger trips it.They were just too danged close..."rookie" mistake. :cursing:

 

[gsptarget]

I hunt archery as well a rifle and ML.
I have not taken my ML out during the rifle season but plan to next year.
To me my firearms are tools and as such I have the right ones for the right jobs. Even if I do not need tham at the moment

 

[jeepwj992002]

Here in Ohio I can hunt both gun and smokepole season with my deerhunter. I use my center fires for critters other than deer. Hoping to find a boar with my new (to me)FAL.

 

[roundball]

Here in Ohio I can hunt both gun and smokepole season with my deerhunter. I use my center fires for critters other than deer. Hoping to find a boar with my new (to me)FAL.

NC has a growing feral hog population and I'd like to pop a few with Flintlocks...

 

[rebel727]

Thanks for the advice Reb but this rifle is an old style set trigger.It won't hold the hammer back unless set and holding the trigger trips it.They were just too danged close..."rookie" mistake. :cursing:

OK, just thought I could help. On mine(and I checked to be sure)I can hold the front trigger back and then let the hammer down on full cock, there's no click. Now if I start from hammer all the way down even with both triggers held back there's a click.

 

[Shifty]

I make my own Bows =self bows,hickory and bamboo backed hickory, and osage , Arrows from some old fir 2x6s I found,Ramin wood dowels, hickory dowels, Strings from Dacron, plus my own quivers from leather. Not counting last year I shoot 8-10 matches per year in and out of state. Also love muzzel loaders just finished a 50cal. pistol 16" barrel shoots great. Now I'm saving to buy a good Hawken kit for my after New Years project,they are my favorite.

 

[slowpokebr549]

I just sold a 30.06 that I hadnt shot in over 6 years. I hunt everything with a smokepole. I have lots o centerfires but they serve piece of mind purposes.Went on a Texas ranch hunt a few years back,we were hunting out of enclosed stands with rifle rests, scoped beanfield rifles and food plots in front of us. The whole experience soured me on modern hunting. All my family members think Im nuts but I haven't carried a centerfire hunting since. Thing of it is, I still hang at least one in the barn every year. It's made a much better hunter out of me.My nephew only hunts with primitive bows, I love that boy,gettin him an atlatl for Christmas.

 

[Charles D. Prokopp]

Just got an atlatl by Thunderbird and got my tiny wife into it...now THERE'S some serious fun! I can slay an empty six-pack at 50 yards.

 

[slowpokebr549]

Cool beans, now if we can just get a whitetail to hold still whilst we wind up and throw....

 

[XXX]

Good for you. it is a sign of growth and respect for the hunt. Hunting should not be about the "results driven, industrial productivity" mindset that infects our modern world. Carrying every available advantageous gadget into the woods is a real turnoff, to me anyway.

I have never owned an inline. Since 1999 or so I have only hunted with perc, flint, or longbow. I still own my centerfire arsenal though I have no desire to target shoot or hunt with them. There are other reasons to own guns though. I suppose if I ever start actively waterfowl hunting again I would probably use a centerfire shotgun due to multiple target opportunities, but that is a narrow exception. I use a perc smoothbore for turkey and other smaller birds. My .32 Crockett has replaced my little pump .22 for all small game rambles. On the archery side, my first bow was a compound and I carried it for decades before I realized that I hated it and it was not a real bow. My conversion to longbow was an awakening similar to what you felt with your muzzleloaders.

 

[jerem0621]

I'm going through the same thing with archery. I have hunted with a compound bow for about 10 years and currently have my Matthews gear for sale. I'm going to go recurve next year. I've got an older recurve I'm going to start practicing with after the first of the year and I will hunt with it next year.

I'm getting rid of my encore set up to. Next year I will be an all around traditional hunter. Recurve bow, percussion lock m/l. I'm going to buy a shotgun barrell for my New Englander so I can spring turkey hunt with my M/L.

Jerem

 

[Stumpkiller]

Good on you!

And 'Ol Blunderpotz, my N.E. Shotgun, is a blast for scaring grouse.

You may have to be patient to find a shotgun barrel, but they are out there.

 

[jerem0621]

Stumpkiller,

Your pics make me feel like there may be hope for me next year. :grin:

I'm probably just going to buy a shotgun barrel from Thompsons custom shop. I called them and they said I could have a new one for $175.00.(Fox Ridge Outfitters I think).

Thanks a bunch. One day I'm going to figure out how to post pics so I can show off my New englander and my bow! lol

Jerem