Hi all,
I just bought a VERY lightly used Trade Rifle. I had wanted to get a GPR, but money is tight at the moment, and the deal on this .50 Trade Rifle was too good to pass up ”“ it was $325 Canadian all-in, with short starter, cleaning kit, all original manuals, a pound of GOEX 4F, a pound of Triple 7 3F, various cleaning solvents, tube of bore butter, a bag of 0.10 patches, a box of Hornady .495 balls, powder measure, some vent picks, powder flask, primer flask, flints, leather to wrap them, possibles bag... the guy even threw in a bunch of wasp's nests.
Additionally, it came with a 3-9x32 scope. This was mounted at two points, one on the barrel and one on the tang. I'm not really crazy about these mounts, and would like to remove them, but they are drilled into the tang and barrel. Is it even possible to remove these without having the barrel permanently disfigured?
Also, I aim to shoot patched round ball exclusively. I know this can be achieved well enough with the 1:48 twist in the Trade Rifle's barrel, but I am wondering about drop-in barrel options. I've seen that companies like Green Mountain have .54 (which I would like to upgrade to) 32" barrels with a 1:70 twist. Has anyone put one of these on a Trade Rifle? Would it throw the balance of the rifle way off? My goal in this is to sort of up the patched round ball accuracy, and get myself to a sort of poor man's version of the GPR.
Thanks in advance for any help ”“ this is my first muzzleloader, and I can't wait to get shooting!
I just bought a VERY lightly used Trade Rifle. I had wanted to get a GPR, but money is tight at the moment, and the deal on this .50 Trade Rifle was too good to pass up ”“ it was $325 Canadian all-in, with short starter, cleaning kit, all original manuals, a pound of GOEX 4F, a pound of Triple 7 3F, various cleaning solvents, tube of bore butter, a bag of 0.10 patches, a box of Hornady .495 balls, powder measure, some vent picks, powder flask, primer flask, flints, leather to wrap them, possibles bag... the guy even threw in a bunch of wasp's nests.
Additionally, it came with a 3-9x32 scope. This was mounted at two points, one on the barrel and one on the tang. I'm not really crazy about these mounts, and would like to remove them, but they are drilled into the tang and barrel. Is it even possible to remove these without having the barrel permanently disfigured?
Also, I aim to shoot patched round ball exclusively. I know this can be achieved well enough with the 1:48 twist in the Trade Rifle's barrel, but I am wondering about drop-in barrel options. I've seen that companies like Green Mountain have .54 (which I would like to upgrade to) 32" barrels with a 1:70 twist. Has anyone put one of these on a Trade Rifle? Would it throw the balance of the rifle way off? My goal in this is to sort of up the patched round ball accuracy, and get myself to a sort of poor man's version of the GPR.
Thanks in advance for any help ”“ this is my first muzzleloader, and I can't wait to get shooting!