Hello from Finland

[Stumpkiller]

Welcome from Upstate NY.

I pester our local ruffed grouse with a flintlock fowler. A great excuse for a walk in the woods.

 

[oldwood]

Welcome from Pa. If your rifle is a .45 cal. , on small game , don't load it too heavy , as that will help you to have some meat left to eat.

 

[trackpin]

Welcome from Northeast lower Michigan.

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine
Nit Wit

 

[Shiloh]

Howdy from Arkansas

 

[Coronet 440]

Welcome from Pa. If your rifle is a .45 cal. , on small game , don't load it too heavy , as that will help you to have some meat left to eat.

Actually, one of the most used forest bird hunting rifle caliber here is 308 win. It has the same bullet weight as 45 muzzleloader,but the exit velocity of the bullet is 895m/s.

 

[LSLibelo]

Tervetuloa Kaliforniasta

 

[LANEY REECE]

WELCOME from LOUISIANA

 

[dracer]

welcome to the forum

 

[Marshhawk]

Greetings from South Carolina.

 

[yellowhammer]

From the Heart Of Dixie: Tervetuloa, läheinen ystävä ja liittolainen!

 

[Billy Boy]

Hello, greetings from Finland! New muzzleloader shooter here. I just bough my first muzzleloader (Armi sport 45. percussion rifle) and i plan to use it for hunting black grouses and capercaillies. So much to learn but you have to start somewhere.

Paivaa!

 

[TFoley]

Welcome.

Is that a rifle or a shotgun?

LD

He wrote 'percussion rifle'.........

 

[TFoley]

As a schoolboy I passed many a happy hour in the English book section of Stockmann's in Mannaheimienti! I stayed with a friend who lived in Tapiola.

 

[Secesh]

Welcome, from the great state of Mississippi

 

[x_count]

Welcome from the coast of North Carolina!

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Welcome from grizz country in Alberta.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

He wrote 'percussion rifle'.........

Yeah thanks for that..., and he also mentioned hunting birds namely grouse which is often done using shot, AND he's in Finland, so there was a possibility that the translation was incorrect, for we sometimes have folks that call smoothbores "rifles" and sometimes translations for "gun" come out "rifle" OR that it WAS a rifle but had been made into a smooth rifle to shoot shot, OR even the possibility that he was planning to shoot shot from his rifled barrel, HENCE the question...,

LD

 

[Coronet 440]

Black powder shotguns are much more common in Finland than black powder rifles. But it is very likely that I will never come across a person who shoots a black powder gun let alone hunts with it. Even the police didn't seem to know what to do when I applied for a permit for a black powder gun. It is very rare here in Finland. You can currently buy round balls and black powder (it's not easy). Everything else has to be ordered from somewhere or done yourself

Also, I last used English at school 20 years ago, so it wouldn't be surprising if my texts contained mistakes.

Thank you all for the warm welcome!