Loading Muzzleloaders in the field

[longcruise]

Now, I can see the utility of a solid way to hang the gun from something other than a plug in the thimble. All in all, Brown Bear probably has the right idea. My problem hanging on the hill side trying to glass is what to do with my eyeglasses. Maybe shove one arm into the barrel and let em hang there.

 

[AZbpBurner]

Why it hooks on your belly button of course....... :grin:

Sorry couldn't resist. :haha:

One of the gals at work has this gawdawful belly button ring. Maybe I can coerce her into a trip to the range to maybe demo this gadget?

 

[BrownBear]

Sure.... :thumbsup: but there are better methods than a dangly string IMO....

Doublecheck my post. I'm agreeing with you. I just rest the butt on the ground and slip the muzzle under my shoulder strap, so the barrel rests down on the top of my bag. Same effect, but nothing else to carry or dangle. I hate danglies with a passion.

 

[pargent]

OMG this should make its inventor very rich with huge sales in certain areas of the new world

 

[Alden]

Yup, 800+ years and we didn't know we needed...

...a piece of string to make loading our muzzleloaders easier. Ahh, technology!

 

[Billnpatti]

Okay, everybody, I give up. :surrender: So it's not a "great idea", maybe just a so-so idea. When I first saw it, it looked like it might be worth a try. Oh well, now I may try it and then again, I may not. :idunno:
Sorry I brought it up. :redface:

 

[Rifleman1776]

That is just not right. :shake:
Don't do it in mixed company. :nono:

 

[BrownBear]

Sorry I brought it up.

Nah, it was a good "bring up." Lotta guys never shoot in the field enough to sort the problem, and you saved them money.

 

[Juice Jaws]

I have seen it all now. Why we make something so easy , so hard I will never know.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Sorry I brought it up.

No need to be sorry....
You did good bringing it up for discussion... :thumbsup: :hatsoff:

 

[Rifleman1776]

Sorry I brought it up.

Nah, it was a good "bring up." Lotta guys never shoot in the field enough to sort the problem, and you saved them money.

It is an idea. Nothing wrong with posting. It just looks a little silly to me and I was only funnin' with my comments. :v

 

[Stumpkiller]

When you shoot them carbines with barrels under 36" you might need that kind of doo-hickey.

I just cradle the barrel in an elbow and can still have two hands at the muzzle.

 

[Alden]

It is an idea. Nothing wrong with posting. It just looks a little silly to me and I was only funnin' with my comments. :v

Yuppers!

Now, if someone would just make a muzzleloader that uses a string of caps that advance automatically, when you cock the hammer, now that may catch on...

 

[coloradoclyde]

:rotf: Ya know it's funny....before Alden blocked me, we always disagreed....but since...he's been making a lot of sense .... :thumbsup:

 

[coloradoclyde]

When you shoot them carbines with barrels under 36" you might need that kind of doo-hickey.

I just cradle the barrel in an elbow and can still have two hands at the muzzle.

I guess that depends on the individual and how tall they are.....I have a double barrel that measures 38" overall total length...stock and barrel,, and it's never been a problem for me.... :idunno:

I won't say that that doo-hickey is a solution to a problem....but I won't discount that it may be a solution to a very specific problem...for specific individuals....and that's A-OK :thumbsup:

 

[Grenadier1758]

It is an idea. Nothing wrong with posting. It just looks a little silly to me and I was only funnin' with my comments. :v

Yuppers!

Now, if someone would just make a muzzleloader that uses a string of caps that advance automatically, when you cock the hammer, now that may catch on...

Edward Maynard did. About 150 years ago it was the Maynard primer system.

We still used the system in our toy cap pistols with the roll of caps.

 

[Rifleman1776]

It is an idea. Nothing wrong with posting. It just looks a little silly to me and I was only funnin' with my comments. :v

Yuppers!

Now, if someone would just make a muzzleloader that uses a string of caps that advance automatically, when you cock the hammer, now that may catch on...

I'll ask my friend, Mr. Maynard, to invent one for you. He should be finished about 1855. :rotf:

 

[hanshi]

Being a short guy, a 36" barrel comes up to my neck; and all my others are 38" and make it to my chin. I've reloaded countless times while on a ladder (and other types) deer stand. It was a little awkward but I always managed. On the ground it is no problemo for me. In a stand - I no longer get off the ground, age, you know - on many occasions, I've killed several deer in the space of an hour requiring me to reload a number of times. Never gave it a thought; just did it. :hatsoff:

 

[Spikebuck]

Now, if someone would just make a muzzleloader that uses a string of caps that advance automatically, when you cock the hammer, now that may catch on...

I found this one last year at the
Harold Warp Pioneer Museum, Minden, NE.

You know, one of those crappy little worthless, lower than whale-poop small town types of places. :v :wink:

 

[George]

Just slip the muzzleloader under your shoulder strap and let it slide down a little toward the bag.

I do that with my long barreled guns, and it works quite well. For my shorter, double-barrel shotguns, I do it differently. I set the butt on the ground between my feet but back about a foot, tilt the muzzles forward and grip the gun between my knees. Trigger up or down, your choice. Stable, right at proper operating level, and has one other advantage”¦with the gun clamped in the same position throughout loading, it's easy to keep straight what I have put down which barrel.

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