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Years ago a friend of mine made a .22 caliber muzzleloader for one of the kids from an old single shot .22 barrel, a pistol lock and trigger, and a walnut board he had in his shop left over from something else. He made ther rest of the furniture from sheet stock scrapa and used a metal ramrod. I disremember what metal he used. Got a tin of .22 RB (BB’s) from one of the air rifle companies …. Benjamin, I think. It worked well,shot center,but did need frequent swabbing. I also had the pleasure of “discovering” an original J&S Hawken halfstock percussion rifle at a gun show that was a .30 caliber on a 1-1/4 octagon barrel. T’was a heavy old sucker! I believe that rifle is in Art Ressel’s collection of original Hawkens now. At one time I had a .32 percussion squirrel rifle but it was a wooly-booger to keep clean too, and I sold it. Anyway, they’re out there.

<blockquote data-quote="Tanglefoot" data-source="post: 2287024" data-attributes="member: 22419"><p>Years ago a friend of mine made a .22 caliber muzzleloader for one of the kids from an old single shot .22 barrel, a pistol lock and trigger, and a walnut board he had in his shop left over from something else.&nbsp; He made ther rest of the furniture from sheet stock scrapa and used a metal ramrod.&nbsp; I disremember what metal he used.&nbsp; Got a tin of .22 RB (BB’s) from one of the air rifle companies …. Benjamin, I think.&nbsp; It worked well,shot center,but did need frequent swabbing.&nbsp; I also had the pleasure of “discovering” an original J&amp;S Hawken halfstock percussion rifle at a gun show that was a .30 caliber on a 1-1/4 octagon barrel.&nbsp; T’was a heavy old sucker!&nbsp; I believe that rifle is in Art Ressel’s collection of original Hawkens now.&nbsp; At one time I had a .32 percussion squirrel rifle but it was a wooly-booger to keep clean too, and I sold it.&nbsp; Anyway, they’re out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Tanglefoot, post: 2287024, member: 22419"] Years ago a friend of mine made a .22 caliber muzzleloader for one of the kids from an old single shot .22 barrel, a pistol lock and trigger, and a walnut board he had in his shop left over from something else. He made ther rest of the furniture from sheet stock scrapa and used a metal ramrod. I disremember what metal he used. Got a tin of .22 RB (BB’s) from one of the air rifle companies …. Benjamin, I think. It worked well,shot center,but did need frequent swabbing. I also had the pleasure of “discovering” an original J&S Hawken halfstock percussion rifle at a gun show that was a .30 caliber on a 1-1/4 octagon barrel. T’was a heavy old sucker! I believe that rifle is in Art Ressel’s collection of original Hawkens now. At one time I had a .32 percussion squirrel rifle but it was a wooly-booger to keep clean too, and I sold it. Anyway, they’re out there. [/QUOTE]

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