Muzzleloading reigns. Period!

[inthex]

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[Cowboy]

Been around firearms as long as I can remember. Never had much of an emotional attachment to any of them. I was brought up to respect them and keep them clean. Bought alot and sold alot. Done some horse trading as well.

It wasn't until I got into muzzleloaders and BP shooting that I truly fell in love with owning a firearm and shooting. Every shot with a Traditional muzzleloader feels like the first time I ever pulled a trigger.

I also have an emotional attachment to each and everyone that I own. From the most least expensive to my better one's, they all have a special place in my heart!

It is nothing for me to grab one and spend an hour just wiping it down and going over it, all the way down to even the screw slots. I'm so infatuated with each and everyone of them.

Traditional Muzzleloader's Do Rule! :bow:

Respectfully, Cowboy :hatsoff:

 

[RADeO]

I also have an emotional attachment to each and everyone that I own. From the most least expensive to my better one's, they all have a special place in my heart!

It is nothing for me to grab one and spend an hour just wiping it down and going over it, all the way down to even the screw slots. I'm so infatuated with each and everyone of them.

Traditional Muzzleloader's Do Rule! :bow:

Respectfully, Cowboy :hatsoff:

Verily brother, thou speakest the truth. :thumbsup:

 

[tenngun]

I am one for all this. I have one or more suppository guns, but they are self defense tools. As meaningless as a wrench or screwdriver or Teflon pan. I hope they remain what they are and never need to serve their purpose.
My muzzleloader a are my friends and companions. They live and breath for me. Every scratch is a story and a memory . When I oil them I see reflection of old friends past, rendezvous and hunts camps and stories. Every time I pick them up the story goes longer.

 

[robinsroost]

I started out with a percussion .50 caliber hawken replica, in the late 60's and early 70's because the only choices to hunt deer in Indiana were a muzzleloader or a shotgun, and the muzzleloaders were more accurate with greater range. The only modern guns that give me any measure of enjoyment are my 1894 Marlin .44 magnum and my 1894 Winchester .45 Colt because I load for them, with bullets I cast. Both will be legal when I move back home........robin :hmm:

 

[cynthialee]

one of the issues I can't get past in them centerfire rifles is every time I took a high power rifle out to shoot every pull of the trigger Bang! I could hear a little voice in the back of my head "That was a dollar." Bang! "that was a dollar".

When I shoot my slow shooting BP rifles it never crosses my mind as it is a few cents per shot and it takes all day to shoot the amount of bullets I could in 10 minutes.

Then the thought that when hunting I am just going to shoot a deer once comes to mind.

So for me it is a cost efficiency issue and a pragmatic outlook. Combined with the fact that my sweetie begrudgingly allows BP in the house and when there have been center fire rifles around I hear "when are you getting rid of that thing" about twice a month...BP is the way for me.

 

[Shooey]

Muzzleloaders are fun if you like to tinker with things. I got a Traditions caplock years ago just so I could hunt deer a little sooner in the season. I quickly discovered how much fun it was to shoot. I accumulated several more over the years. That led me to an interest in history and reenacting. Now I'm reading books about the Revolutionary War that I would never see myself being interested in before I got that Traditions caplock. :hatsoff:

 

[Patocazador]

Combined with the fact that my sweetie begrudgingly allows BP in the house and when there have been center fire rifles around I hear "when are you getting rid of that thing" about twice a month...BP is the way for me.

It's funny to hear a woman griping about nagging. :grin:

 

[azmntman]

all of us with significant others get nagged. I nag once in a while myself.....but of course only justifiably and certainly very rarely and most certianly not very often and fer sure not loud enough to be heard and no way when theres anyone nearby to hear :youcrazy: :bull: :slap:

 

[Cruzatte]

all of us with significant others get nagged. I nag once in a while myself.....but of course only justifiably and certainly very rarely and most certianly not very often and fer sure not loud enough to be heard and no way when theres anyone nearby to hear :youcrazy: :bull: :slap:

Yeah....right. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[Lonegun1894]

Combined with the fact that my sweetie begrudgingly allows BP in the house and when there have been center fire rifles around I hear "when are you getting rid of that thing" about twice a month...BP is the way for me.

I used to have one of those, she's long gone, but the same guns are still here. One of the best decisions I ever made!

 

[tenngun]

Its funny you mentioned the cost. Last time I was out a family was shooting on the range near by. The 25,50 and 100 yard ranges are close enough you can talk to other shooters. I was at the 50 and they were shooting the 100. They had small targets set on the ground at about 25 yards and were shooting light military style guns at them. At least one was an ak 47, one was an ar 15. They had 30 round magazines, and could empty them pretty quick.
I'm getting off one shot to about two of their magazines, that was kicking up a lot of dirt around their targets on the ground. The drawn out bang bang bang that to an untrained ear sounded as fast as a full auto, holds no intrest for me. ALL I could think of was "what a waste"," they could go to Disney land cheaper then that", "God almighty, that's a 100 bucks just shot in to the ground"
Even loading their own I bet they spent more in half an hour shooting then I spend in a year.
Now people have a right to spend their own money on what they want, and just as I would be board stiff with their guns they would be board with mine. However providing your own sound effect to Saving Private Ryan :youcrazy:

 

[TFoley]

As anybody who has ever taken a look at tac's trains on Youtube will testify, I get my other hobby kicks out of steam trains of the smaller variety.

And add to that, my love of shooting.

For the record - I have two x .308 Wins, two x 7x57 Mausers, one x 6.5 Swede, two x 7.5 Swiss, a .45-70, seven .22LR and two .577 Sniders.

At guest days, the crowd around me wants to shoot my .58cal Musketoon caplock or my ROA - or Sniders at a pinch since the cartridge is just SOOOOOOOOO humungous.

But the chance to let loose that big cloud of white smoke from a muzzle-loader grabs their attention like nothing else.

tac

 

[RonRC]

Ron

 

[Tallswife]

Ron

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[azmntman]

"Hi, I'm AZ MNTMAN and I own 6 50's, 4 .54's, 3 .58's, a .45, 3 revolvers...."

:hmm: .............It wont work! :surrender: :slap:

 

[azmntman]

HEY! We could have swap nites though :grin: Sign me up!

 

[tenngun]

I went to one of those support meetings. After about 10 min of admitting we had an addiction, we planed a rendezvous, two treks a, a monthly shoot on every second Saturday, we elected a president and a clerk. All and all very productive. :haha:

 

[Mickc01]

As anybody who has ever taken a look at tac's trains on Youtube will testify, I get my other hobby kicks out of steam trains of the smaller variety.

And add to that, my love of shooting.


tac

Steam trains and muzzleloaders! Can't go wrong that that. And....I thought it was only me...Mick :thumbsup:

 

[azmntman]

Just checked out tacs trains videos. I COULD DO THAT :thumbsup: I always hang out at the model train set up at the county fair.

Being so dang handsome is OK but I woulda chosen rich had I been asked. Cant aford everything :shake: