Naming A Muzzleloader

[musketman]

Just for fun, if a muzzleloading company contacted you and asked you to supply them a name for their new line of muzzleloaders, what name would you tell them?

We have Hawken's, Fusil's, GPR's, Wolverines, Besses, ect...

What would you name the newest muzzleloader (modern or traditional) to hit the market???

"Looking for something like the new .50 caliber Stumpslayer.."

 

[gordy]

:hmm: I'd have to suggest "Too Many" for the in-line,and "Old Faithfull" for the Traditional. :thumbsup:

 

[Ohio Joe]

I wouldn't bother naming one of those modern inlines, but I would name a traditional muzzle loader, "Candle Snuffer." Actually I've already named one of my rifles that. :thumbsup:

 

[roundball]

...but I would name a traditional muzzle loader, "Candle Snuffer." Actually I've already named one of my rifles that.

Great name !!

I had named a set of .50cal and .45cal round ball rifles "Thunder & Lightning"...probably not too original but...

Then I got a .58cal this year, and if anything I have needs to be named "Thunder" it's the .58...a powerful rifle.

So originality aside, I'll be hunting "Thunder" this deer season...and when the season is over, then I'll call it "Old Thunder"

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Well, I've always called in-lines "Tonka-Muskets" or "Musquet De Mattel"...maybe "The Spacely Special?"

Personally, my musket's name is Thwack...short for Our Lady of Tremendous Thwacking.

 

They ain't "names" but I've seen inlines refered to as,.... "blackpowder rifles", "smoke poles", "muzzle stuffer's", and etc.

I'm jest wait'n fer'a modern inline to be listed in tha Cabela's catalog as,.... "Ol' Betsy"!!!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:

YMHS
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[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

I've called my flinter a few names at times -:curse:- but nothing marketable...

 

[Musketeer]

If it was one o' them fancy shmancy inlines, it'd have ta be a suitably pretentious name like: The Matrix 5000 Advanced Adaptable Muzzleloading Weapon System. :crackup:If it was a traditional frontstuffer, I'd call it either the Stumpsnuffer or the Musketman-O-War! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :thumbsup:

 

[Dave Poss]

ALAS! You have already seen my reference to (picture icon with finger down his throat) in-lines as Star War guns.... The Luke Skywalker model has an electronic trigger and a gyro-auto level type scope built in. It automatically decerns distance and compensates for elevation. The 2005 model has all these features PLUS its mobile!...just program it and it leaves the house, hunts, and brings back any kills and you don't even have to get in the woods at[url] all...ain[/url]'t progress great!!

A name For traditional smoothbore guns...How about "Slick Willy"? :crackup:

A name for a new shotgun....The Kerry scattergun :crackup: eace: :crackup:

Sorry-I guess thats considered political! MY BAD!!!! :sorry:

 

[BrownBear]

I prefer it when rifles earn their names, so naming a new line would be tough. I provided a scoped 223 for our hands to use around the ranch, and it quickly earned the name "Burger Bits." My shotgun that works so well on geese earned the name "Old Pillow Stuffer."

Rather than stomp dirt up the nostrils of anyone who uses inlines, I like to think of them more as "entry level" rifles, many of whose owners eventually get into the more traditional arms. Why not encourage them rather than trying to paint yourself as something better? How about "Welcome Aboard" for the inlines and "Knewyoucoulddoit" for the traditional line.

 

[roundball]

Well said !

My first ever ML was a .50cal Knight MK85...almost 15 years later I've become consumed with muzzleloading year round, having worked through some years of sidelock percussions, and now wrapping up my third year with flintlocks.

:RO:

 

Rather than stomp dirt up the nostrils of anyone who uses inlines, I like to think of them more as "entry level" rifles, many of whose owners eventually get into the more traditional arms. Why not encourage them rather than trying to paint yourself as something better?

I don't see traditional shooters as try'n ta paint themselves as be'n better than fellers use'n inlines.

'Stead I see fellas devoted to preserve'n tradition, rather then search'n for tha latest technological advancement in muzzleloader techhnology. :m2c:

YMHS
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Brownbear, you are right on the mark! I run into a lot of guys here in Michigan who are starting to ditch their suppository-shooters and are switching exclusively to their in-lines. Most of them that I talk to are also about ready to step up to traditional. We traditional shooters should try to help inline shooters make that next step...

....but we should still tease our friends who insist that thier in-lines are real muzzle loaders....

Anyway, treat the inline as a "tweener"...the step between cartridges and Shooting Purity...loading from the front the way God intended! :m2c:

 

[Dave Poss]

WHOA!!!! I don't paint myself as better than ANYBODY! I just didn't realize that inliners were such a senitive bunch. :cry: There has been and always will be kidding around between flintlock shooters and caplock shooters. I'm sure that some of the matchlock shooters kid flinters about shooting "modern" guns. It's just that inliners can be kidded by EVERYONE except AK-47 shooters! :crackup: Jokeing about a persons choice of gun is a favorite pastime ..... Like StumblinBufller implied...smoothbore shooters don't want their barrels messed up with all the groves that rifles have. I didn't take offense to that. If those that shoot inlines are so defensive; maybe there is a reason , (guilt? ...Embarrassment?). Again, I'm just kidding around. :: Hope that all inlines will soon go the way of the pet rock and their owners graduate to enjoy the REAL sport of muzzleloading then a new name for an inline could be "Obsolete!" :thumbsup:

:relax:

 

[BrownBear]

A matter of semantics- I should have said "ourselves" rather than "yourself" because that's what I meant. I don't own an inline, and in fact never have. But I know lots of inline shooters who get the feeling we think we are better and are a little sick of it.

Kidding is fine when you give it a break often and sincerely, but it's not kidding if you do it all the time. The best approach I have found with inline shooters is to be excited that they are trying their hand at muzzleloading, then let them play with my gear a little. It really isn't as much fun to use inlines for our kind of plinking, small game hunting, and even big game hunting. Bring along a friend with his inline next time you are snuffing candles, shooting squirrels or rabbits, or simply making smoke. See how long it takes for them to wait for a turn with yours, then start asking questions in preparation for buying their own. Yeah, you (we) are going to have to put up with some guff when the shooting moves out to a couple of hundred yards, but take it from me: You (we) earned it.

If we want "strength in numbers" we are going to have to encourage a lot more folks to get interested in our sport and quit bickering among ourselves- even if you (we) think it's "fun." Next time you feel like "kidding" someone, try shooting their rifle and show some real interest in them. Then let them shoot your gear. It's pretty easy to win them over when you are civil, but harder than hell if they are sick of listening to you.

 

ATT: all inline shooters!!

I have a dislike fer inlines thet originated when they were first produced, but I ain't got nuthin aginst you fellas thet use'm.

I also have a dislike fer advertisements thet promote inlines, but I ain't got nuthin aginst you fellas thet buy those products.

I also have a dislike fer places thet sell inlines, but I'm friendly to you folks in tha store.

I also have a dislike fer hunt'n shows thet spew inline "propaganda" 'bout how inlines are much better than old style muzzleloaders, but I ain't gonna sneek up to yore house and cut yore "cable".

I also dislike arguements when an inline shooter says it is "unethical" to hunt with traditional roundballs, but I will defend tha 300+ year old projectile with logic and patience.

But most of all,.. I dislike be'n accused of hurt'n sumone's "feel'ns", 'cause I like horses and mules better'n, Dodge, Ford, or Chevy, !! :haha:

YMHS
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P.S.,.... and don't even git me stated on "favorite colors"!!!!!!!!! :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:

 

[sse]

I don't have nuthin agin inliners neither, but I don't like what they wear. ::

Regards, sse

 

[Stumpkiller]

But I know lots of inline shooters who get the feeling we think we are better and are a little sick of it.

Not better, just more sporting. :haha:

How about a line of modern copies of old military rifles and smoothbores called: "Old Arsenal"?

A line of Trade Guns called: "Fair Trades"?

A line of PA Longrifles called: "Moravian Nights"?

Or: Pennsylvania Dutch Masters"? (Are "Dutch Master" cigars still even around?)

A line of In-Lines called: "Loopholes"?

Maybe: "Buckskinner Rogers"?

 

I don't have nuthin agin inliners neither, but I don't like what they wear. ::

Regards, sse

SSE,.... You sir, are a very harsh person!! :nono: :nono: :nono: :nono:

(now try'n be more unnerstand'n t'wards uthers!! :haha: :haha

YMHS
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[musketman]

Just for the record, this was suppose to be fun and see what kind of names you can produce for a fictional muzzleloader, not a slanderfest towards someone's choise of muzzleloader...