One Long Gun And One Handgun

[Walkabout]

If you had to choose one muzzleloading long gun and one handgun for all of your firearms needs, including hunting and defense, what would they be? Thanks

 

[64Springer]

Jukar .45 Kentucky and its Uberti .45 Dragoon companion.

They both take a Lee .452 cast bullet.

Wheel weights + 3% Tin.

 

[Stan flanery]

Looking forward to this thread. Should be very interesting.
Stan

 

[2 shots]

a smoothbore and an 1851 or 1860 colt

 

[Johnny Tremain]

I went with a Sheetz School Virginia rifle 45cal & a 1860 Army Colt.

 

[Phil Coffins]

A best quality Hawken 54 with a 32” barrel and an 1860 Colt.

 

[Stan flanery]

I have to go with .62 smooth bore, and Remington New Model Army.

 

[sheriff john]

Double barrel 12 ga and 1858 Remington.

 

[Horse]

An (unmentional) and a (unmentional) and plenty of unmentional ammo.
In the absence of that I suppose a Smith carbine and a short barreled Rem 44. with a spare loaded cylinder.

 

[64Springer]

An (unmentional) and a (unmentional) and plenty of unmentional ammo.
In the absence of that I suppose a Smith carbine and a short barreled Rem 44. with a spare loaded cylinder.

Top line is the correct answer.

 

[Horse]

A smile and a kind word will solve a lot of conflicts, oh, and a gun don't forget your gun otherwise a smile and kind word might get you killed.

 

[springfield art]

Jukar .45 Kentucky and its Uberti .45 Dragoon companion.

They both take a Lee .452 cast bullet.

Wheel weights + 3% Tin.

The Spanish Jukars have a reputation for having poor quality lock parts. Don't think I'd use for defense!

 

[jdw276]

If to be bp related, 40 cal flinter and 36 navy shooting 380 roundball. Flinter could be percussion but want to save caps for pistol. If it has to both be single shot, 50 cal flint rifle, 50 percussion pistol, both shoot 480 for ease of loading and 3f. Mix could be 45 or 54 as well. Got it covered.

 

[Walkabout]

Top line is the correct answer.

No it isn't. I specified "muzzleloading" firearms and this is a muzzleloading forum. Not correct at all.

 

[Packrat]

Smooth bore 62 caliber and ROA

 

[dmattera]

No it isn't. I specified "muzzleloading" firearms and this is a muzzleloading forum. Not correct at all.

It could be correct legally, just not ethically to your question... One of those tricky "Moral wrong, legal right" type answers.

To answer ethically myself,
.58 caliber 1861 paired with a Colt 1851 .44. Though part of me wants to say a Hawken, but I love the long barrel on the 1861s

 

[TreeMan]

The queen of colonialism, my Brown Bess. Oh and a ROA just to be historically correct hahaha.

 

[Songwriter]

No it isn't. I specified "muzzleloading" firearms and this is a muzzleloading forum. Not correct at all.

Oooh. Time for that smile and kind word?

 

[Eutycus]

Almost every use or scenario of the firearms is kind of personal preference. But you threw in the word "defense".That requires some thinking and possibly an exit from Muzzleloaders. But, maybe, I'd still go with my ASM .44 Navy and even though I prefer the .50 I'm more accurate with the .45.

 

[TDM]

Based on what I have on hand at this time, it would my 12 ga New Englander and Colt 1860. I’d use ..454 balls in both. I’ve got plenty of caps.