You are correct when you say we don't talk about in-line rifles but, telescopic sights existed and were used before 1865, the cutoff date for the things we talk about.
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The mods can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that conversations about the Malcolm scope are allowed because they are period. But comparing a period Malcolm to today's modern scopes that can even feature electronics and computer chips that auto laser measure the distance and calibrate the point of aim for the shooter is kind of similar to saying "GUNS" are period, so why can't we include conversations on centerfires.
Don't worry about being shot, we'll just feed ya to the Kraken........
I don’t want one on my guns, but I don’t want a peep sight either. I’m 63 and am able to see my v and blade.
Howsomever I’m not a big excluder for those what have problems. Peep sights help a lot of our shooters.
A magic scope needs find no place on an ml. But a small scope as mounted on a .22,or a pistol a 4X or so may make it possible for some to participate who otherwise would be prevented. I’m ok with needs that can be adapted.
Howsomever I’m not a big excluder for those what have problems. Peep sights help a lot of our shooters.
A magic scope needs find no place on an ml. But a small scope as mounted on a .22,or a pistol a 4X or so may make it possible for some to participate who otherwise would be prevented. I’m ok with needs that can be adapted.
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Thanks for the tip. I had heard of the Whitworth and knew that some scopes were used in CW. I never knew the name of the scope or that they were first developed 30 years before the war.
Off to watch that episode,
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This is what $161000-something buys you. A Genuine Civil War Confederate-owned Whitworth rifle with documentation auctioned this year by Morphey's.
This is NOT a hunting rifle, that seems to gotten a few feathers ruffled higher up the page, but an honest to goodness military sharpshooting rifle for hunting men.
Thet rot thar.
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[Just joking here]
I have a friend that is REAL traditional
One day we got talking and he said well I love this old smokepole but it is kinda long and heavy for hunting in the brush.
I said, no worries Pard
Let me take it home with me and I will cut the barrel to 16 inches long and re-crown it. Then I will mount a picatinny rail on top and add a red dot.
Thought he was gonna whup me LOL
KC
I have a friend that is REAL traditional
One day we got talking and he said well I love this old smokepole but it is kinda long and heavy for hunting in the brush.
I said, no worries Pard
Let me take it home with me and I will cut the barrel to 16 inches long and re-crown it. Then I will mount a picatinny rail on top and add a red dot.
Thought he was gonna whup me LOL
KC
I'm aware of those. Is anyone putting them on hunting rifles? Especially inlines?
Don’t!
They’re hiding in the shadows, watching us, listening to us!They don’t let us talk about inlines here!
I love a scope on anything but my OCD requires that it be period correct (within reason). I know a TC is not a festidious copy of an original 18th or 19th century gun but if you're going to put a scope on it use something that looks right. Long rifle scope replicas can be had and work wayyyyy better then the originals and it doesn't look like a laser scope and delren combat pistol grip hanging off of old Bess. There's certain unwritten rules that kind of go with what you're shooting.
I have actually seen both AR style and 1911 pistol style muzzleloaders. To me? That's just rediculous. I've also watched guys with absolutely beautiful period correct replicas of 18th century target rifles at the range using all the correct acoutrements and it's just a thing of beauty to watch.
I bought a scope mount years back that requires no drilling. That way I could check how accurate my rifle was, not to keep on it. I don't think I ever used it.
SCOPE IS PERIOD.
PERIOD!!!
Well, so is the self contained metallic cartridge, (invented by Pauly in 1808) and by the time you would have actually seen a scope on a muzzleloader there were far more cartridge rifles out there than there were scopes, but we don't talk about those.
Period correctness is irrelevant when applied unevenly.
Period correctness is not irrelevant when applied on this forum.
Ya, that's pretty much what I said, only the reverse.
^^^ MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! MAKE IT GO AWAY!!!!!!!! 
That would be worth taking to the range just for the giggles.
