Jason holgate
40 Cal
On the fence rifle /smoothbore
Rifled flintlock or smoothbore flintlock
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Comfortably_Numb
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Buy both. I did.
The rifle is more accurate from the getgo.
The smoothie will need played around with, but is more versatile.
The smoothie will need played around with, but is more versatile.
MAC1967
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I think the smoothbore cleans easier . . . My next build, if I can afford another, hopefully, will be a smooth rifle, probably a Chambers Isaac Haines because I am left-handed, but I have three rifles . . . if you plan to shoot mostly 50-70 yards a smooth rifle will work fine. I agree the smooth rifle may take a little more time to work up a load.
64Springer
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Maybe provide some idea of what you plan on doing with your firearm.
Sidney Smith
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I have both. Rifles I use for targets and non flying game. Smoothbore I use strictly as a shotgun. I usually hunt squirrels, turkey and pheasant with it
IMO, if your targets are less then 50 yards and/or moving a smooth-bore will be more versatile. If targets are usually stationary/smaller and/or at further distances I go for a rifle.
A mountain man diarist, I think Osborn Russell but don’t recall for sure wrote that Indians, French and Mexican Mountian men used fusils, smoothbores. While Americans always reached for a rifle
By MM times rifles were American preference and a rifle culture had appeared
However in 1847 a HBC man R.G.A. Levinge wrote that whites should follow Indian and French leads and get a smoothbore ‘which throws a ball true at sixty yards. It is the best for deer hunting as most shots in the woods are within that distance…. Patch tge ball; in 99 out of 100 a patched ball will fly nearly as true at 60 yards as one fired from the best rifle”
That is sort of true. At fifty yards a rifle will clover leaf a smooth closer to three to five inch groups
Shooting an x no smoothie can complete with a rifle. Shooting in the deer woods unless you’re taking long shots there is no differences. And your smoothie will take turkeys and small game as well.
I have four long guns now only one has got them rifle thingies
By MM times rifles were American preference and a rifle culture had appeared
However in 1847 a HBC man R.G.A. Levinge wrote that whites should follow Indian and French leads and get a smoothbore ‘which throws a ball true at sixty yards. It is the best for deer hunting as most shots in the woods are within that distance…. Patch tge ball; in 99 out of 100 a patched ball will fly nearly as true at 60 yards as one fired from the best rifle”
That is sort of true. At fifty yards a rifle will clover leaf a smooth closer to three to five inch groups
Shooting an x no smoothie can complete with a rifle. Shooting in the deer woods unless you’re taking long shots there is no differences. And your smoothie will take turkeys and small game as well.
I have four long guns now only one has got them rifle thingies
Cruzatte
50 Cal.
Get one of each. More fun that way.
My thoughts also. Depends on what you want/plan to use it for. Rifle much more accurate. Smoothie has some versatility advantages and can be fun to shoot for..........well.........just fun.
If it’s smooth….it ain’t a rifle!
