TC New Englander

[ald55437]

I'm getting back into muzzleloaders after selling all my bp stuff 9 years ago. A friend bought an in-line and I just bought a New Englander. So here's the question: Would y'all consider a New Englander acceptable for 'Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting?" I hope so...because I think the in-lines are getting so efficient and powerful more and more states will throw them into the same category as shotguns with rifled barrels.

Your thoughts?

 

[Rebel]

I think pretty much everyone here would agree that a New Englander is pretty much Traditional.

 

[Rat]

Yes, I would give your NE a hearty seal of approval, and congratulate you for NOT getting an inline.

I hope, I pray, I BEG, that inlines be moved into the category of modern firearms, or shotgun seasons. They are after all modern firearms, that merely load from the muzzle.

:imo:

Rat

 

[GregK]

Your thoughts?

If it wasn't for inlines I never would have given muzzleloaders a try in the first place. I bought an inline to take advantage of the extra two week deer season in Indiana. After using it I found that I liked shooting them for fun and now own two "Traditional" sidelock rifles. I never would have been exposed to the fun of these guns without first getting my feet wet with the inline.
:results:

 

[Stumpkiller]

I hunt with one. It's a handy little m/l. It is traditional without being a anthentic copy of anything. Kind of resembles some of the English and New England half-stock rifles of the late percussion era.

 

[ryoung14]

Amen to that, GregK! As a dedicated centerfire rifle shooter & reloader, inlines are what brought me into BP shooting. Now I have 3 inlines and 7 traditional sidelocks. Though I have a slight preference for the traditional guns, I'd never put down the inline. There's room for both....and they are both mucho fun :redthumb:!

My favorite for hunting is the T/C Grayhawk, the SS version of the New Englander.
Bob

 

[cayugad]

A friend of mine owns a Thompson Center New Englander. It's the only black powder rifle he owns. I have shot it, and it sure is a sweet rifle to shoot. He does not shoot it much except for hunting. He started shooting the Thompson Center Maxi Hunter conicals out of it, and that is all he has ever used to the best of my knowledge. He was only shoots 70 grains of Pyrodex RS, but it sure shoots them good. A few years back he shot a beautiful buck at over 70 yards out, through the hardwoods with it. He said it was easy to track because it looked like someone was spraying the snow red for 20 yards to where the deer dropped.

Good luck with the rifle :thumbsup:

 

[Halftail]

The New Englander is a Great little Deer gun and over the last 5 years I have taken 4 Deer with mine shooting 100 grains of 3f and a PRB.Most of my shots up here in the thick North woods are under 75 yards so the rb suits me fine. :redthumb: