Top 10 Muzzleloading "Old Wive's Tales" ??????????

[roundball]

1)RB hunting loads are not accurate in 1:48" barrels???
2)Spru position affects RB accuracy???
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[jtmattison]

3)Covering a roundball with powder in the palm of your hand will give you a good powder charge.
4)The patch for a roundball is a perfect gasket, not allowing any gasses to blow past the ball.

 

5)The more powder in the flashpan the better!!!

 

[musketman]

6. Half cock IS the safety...

 

[Rocky Johnson]

#7 You can't put to much power in them the access will just blow out on the ground. Rocky :bull:

 

#8... Blowing down the barrel will extinguish all left over burning embers.

#9... Por from the horn, stop when you think it is enough

 

[Zonie]

10. Blackpowder dies after a while so that 150 year old powder in the barrel of this original gun can't possibly fire!

 

[musketman]

10a. Black powder guns can't shoot as good as centerfire guns.

10b. Round balls can only kill at close range.

10c. You can use any kind of powder in a muzzleloader and it will shoot.

 

[Deadeye]

10D-With black powder the strength settles to the bottom, if you don't shake it up, occasionally, when you get to the bottom you'll have a bomb. :bull:

 

10E... My first wife looked like she was a old tail...oops, wrong forum. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif ::

 

[Stumpkiller]

10F You need a musket cap* to get reliable ignition in a percussion firearm. (* substitute 209 primer, "Hot" cap or Hot Shot Nipple as desired).

10G Priming the nipple with a few grans of powder will help ignition.

10H Any mechanical item or patented thingy invented in the past 120 years adds to the lifestyle of muzzleloading.

10I I was shooting better last week.

 

[sse]

"Blackpowder doesn't burn it explodes."

 

[Huntinfool]

10Z Flintlocks are not reliable.

Keep Her Dry Fellers,
"The Chuckster" ::

 

[Claude Mathis]

You can have too many rifles.

 

[leadball]

You must have an inline with 150 grains of pellets and plastic and bullets as deer have evolved in the last 200 years in such a way to render roundballs useless

 

[musketman]

You must have an inline with 150 grains of pellets and plastic and bullets as deer have evolved in the last 200 years in such a way to render roundballs useless

Wouldn't that be a NEW wives's tale? :haha: