Traditions Hawken Vs. Woodswalk | Muzzle Loaders in the field

[Ethan Yazel]

Pleased with this kit rifle’s performance on paper, I head up the trail for some woods walk testing.



We're on one of the NMLRA "Woods walks" at the Walter Cline Range in Friendship, Indiana this week testing out our Traditions St. Louis Hawken just like the Mountain Men of the 1840s would have. Woods walks are a popular muzzleloading setting for competitors and plinkers alike. Many kinds of wood walk matches are made up of targets of various sizes at unknown distances. It's a challenge with any firearm, but an iron-sighted muzzleloader makes it all the more fun. Add some friends for some spirited ribbing and you are sure to have a great time.

 

[Grenadier1758]

Nice video, @Ethan Yazel. Woods Walks of all varieties are great fun and always a challenge to test one's skills and accuracy.

 

[deermanok]

Good video, good shooting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ethan Yazel]

Nice video, @Ethan Yazel. Woods Walks of all varieties are great fun and always a challenge to test one's skills and accuracy.

Definitely. They are some of my favorites. Setting up one at home for my air rifles. They make for cheap practice and seem to carry over to muzzleloaders

 

[Grenadier1758]

The air rifle is great for practice and the carry over to muzzle loading rifles is quite direct. I was able to score my best off shots for shooting muzzle loading silhouettes when I practiced with my air rifle. The use of an air rifle is better than dry fire practice because you get both the practice of aligning the sights and the benefit of a hole in a target to see if there is wobbliness pulling the alignment off target.

 

[oncewas]

Interesting video, thanks for sharing.
Also wanted to say thanks for the series on building a Tradition St. Louis Hawken I used it when I build mine and it helped a lot for my first build.