I had friends over for the holiday and they were admiring my Kentucky rifle. Its a CVA and shoots great. They thought that it would be fun to get into BP after listening to me yack about it. I thought for a new one, Lyman or Tradional were probably a good start for under $300. They're deer hunters. Any feed back will help and will past it on. My next step up will be a TC.
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Hacksaw said:
If a TC Hawken is of interest, you can usually find good clean used ones in the $225-$275 range on auctions, and with TC's excellent lifetime warranty regardless if original owner or not, it's a very low risk situation
Big John
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I agree with roundball, t/c is a good choice. Also midsouth shooters[url] supply.com[/url] has a Lyman Great Plains rifle 1:66 twist for $345.00, got one for a friend and it shoots very good.
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Mountain Rifle said:
I check four sites every day...bought and/or sold many times on all of them...
[url] GunBroker.com[/url][url] AuctionArms.com[/url][url] GunsAmerica.com[/url]
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There are no FFL requirements on blackpowder firearms from the Feds...however, 2-3 states have imposed their own layers of oppressive bureaucracy on their citizens requiring it even thought the Federal government does not...states like New Jersey, etc).
A quick reference is the Cabelas catalog...usually in blue print at the bottom on their muzzleloader pages you'll see the states listed that Cabelas must ship to an FFL dealer.
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The barrel is normal, the nipple threads are metric.
Thanks guys. I got one guy looking at a TC at a local shop. 
I did see a cabelas side lock muzzle loader at another sport shop. They cater to the inlines people. This side lock was a kits on consignment. Now I'm new to sidelocks but I could see this rifle is not going to fire. The hammer does not square up to the nipple at all. It was very poorly put together. I brought it to one of guys at the store and explained the problems. He said it on consignment. That I knew I said. I said who ever buys this is going to very unhappy when he fines out that is doesn't work. $129.00 I said for this? He said yes that's right. I wanted to say $25.00 but I didn't. It's just another case of someone will buy it and have a bad feeling about sidelocks. After he has to spend alot of time and money make it work. :cursing: Just had to vent about it.
I did see a cabelas side lock muzzle loader at another sport shop. They cater to the inlines people. This side lock was a kits on consignment. Now I'm new to sidelocks but I could see this rifle is not going to fire. The hammer does not square up to the nipple at all. It was very poorly put together. I brought it to one of guys at the store and explained the problems. He said it on consignment. That I knew I said. I said who ever buys this is going to very unhappy when he fines out that is doesn't work. $129.00 I said for this? He said yes that's right. I wanted to say $25.00 but I didn't. It's just another case of someone will buy it and have a bad feeling about sidelocks. After he has to spend alot of time and money make it work. :cursing: Just had to vent about it.Similar threads
