Unmentionable guns

[52Bore]

You've lost me.

 

[Zonie]

It's just as well.

As the forum rules say, we DO NOT discuss modern muzzleloaders or the people who shoot them here.

 

[coloradoclyde]

You've lost me.

Indeed....PM me if you would like me to explain....Otherwise, the topic is "forbidden" as Zonie has indicated...

 

[Eddie Southgate]

After reading it, I find the subject is not really about unmentionable guns. It is about guns shooting slugs and the long ranges they can fly.

The second reason I don't like the title is, muzzleloaders have been shooting slugs from the 1840's and their guns and bullets are fair game for discussion here on the MLF.

As for using scopes, yes, I agree that special shooting matches for them should be set up if they don't already exist.

Even if special matches are set up for telescopic sights, I think there should also be a "Unlimited" match that allows either type of sights.
This would allow open sight shooters and telescopic sight shooters to compete directly with each other.

Thanks for keeping this topic open.
There are different matches for scoped ML, for the reasons given.
From the recent Book "The History of the NMLRA" it appears scopes have been on Slug guns since the NMLRA started (1933). An early photo looks to be a Unertl (which started in 1934). So, my question: when did scopes/tubes appear on ML?

I think just slightly before the War so before 1860 .

Eddie