What is your favorite era of muzzleloading?

[Russ T Frizzen]

I like the period roughly 1400 AD to the present. Muzzleloaders Forever!!!!! Excluding the stainless and plastic in-line abominations of course.

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

My favorite era is the Colonial Flintlock era but it wasn't always.

When I was a kid living in Utah I spent a lot of time in the woods. One day I saw the movie the Mountain Men and that was it! I became fascinated with the guns, skills and accoutrements they had in order to survive in the wilderness. I put a few CVA percussion kits together, made a fur hat and moccasins and and started attending Rendezvous.

Now days I live in Kentucky and became so fascinated with the Colonial era, Longhunters, Frontiersman, and explorers that entered into this area before it was settled. I love to experiment and improve my skills building and shooting Flintlock rifles and smoothbores. Using the tools, accoutrements and clothing they might have used. Hunting and cooking the meat and other food of the era on a campfire I made with flint and steel.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

1780's in Kentucky--Ohio area....

 

[granth]

I love it all! I'm most interested in pre-flintlock ignition systems (matchlock, wheellock, snaphaunce, etc). Out of those, matchlocks are probably my favorite due to their historical significance and simple mechanism.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Uhhhh....gee. Lemme think on it.

 

[30coupe]

Like many here, I started with a TC Hawken kit. It really only fits the 1980ish period though. I then picked up a Pedersoli Frontier in .32 caliber. It's a blast to shoot and my grandsons love it! It's a tack driver, has zero recoil, and they still get that big puff of white smoke! I'm pushing 70 and have arthritis in my ankles, knees, back and shoulders, so packing the Hawken got to be a chore unless I was just hunting out of the blind, so I acquired a .45 cal. Pedersoli Kentucky, which is my current favorite. All are percussion, so I guess that's my favorite. I've never fired a flintlock, but I'm sure drooling over a .45 cal. SMR from Kibler. With the economy the way it is right now, though, it will probably remain a dream.

 

[sturmkatze]

Things that have Flints to make them go boom

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Percussion schuetzen, slug gun and picket rifles interest me most.

Joseph do you shoot slug and picket rifles?

 

[tenngun]

Did you all watch the Mike Beliver Duelist 54 you tube channel?
The man makes me so jealous!!!!!
He has everything and the outfit to match from Fand I to WW one. And seemingly the time to enjoy them all
And to add insult to injury he gets paid to do it
Oh the injustice!!!!!

 

[sheriff john]

Depends on the weather and what I want to do on that day. Flint fowler and rifles for fun. Percussion in rain, snow, and serious business. Shotguns of both types for small game. Eclectic with too many sitting around to have a favorite. It's all fun.

 

[Africa58double]

Early American Jaeger esk certainly are neat.

 

[Josephg]

Joseph do you shoot slug and picket rifles?

When the opportunity arises I sure do. Unfortunately all matches of that sort have stopped at Cody. I'm ready though should a match pop up somewhere. I use a slug gun or picket rifle at Glasgow MT every August. They have no limits on the type of rifle to be used in the ML match.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

We still shoot them at Canal Fulton. On Sept 25th we have a muzzleloader vs cartridge match: always a lot of fun. I shoot slug and picket rifles.

 

[Josephg]

I'd like to make it over there some day. 1950 miles is a long expensive trip these days. With my knees I have a hard time driving any distance.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

1780's in Kentucky.....

 

[Mike in FL]

Pre American Revolution, early 1750s. I gotta get a rifle to fit that era.