What was your first Muzzleloader?

[oldwood]

1971........Cobbled together a 1862 Springfield .58 rifled musket from some original parts , and some repro parts. ........oldwood

 

[Dale Lilly]

Mid 50s [no... not 1850s]. Bought a piece of imported JUNK that any 12 year old could have built in shop. Shot it a few times and gave it to a friend for over his fireplace. Good riddance! Polecat

 

[Dale Lilly]

First muzzleloader? It was a International Arms, "Kentuckian" flintlock in .44 caliber. It was made in Italy.
When I bought it back in 1970, it was the only low cost rifle that looked to be well made besides a T.C. Hawken and I couldn't afford one of those.
At the same time that I bought the Kentuckian, I also bought a steel frame Colt 1851 in .44 caliber. (Yes, I know that combination was never made by Colt).
When I mentioned my newly bought guns to a friend at work he said, "Hey! I've got a pound of black powder I don't have a use for. I'll bring it in for you." and, he did. It turned out to be a old can of DuPont 3Fg and it got me off and running in my newly discovered hobby.

My first wife [deceased] had a Kentuckian. Sweet gun. Polecat

 

[TScottW99]

1985 CVA Hawken type rifle that my parents bought me for Christmas.

 

[Dave Dworshak]

cva mountain rifle .45 kit around 1980. still use it.

 

[broadarrow]

Pedersoli Kentucky rifle .50cal in percussion the model number S213

 

[flintlock75]

I was given a custom Kentucky style flint rifle, .44 cal. I was 8 years old, my dad got me powder and supplies and the Lyman black powder book, got hooked , then the bi centennial came and there was no going back, shot my first deer with it when I was 9.

 

[R Ellis]

Late 70 ish H&A 50 hawken

 

[david w]

My first was a T/C Hawken kit I put together in 1976.

 

[mushka]

Seems a lot of us started the hobby real young. Not me especially but I started shooting at a real young age. Young kids don't grow up as we did and don't do the fun things that we did I don't think. Too many modern day distractions and crummy kids programming.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

Seems a lot of us started the hobby real young. Not me especially but I started shooting at a real young age. Young kids don't grow up as we did and don't do the fun things that we did I don't think. Too many modern day distractions and crummy kids programming.

I get that as well…lots of grey beards in here…

 

[recurvebill]

T.C. Hawken , .50 cal ,kit ! Wife got it for me after i made a comment about shooting my "06" across a canyon to kill a deer as kinda un-sporting ! Some gun-shop dealer told her this would up the competition !! He was right , and i still have and hunt with that .50 ! LUV IT !!

 

[2 shots]

like many here. a c.v.a. kentucky kit.45

 

[brotherlloyd]

Investarms Hawken 50 cal. in the 80's

 

[3 trees]

1973, 45 cal, Hunter by H&R. My father bought me the rifle, a pound of powder and a bullet mold!! Its been all down hill since!

 

[brotherlloyd]

2nd a miroku brown bess i still turkey hunt with this one

 

[JackP]

1972, a .45 cal. Spanish made Kentucky pistol kit. $35.00, still got it.

 

[n3wyu]

like many here. a c.v.a. kentucky kit.45

Me too. I got mine from JC Penneys in percussion only to find out that in pa you couldn't use it in muzzleloader season because it wasn't considered a primitive weapon, it had to be a flintlock. Look at how things have changed

 

[Buckskinquin]

Bought a raffle ticket that had guns for prizes. Looked the list over and a 54 Hawken was listed, really the only gun I was interested in. Your number had to match the daily 3 numbers drawn in NYS. Sure enough, my number got drawn for that gun. But when I went to pick it up, was given a 50 cal., 25th Anniversary TC Hawken, Sweet! Found a BP Club near me and the rest is history. Won a gun, but found a lifelong hobby.

 

[Rodd Boyer]

TC Renegade in .50 percussion. My mother got it for me Christmas after watching Jeremiah Johnson and babbling about the movie for a couple months!