You can only have one muzzeloader and your heading to the hills

[roundball]

"...I do not like the smooth bore because you can only shoot 50yds..."

Where in the world did you come up with that (incorrect) gem of information???

Well how far do you limit yourself with your smoothie? From what I get they are only accurat out to 50yds. How far doese everyone shoot thier smoothbore?

So you've never shot one yourself.
Every one of my muzzleloaders, regardless of caliber, rifled or smooth are zeroed at 50yds...I know where to hold in the rare chance I ever get a shot in the 75-100 yd range...longest deer kill I've ever had with a sidelock was only 70yds.

 

[Runner]

A double barrel 12 guage caplock with cylinder bores. Ball in left tube and a load of sixes in the right. If big bears were the quarry, hard roundballs in both barrels!

 

[BS]

"...I do not like the smooth bore because you can only shoot 50yds..."

Where in the world did you come up with that (incorrect) gem of information???

Well how far do you limit yourself with your smoothie? From what I get they are only accurat out to 50yds. How far doese everyone shoot thier smoothbore?

So you've never shot one yourself.
Every one of my muzzleloaders, regardless of caliber, rifled or smooth are zeroed at 50yds...I know where to hold in the rare chance I ever get a shot in the 75-100 yd range...longest deer kill I've ever had with a sidelock was only 70yds.

Good hunter's get close, so a smoothie would do just fine!

 

[blacksmithshoppe]

Yeah I always seem to be out of line anyway

Better "Out of Line" than "In-Line" :winking:

Bruce:
Thats a good one, i'll give you two points for that,
Jeff

 

[mashaffer]

I would take a brace of 75 caliber smoothbore pistols with 12" barrels. Since they are smaller I get two. :winking:

mike

 

[Slamfire]

I don't have one of them .62 smoothies, so I'll have to take my .56 Renegade. :shake:

 

[1SHOT1KILL]

Savage 10ML-II .50 caliber. Can be loaded down or up, to handle everything from ground squirrels to grizzly bear. :thumbsup:

 

[Rebel]

He asked if you could only have 1 MUZZLELOADER. That smokeless, sabot shooting Savage doesn't qualify.

 

[Walks Alone]

1shot1kill - that kind of firearm is not discussed here.

Since I don't have a smoothie, probably the Renegade 54 if I could also carry the 12GA barrel I have for it. Otherwise one of the 45's for a do-all.

 

It would be my .54 Green Mountain Pedersoli I just bought.

 

[1SHOT1KILL]

Sorry. If it had to traditional, I would pick up my Lyman .50 cal Trade Rifle.

 

[Raynor]

It would be one of my .62 caliber smooth rifles, flinter of course. :winking:

 

[jethro224]

If yer gonna give me one, I'll take a 10 gauge side x side. If I gotta bring one I already own, I'll take my .56 Renegade smoothbore.

 

[rabbit03]

My big 58 Hawken,

It's tough enough (time tested in the Rocky's) big enough caliber to take on anything there and still have plenty of balls to the pound.

I guess I could always have a little shot on hand and stuff some wasp nest in there to seal it up! That is if I wanted to eat a grouse instead of deer.

rabbit03

 

Of the firearms I own, my 54 cal. Hawken or Leman in the same caliber. If I were outfitting new....there's much to be said for that 10 bore double....

Vic

 

[Parzifal]

My 1 st Model bess, 2-4 lbs of shot/50 loose balls of .715 cal, 2 lbs of ffg ,fully packed cartridge box w/ preloaded paper cartridges,20 flints and a sharp bayonet."and a Well stocked cleaning kit'

Am I the only one who would take a bess with them to the hills?

 

[MercerLake]

:hmm: :grin: Of course I'd do like I do most days, reach for my .62 Zephyr, grab some shot/wads/FFg/patches and rB. Be able to take on anything from grouse to Griz if need be. We have grouse/deer/elk and black bear here in Oregon and a 62 rifled or smoothbore will handle all of them.MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL:thumbsup:

 

[highbrow]

58 cal long stock Hawken flinter. Has already accounted for deer and elk. And it's the only one I have. :grin:

 

[Brasilikilt]

My 1 st Model bess, 2-4 lbs of shot/50 loose balls of .715 cal, 2 lbs of ffg ,fully packed cartridge box w/ preloaded paper cartridges,20 flints and a sharp bayonet."and a Well stocked cleaning kit'

Am I the only one who would take a bess with them to the hills?

I certainly would take my bess into the hills!
Of course I would want to finish staining the stock and put it back together first

As much as I love my .45 Kentucky rifle, it's hard to beat the versatility of a smoothbore!

With the ability to take a moose, or a squirrel, I certainly wouldn't feel under-armed with my bess!

 

[RiverRat]

I second the 28ga smooth rifle!