Was wondering what your best deal was acquiring a muzzleloader, be it trade or purchase.
In 1989 I purchased basic modern pistol from a small LGS. I tried liking it, but it just didn't do it for me. At this point I didn't have a muzzleloader and had never shot one. In 1992 I was invited to go shooting with a couple of guys. One guy was a Civil War buff and had what I think was an 1861 Springfield replica. The other guy had a CVA Hawken in .50. I shot them both and was hooked. Funds were tight and I was trying to figure out how I was going to get a muzzleloader, plus whatever supplies I would need. Later that year I end up back at the same small LGS and sitting in the rack is a used .54 GPR. I forget the price, but it was more than what I could scrape up at the time. I asked him if he would take a trade and he said maybe. I went home, got the little used modern pistol, and took it back. His eyes lit up and he said sure. Then he pulled out the box of accessories that came with the GPR that he had also taken in trade. Balls, conicals, patches, jags, nipples, other ramrod attachments. We did a straight trade and we were both happy. I've acquired other muzzleloaders since then, but the GPR is still around. Need to take it out more than I do.
In 1989 I purchased basic modern pistol from a small LGS. I tried liking it, but it just didn't do it for me. At this point I didn't have a muzzleloader and had never shot one. In 1992 I was invited to go shooting with a couple of guys. One guy was a Civil War buff and had what I think was an 1861 Springfield replica. The other guy had a CVA Hawken in .50. I shot them both and was hooked. Funds were tight and I was trying to figure out how I was going to get a muzzleloader, plus whatever supplies I would need. Later that year I end up back at the same small LGS and sitting in the rack is a used .54 GPR. I forget the price, but it was more than what I could scrape up at the time. I asked him if he would take a trade and he said maybe. I went home, got the little used modern pistol, and took it back. His eyes lit up and he said sure. Then he pulled out the box of accessories that came with the GPR that he had also taken in trade. Balls, conicals, patches, jags, nipples, other ramrod attachments. We did a straight trade and we were both happy. I've acquired other muzzleloaders since then, but the GPR is still around. Need to take it out more than I do.