Your Ideal Hunting Muzzleloader?

And here she is

Samson my Don Bruton 62 cal iron mounted rifle does a right nice job of laying down what I point him at.







Here is Azrael my Joe Schell woodsrunner 62 cal iron mounted rifle. So far he is doing whats requested of him

In my lifetime , I built and used Jager's , longrifles built from Biven's Bicentenial patterns , transition rifles like the Edward Marshal rifle , and my all time favorite, was a late lancaster longrifle , with a 1' oct. ....62 cal. , in 37 " length. Liked this rifle because the .62 is a very accurate cal. , if ya can handle it. Also , the maple stock fell into my hands for free. It was one of the most incredible hunks of wood i've ever seen , and from an estate sale box lot. Each kind of rifle is unique , and since I'm old now , I'm back to an abbreviated .50 long rifle weighing in at just shy of 7 lbs.. Its that , or don't hunt.............oldwood

French Colonial said:

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beautiful piece!

appalichian hunter said:

Which ever one I happen to put bambi on the ground with at the particular time.

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That is kind of the way I am thinking? It is like women,red heads, black heads, blonds and anyother color of hair, I like them all?

for me it's a 20 gauge New England style fowler. I am putting it together now. I bought an early Virginia kit from Jack Garner and screwed up the lock inletting and it finally gave up the ghost. I bought a Tulle stock from Pecatonica and I am using and modifying, as much as I can the parts from my Virginia fowler. The VA shot pretty good, under 5 inches @ 50 yds. I cut the barrel down to 36 inches and will thin out the stock, and slim down the metal to keep it at 7 lbs. or less. Good Lord do you lose strength after 70.

bud in pa said:

for me it's a 20 gauge New England style fowler. I am putting it together now. I bought an early Virginia kit from Jack Garner and screwed up the lock inletting and it finally gave up the ghost. I bought a Tulle stock from Pecatonica and I am using and modifying, as much as I can the parts from my Virginia fowler. The VA shot pretty good, under 5 inches @ 50 yds. I cut the barrel down to 36 inches and will thin out the stock, and slim down the metal to keep it at 7 lbs. or less. Good Lord do you lose strength after 70.

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Please, don't remind me(72) !!

I just ordered a kit form Muzzle Loaders.com It is a Gemmer Clemens Hawken, basically the Investarms GPR! I have an original GPR .50 capper and wanted a Flinter to match. did not have the "scratch" for a Kibler or Chaambers etc, but I built my GPR and have been very pleased with tis performance, looks etc.

Well I dug up a couple more, for what it's worth. And at one time way back I actually favored these two, a .45 and a .62 smoothbore.

hanshi said:

Well I dug up a couple more, for what it's worth. And at one time way back I actually favored these two, a .45 and a .62 smoothbore.

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Like that Smoothie!!!

50 cal (most big box store stuff is 50 and there is a larger variety of bullet choices) percussion that is traditional design but modern materials and finishes

Chrome lined bores or maybe stainless or nitride treated etc Laminate stock or maybe ultra light barrel of thinner steel and carbon fiber wrapped


Until such perfection exists Im fairly confident my CVA 54 can do the job

I do like my 58cal trade gun. I can shoot shot or round ball. I take it squirrel hunting more than deer. I also have a 54cal Lyman trade rifle I like shooting too.

bushytail said:

I do like my 58cal trade gun. I can shoot shot or round ball. I take it squirrel hunting more than deer. I also have a 54cal Lyman trade rifle I like shooting too.

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Geeezzzz, not good to be squirrel where you live!!! : )

Bushfire said:

I would take a fullstock flintlock hawken with wedge pins. Calibre either 54 or 58 in deep slow twist. Curly maple...mmm

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Have one in 54, love it

Snake Pleskin said:

Geeezzzz, not good to be squirrel where you live!!! : )

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Squirrels = Chicken of the Trees

Nothing like wood and steel. MAN !! I like em all.

A great joy in life , is ta' sneak around a thick brushy hard wood forest with a .40 longrifle.

I'm pretty happy with the ones I've got,but,as I have a penchant for the modern representation hawken,and I like smoothbores,what I'd like is a 58 to 72 cal smooth hawken weighing between 6 and 7lb,preferably with interchangeable flint and percussion locks.
That would do me quite nicely

For Bear and Elk in heavy cover, I use the .69 smoothbore. For more open terrain, I use the 1803 in .58. Lucky not to have to dream about the ideal Muzzleloader, I own them. Have a .54 percussion I am working on upgrading, to use in really rainy weather.

SBJ said:

For Bear and Elk in heavy cover, I use the .69 smoothbore. For more open terrain, I use the 1803 in .58. Lucky not to have to dream about the ideal Muzzleloader, I own them. Have a .54 percussion I am working on upgrading, to use in really rainy weather.

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nice set ups