Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
This community needs YOUR help today. We rely 100% on Supporting Memberships to fund our efforts. With the ever increasing fees of everything, we need help. We need more Supporting Members, today. Please invest back into this community. I will ship a few decals too in addition to all the account perks you get.
Friends, our 2nd Amendment rights are always under attack and the NRA has been a constant for decades in helping fight that fight.
We have partnered with the NRA to offer you a discount on membership and Muzzleloading Forum gets a small percentage too of each membership, so you are supporting both the NRA and us.
Looking to get my first smoothbore and wanted to know if normal birdshot is ok to use in a muzzloader or does it need to be pure lead shot? I wanted to buy a bag of #6 but wanted to check beforehand. Any info would be great.
Looking to get my first smoothbore and wanted to know if normal birdshot is ok to use in a muzzloader or does it need to be pure lead shot? I wanted to buy a bag of #6 but wanted to check beforehand. Any info would be great.
The cheapest is lead. If you want to use copper coated, or such, yes it works fine, but a lot of shooting might mess with some black powder barrels. I've even used actual steel BB's, but I don't recommend it. I lucked out and found some lead #2 shot..., can't use it for waterfowl but it hammers squirrels.
No, it won't cause any harm to your barrel. The Magnum shot has 2-3% more antimony in it, making it harder and less susceptible to deforming. Less deformation = better patterns.