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    Couple of Questions to ask

    I would like to use whatever Flintlock I buy for White Tail Deer hunting in Maryland's neck of Appalachia. Nothing bigger than deer. What caliber is best suited .45, .50 or .54 ?
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    Couple of Questions to ask

    The shop owner shined a green light down the barrel and let me look with his videoscope. The .50 renegade has the worst inside but its not bad just some dirt and other gunk like dried up oil at the bottom. The .45 and the .54s look nice the shop owner just sent me a video of the .45's bore and...
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    Couple of Questions to ask

    What is a better choice the .45, .50 or the .54 ? The Renegade or the Hawken ? They all are similar in price so I wouldnt mind spending the extra $100-$150.
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    Couple of Questions to ask

    Lonaconing, Maryland
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    Couple of Questions to ask

    First off I would like to thank everyone who has shed a bit of their knowledge and their well worded opinions on my posts as it has helped a lot. My first question is about getting a starter rifle. I found another gun shop about 30 minutes away that is very cheap compared to the usual local...
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    Looking at getting ahold of a squirrel rifle

    What is a good price for a Dixie Rifle like that ? The price is negotiable with the store.
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    Looking at getting ahold of a squirrel rifle

    Do they still produce that rifle or is it out of production ?
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    Looking at getting ahold of a squirrel rifle

    Is it better quality than a Thompson Center ? I was figuring on buying a Hawken Flintlock and just swapping barrels. However the rifle is only $300 more than just the one barrel I am lookin at. Also is there any benefit to that long barrel on the Dixie compared to a short one ? I would think the...
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    Looking at getting ahold of a squirrel rifle

    $900 cash price $1200 CC the store owner says its unfired the T/C barrel is only $350 also unfired in original Green Mountain box.
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    Looking at getting ahold of a squirrel rifle

    I want to get a rifle for small game preferrably flintlock. That being said I see their are mainly two calibers people are using that being .32 and .36 caliber. Does anyone prefer one over the other ? Local gunshop by me has a .32 Caliber Dixie Gun Works Tennessee Mountain Flintlock Rifle and a...
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    Looking at some rifles

    Last time I posted was December of last year. I was looking at some rifles and most of them sold before I made my decision and when I finally did make a decision on the rifle I wanted the store owner said the seller raised his price cause it was being sold on consignment... it was way too high...
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    Need some assitance with my first flintlock choice

    Thanks for the pictures. Both of the rifles based off the picture you linked show that they have the old lock. Would that mean the rifles arent worth the price ?
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    Need some assitance with my first flintlock choice

    In my local shop there are two T/C Hawken Muzzleloaders. Both are flintlock and 28" Barrel. One is .45 caliber and the other is .54 caliber. Both rifles are in an 8/10 condition. They look excellent down the bore but the price has me halted. The .45 Hawken is $500 and the .54 Hawken is $600. The...
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    Trying to make a decision

    Update on this post I haggled him around to $350 and he said he'd have to take a day or two to think it over. He tried to sell me a Sam River flintlock Hawken rifle in .62 caliber but it was awkward and heavy (12lb rifle) and i have 200 .490 round balls and a mix or .010"/.015" patches so I want...
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    Trying to make a decision

    Hey all I posted on the forum about a week ago about trying to find a nice rifle in .50 caliber and I want a flintlock. That being said a local shop has a Thompson Center Pennsylvania Hunter Flintlock .50 caliber. The Pennsylvania hunter is $475 which is in my budget but the shop owner said that...
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    New to the group I guess you can say

    Thompson Center appears alot on this forum will definitely look into them. I did a forum search of Thompson Center and they are mentioned everywhere here. Got any ideas for a cheap shotgun for squirrel and turkey ? I see guys selling them here for $2k mind you they look like mint condition...
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    New to the group I guess you can say

    I have never been taught how to use a muzzleloader nor how to be accurate with it. My father passed when I was 11 and grandfather when I was 9 so I never got that lesson passed down to me. My mother sold their rifles off long ago. That being said my friend got some rifles from his uncle and they...
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    New member for Maryland

    Just joined today from Little Orleans, Maryland (Allegany County). Hoping to learn some things about muzzleloading as I have no experience nor have I ever been taught. Fired a flintlock and a percussion rifle a couple of weeks ago and have been shootin em day in day out with my friend (wish they...
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