I understand RoundBalls position, but not his ill-tempered comments. Brass furniture is something of concern when enemy PEOPLE might see the flash. I have found no problem with flashing spooking game. Dont mix the two concerns.
I am sure it has happened, but deer rely more on their sense of smell, and sense of hearing, to warn them of danger, than their eye sight. Brass can also be " dulled" by wiping it with a dirty cleaning patch, then cleaned up and polished after the hunt with any household copper cleaner, or by making a mix of citric acid(lemon juice) and salt to wipe the brass.
I join RB in stating that I would never choose a iron mounted rifle solely because of concerns about flashes and reflections during a hunt. With all the debris we find out in the open lands these day, from plastic bags, to pull tops from aluminum cans, and water bottles, there are enough things that "Flash" at animals in the wild every day that they simply don't associate a flash with danger, much at all.
If they see large movement with the flash, now you have a problem! Large anything that moves scares them. On the other hand, sit yourself down in front of a large tree, as Roundball does when he hunts, so that the tree breaks up your outline, and you can use the shiniest rifle you can afford to shoot deer that come to you. :thumbsup:
My Tennessee Poor boy flintlock has iron(steel) furniture, but only because I believed then it was more traditional in that form than those with brass. :hmm: I had already hunted enough to know what bothered game.
