who else shoots traditional sidelocks?
I'm curious how many traditional muzzle loader shooters are here, I partly learned to shoot BP from the sticky on the forum.
I've got a CVA mountain rifle .50 flintlock that I built from a kit, and a TC new englander percussion .50 and love em both |
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Shot sidelock muzzle loaders since 1978, still have several, my favorite is a .58 Fraser River Hawken that has killed a pile of critters from partridge to moose and everything in between.
Won the odd match with it as well......:) Cat |
Yup.
50 cal round ball Lymans Great Plains is my weapon of choice. |
We have been shooting BP for years. We both have a couple rifles that we like to pull out from time to time. Its great fun. We also throw knife and 'Hawk
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all I have is a percussion under hammer but I love it
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Yup, spent the last two seasons hunting with a 50 cal traditions flintlock. Hunted with a TC 54 percussion since I built it from a kit back in 1988. Even hunted grouse and rabbits with them loaded with shot.
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I have a few PC's and flinters , 45, 50 54,58 cal and a 13 ga sXs. I realy prefer a flinter, over a PC and prefer the 54 and 58 cal over the 45 and 50's.
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4 for me, 2- 45, 1-50 and a 54. I am looking to add to these if the right one comes along. We have family shoots, spend the day doing it. I also hunt with them. I know it's a soft spot for a few people, but I wish we had more zones and a season just like our bow season.
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Petew got me hooked a few years back.. 32, coupla 50's pc and flint, 12ga pc... Still chasing the dragon..
No honey that's not my gun.. I brought that for the grandson so he can come with us. He likes it.. I think he needs a 62 smooth bore also.. 12g is too much for him.. Leroy |
TC Renegade in.54 is the only one left. At one time I had .32,.45,and .50 cal flintlocks.
.45 cal percussion and a .50 cal double rifle. .45 cal Gonic barrel for my TC Contender .36 and .44 cal percussion revolvers . Fun times . 357 |
I have a .54 Browning mountain rifle that's a lot of fun to shoot patched round balls with, I even took a doe with it one year. My daughter has a .50 Traditions deerhunter - that is if she can pry it from my hands. It's my absolute favorite rifle to shoot and carry in the woods. Loaded with a 385 grain chunk of lead in front of 90 grains of 2F it puts big holes in things!!!
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50 cal lyman gpr flint
50cal cva frontier carbine perc 58 cal pedersolli harpers ferry pistol flint |
12 ga SxS -- fun for ducks and geese. I am not quick enough on the hammers with flushing dogs for upland 45 cal PC - Kentucky --- so far paper and gophers --- next year I will give my in-line a rest and use the 45 early for deer.
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I have a spanish sidelock Hawken, T/C sidelock Carbine and a replica Enfield Tower musketoon, love them all but am waiting for delivery of a CVA Optima smiply due to twist rates. I want to shoot sabotted .452 lead (bought for my 1911) and the traditionals just don't have the right twist rate.
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In shot a.40 sporting rifle once that a friend owned, IIRC the barrel was made by Ron Smith. Bloody accurate for sure!:) Cat |
Is that the CVA kit that I sold you Flieguy? Looks very nice, good job. :)
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I shoot a number of flinters and cap locks, but favorite is a northwest trade gun .62 caliber smoothbore!
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I shoot two Pedersoli Frontier flinters. Ones 32 the other 50
Then theres my TC Hawken with .58 cal Green Mountain barrel and my two Lyman kit builds; .54 cal Plains pistol and Great Plains rifle. They’re a hoot to shoot!! |
My "ole Sparky
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Built her about six years ago. 50 cal, swamped barrel
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.50 Hawken,.54 Renegade with 1-70 Green Mt barrel and a Cherokee .45
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I’ve used it to take gophers, rabbit, moose and I even killed a 150” whitetail back in the day. Fun for sure. Components are tough to find for .45’s now. |
I have a Pedersoli Pennsylvania long rifle in 45 cal and a Pedersoli Kentucky long rifle in 50 cal, both in PC but, I have a Pedersoli Flintlock Kentucky long rifle in 45 cal on order and should be here next week.
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I shoot a .50 inline traditions and love it. But looking for a .62 smooth bore fowler flintlock. Cant seem to find any thing .... heres hoping i can pick something up at the easter show.
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Had a 50 cal Hawkins....385gr hornady on top of 90 gr pyrodex was big game medicine...had....wish I could say have...great rifle....was:(
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