Yup, all the time. I have a TC 54 cal persuasion cap, and a 50 cal traditions flintlock. Shot deer and moose with the 54 and deer and grouse with the flintlock. I shoot shot loads using a 50 cal sabot as a shot cup for grouse.
My advice, tape up the muzzle, use bee's wax or nail polish to seal the primer to the nipple, put wax paper between the patch and the powder, and don't get the rifle warm in cold weather. With care I can leave a load in for a week and still count on it going off.
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If the good lord didnt want me to ride a four wheeler with no shirt on, then how come my nipples grow back after every wipeout?
Not on a regular basis anymore but at one time side lock rifles were all I used.
Still regularly hunt pheasants with a side lock muzzle loader however.
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Anytime I figure I've got this long range thing figured out, I just strap into the sling and irons and remind myself that I don't!
Who hunts with a side lock?
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