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Tell me about Muzzleloaders
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:19 pm
Looking into purchasing a muzzleloader for primitive weapons Deer season. What’s a decent setup?
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Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:44 pm to choupic
Get a crack barrel.35 whelen or 350 legend. Nobody uses muzzleloaders during primitive hunting season anymore.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 5:53 am to Catahoula20LSU
I use a Muzzleloader for primitive. I usually end up letting everything go, but i still use my Encore, because it is very accurate. Every season, gotta take the turkey barrel off and put the Mzl barrel on.
I shoot handgun bullets in a sabot.
50/45 over 110 grains of triple 7. You really only need 70 to 90 grains
( 45/70). Thats the original 45/70.
I don’t knock the cartridge rifles, but it is a primitive season, and i like the extra work of muzzleloading. Gives you a sense of how hard it was way back. Knowing i’m gonna let most everything walk anyway, i myself see no need to buy yet another modern rifle.
I shoot handgun bullets in a sabot.
50/45 over 110 grains of triple 7. You really only need 70 to 90 grains
( 45/70). Thats the original 45/70.
I don’t knock the cartridge rifles, but it is a primitive season, and i like the extra work of muzzleloading. Gives you a sense of how hard it was way back. Knowing i’m gonna let most everything walk anyway, i myself see no need to buy yet another modern rifle.
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 5:54 am
Posted on 7/10/23 at 7:27 am to choupic
I've killed way more deer with a muzzleloader than my rifle because that's when they rut here and where I've hunted in bama you are limited to primitive. I have a Traditions pursuit G4 ultra lite, I love it. I have also shot Knight disc elite. Climbing trees and hunting woods, anything I see is in range. .50 cal barrel, and I've used. 45 cal bullets with the plastic sabots, it's easy. I do powder but I hunt with guys who do pellets. 209 primers, mine is a crack barrel but the Knight was a bolt style. They are really easy, I think they're fun, and hitting a deer 50 yards away with a 250 to 300 grain bullet is pretty damn effective.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:01 am to choupic
If you hunt in Mississippi or Louisiana, go with a single shot rifle.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:05 am to choupic
I have a Thompson Center Omega in .45 and it is very accurate. I shoot Knight Red Hot sabots in 175 gr in front of 120gr of 777.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:09 am to Barneyrb
i use a TC Omega also. Great gun!! Two 50 gr pellets with a 240 gr hollow point.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 9:30 am to 257WBY
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f you hunt in Mississippi or Louisiana, go with a single shot rifle.
Why ?
Posted on 7/10/23 at 10:49 am to choupic
I have a 50 caliber Thompson Center Hawkens I bought in kit form. Cheap & easy to asemble. I polished all the brass on it. Beautiful gun and is super accurate. Iron sights. I use real black powder. Tuns of smoke but it’s hard to find now. I have killed 3 deer. Have never missed a deer with it.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 10:55 am to EF Hutton
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I don’t knock the cartridge rifles, but it is a primitive season, and i like the extra work of muzzleloading. Gives you a sense of how hard it was way back
That encore with shotgun primers is a far cry from “the way it was back when”.
Get a flintlock if that’s what you want.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:02 am to bbvdd
Naw, it’s primitive enough. I think the inaccuracy of those old guns lead to wounding and loss / waste.
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 11:27 am
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:34 am to 257WBY
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If you hunt in Mississippi or Louisiana, go with a single shot rifle.
I will be hunting southern Mississippi
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:50 am to choupic
I shoot a Lyman Plains Rifle. ........54 Cal. Patch and ball. Double
Set trigger. 90 Grains Pyrodex.
Set trigger. 90 Grains Pyrodex.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 3:10 pm to 257WBY
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single shot rifle.
And a one-eyed dog
Posted on 7/10/23 at 4:21 pm to choupic
I have a Thompson Omega 50cal. 3 50gr pellets and a 250gr shock wave bullet will wreck a deer. It kicks like a mule but whatever it hits isn't going anywhere.
Very accurate.
Very accurate.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 10:40 pm to Catahoula20LSU
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Get a crack barrel.35 whelen or 350 legend. Nobody uses muzzleloaders during primitive hunting season anymore.
Think I’m going this route.
Posted on 7/10/23 at 11:10 pm to choupic
If you’re hunting in Mississippi, you need to buy the primitive license and you can use your regular rifle.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 12:21 am to choupic
+1 for Hawkins style.
Real black powder.
I Teflon tape my nipple threads, melt wax around the percussion cap,and a small nickel shaped piece of electrical tape on the end of the barrel. It will go off after a long hunt in the rain.
Real black powder.
I Teflon tape my nipple threads, melt wax around the percussion cap,and a small nickel shaped piece of electrical tape on the end of the barrel. It will go off after a long hunt in the rain.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:10 am to Deereman9009a
[quote]If you’re hunting in Mississippi, you need to buy the primitive license and you can use your regular rifle.[/quote
according to WLF, I can’t use my normal rifle during primitive hunting season
according to WLF, I can’t use my normal rifle during primitive hunting season
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:21 am to choupic
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ccording to WLF, I can’t use my normal rifle during primitive hunting season
Private land only.
If you’re trying to use it for multiple states you really have to pay attention to the regulations. For instance people just say 35whelen or 350 legend. But in louisiana it has to be single shot exposed hammer 35cal or larger.
Some states don’t allow scopes some states require non metallic cartridges. Just an FYI
Copied from mdwf website below
During any open season on deer with primitive weapons after November 30, a person may use any legal weapon of choice on private lands only, if the person is the title owner of the land, the lessee of the hunting rights on the land, a member of a hunting club leasing the hunting rights on the land, or a guest of a person specified above. If the person is required to have a hunting license, the person must have a primitive weapon license, Sportsman's License, or a Lifetime Sportsman's License.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 8:29 am
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