Black Powder?

[JiminMaine]

Does this one count? 1812 Harper's Ferry, I've only shot it once.

 

[Glenn R. McMannly]

Does this one count? 1812 Harper's Ferry, I've only shot it once.
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Beautiful firelock, pard!

 

[mtgianni]

I put together a TC Hawken kit in 50 caliber about 1980. I shoot it off and on but not nearly as much as when I lived in Idaho with a special season. I bought a 54 cal bbl a few years back and play with it as well. Been through several single shot pistols but they are gone now.

 

[6string]

Love black powder!
Great stuff, and a great way to break free of the corporate greed and planned handloading component shortages that are ruining the modern firearm industry. You can, and should, try to become as self reliant and resourceful to make or source everything you need.

I would love to find a muzzleloading/black powder club. Muzzleloading success places a premium on marksmanship skills.
One club I belonged to used to host a black powder muzzleloader vs modern/bolt action offhand match. The muzzleloader guys always won!

Black powder shooting is also a great way to mix in other skills and interests, be it gunsmithing, woodworking, reloading.
Clean up is straighforward. Sure, you gotta do it promptly, but it’s not like you have to fight it.

So many posts here nail home some great points. I just love the workmanship and artistry of the handmade muzzleloaders you guys have!

 

[tomahawk223]

Been shooting black since I put together my Hopkins and Allen Minuteman flintlock back in H.S. It's been carried a lot over the years and I've taken a few deer with it. Had restocked and the lock replaced so the only original part is the barrel. It's the middle rifle in the rack.

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The top flintlock is J. Turpin made beauty that I swapped an old Winchester 94 for a few years ago. Both rifles are 45 caliber and I shoot a .440" diameter RB with .010" patch in both. The longer barreled H&A uses 90 gr FFG, the Turpin, 60.
Here's a couple closeups of the Turpin.
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The old H&A weighs in at around 11 pounds. The Turpin is under 7. And boy, does that make a difference when out hunting.
The percussion rifle is a 45 caliber TC Hawken, and shoots the same ball and patch combo as the other two.
They are fun shooting and I don't find it a bother cleaning them up.

John

I bought about 6 Hopkins and Allen kits when they were in Hawthorne NJ back in the early 80's, It was run by Hank Goodman. still have all of them.

 

[jakerudy]

I haven't shot muzzleloader for many years but do have fun with this one. May take it deer hunting this year. Rolling Block custom in .50-90.

 

[arjay]

I have a 45 caliber rifle I built from a tc kit back in the 80s.I shot it a lot and even took a rabbit with it.I didn’t draw a tag that year and took up bow hunting instead.It’s been sitting in my closet for a long time

 

[Stickgunner]

 

[Stickgunner]

 

[22lrfan]

I haven's shot my .50 TC Renegade in probably 30 years. The only black power I shoot now are cartridge guns. These are trapdoors, .50-70 on top and a pair of .45-70's. The bottom one is a Remington rolling block in .43 Spanish. It has the slip on recoil pad because I had been shoot it prior to taking it deer hunting. The metal buttplate is painful.



I also load .45LC black powder rounds for this 1881 SAA.

 

[Muley Gil]

My first centerfire rifle was a .43 Spanish carbine like the one shown above. I traded it towards a .30-40 Krag.

 

[Matt_X]

Pedersoli repro Short Land Service musket.
Reminder that I need to get the lock worked on. This one not as carefully made a the older ones we had at work. Still the most fun to shoot as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Stickgunner]

Pedersoli repro Short Land Service musket.
Reminder that I need to get the lock worked on. This one not as carefully made a the older ones we had at work. Still the most fun to shoot as far as I'm concerned.
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Great pic, we typically see images with smoke as an after affect, but when the cap or pan is firing, those are much cooler in my mind.