What's Your Muzzleloader Set Up For This Season?

[Swamprat]

Thompson Center Renegade .56 cal, with 80 grains FFg, behind patched round ball.

VERY nice. I mean uugghh terrible gun. I'll give ya $100 and a 30pk of bud light for it. Lol.

Very nice.

 

Nick

[Rusty]

Thompson Center Renegade 

 

That's what I have and the kids keep saying, wouldn't it be cool to kill a deer with Dad's old gun.  What the heck, I'm not that old.    

Edited November 16, 2017 by Rusty

[tcook8296]

Remington 700 Ultimate Muzzleloader with a 4-14x50 VX3L.

[Droptine 26]

Knight MK-95 54 cal. Leupold ultimate slam 3-9X40. 95grns Blackhorn 209 with a Barnes MZ 325 grn bullet.

[Tarhunt]

My Pop's T/C Encore .50cal. 72 grains of Blackhorn 209 using Hornady XTP 250 grain hollow point. I use CCI Magnum shotshell primers. Shoots dead on at 125 yards.

[230jhp]

I have (4) muzzleloaders. Which one I use depends on where I am hunting.

1> T/C Triumph, Bushnell 1-4x scope with a circular reticle; (2) White Hots; Crush rib sabots with .45 cal 240grain JHP pistol bullets

2> T/C Black Diamond with 4X Simmons scope (same load as Triumph)

3> Traditions .50 cal flintlock Tennessee rifle;open sights;.495 diameter patched swaged round ball; 70 grains black powder

4> Bell-Perc .50cal cap lock Hawken rifle;open sights (same load as the flintlock)

 

I am highly motivated to take a deer with the flintlock.

Edited November 17, 2017 by 230jhp

[Chrissk]

T/C Omega 50 cal. Nikon Omega 3x9

130 gr 777

250gr shockwaves

[vdep217]

T.v. impact 100grn pyrodex 240 grain lead shockwave 3x9 Bushnell banner

[Farmshine]

Remington 700 Ultimate Muzzleloader with a 4-14x50 VX3L. 20160109_130447.jpg

Beautiful gun! I had my eyes on that set up but I couldn’t part ways with the $$$$.

 

 

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[nmc02]

I got two....knight ultra light w leupold. 120 of blackhorn & 290 grain barnes. 2nd set up....TC omega w nikon. 120 of blackhorn & 300 grain power belt platinum bullet

[Bill from NJ]

I don't know how you guys can shoot that modern stuff?

 

With scopes, powder pellets, sabots, blah, blah, blah........

 

Sounds as bad as (cough, cough) using "Training Wheels" on a bow.

 

It takes skill my boy, skill.

 

What fun is it, where is the raw sportsmanship, where is the dedication to practice day after day to gain and acquire your skills of marksmanship?

 

I enjoy hunting on an even ground with the critter. 

 

An example: Pull the trigger in the quiet woods..... You only hear just the sound of "a metallic Click".

 

The deer looks up and bounds away. Lessons learned.

 

This teaches me to thoroughly follow through, and perform the proper skills necessary to have a "Boom" not just a click.

 

Same with Archery. The compound has a very flat trajectory compared to a longbow or recurve.

 

An example: using a flat trajectory .270 verses a 45-70.

 

Release the arrow.... only to have the arrow hit a branch and deflect off into the abyss.

 

The learning curve is the same.

 

Oh well, I'll just keep my old ways. I don't do change very well.

 

Speaking of which:

 

Here are a few old school type rifles I have and enjoy throughout the year.

 

A couple of Fifty's in cap lock and Flint. (Hawken, Renegade, and Scout)

A Forty-Five, cap lock.(Hawken)

Two Smooth Bore .56 cal. Used as a 28 gauge shotgun or throw a heavy lead ball. 20" barrel shown past page, and 27 barrel standard with double set triggers. (Renegade)

Pistols and Revolvers mostly in Forty-Five caliber, among other miscellaneous calibers thrown in.

 

 

 

 

 

[Codaboy]

T/C Triumph is topped off with a Leupold VX-II, 3-9x40, with one piece Tally mounts, two pellets of Triple 7 Magnum, and a 250gr. Barnes T-E, with the Tactacam 4.0

 

 

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Tc omega stainless 50 cal 120 grains of 777 and a 250 grain tc shockwave leupold vxlll 2x7

 

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[B B]

CVA Acurra MR thanks to LPJR and Jim Beam.

[Thunderchicken]

T/C Omega

[Farmshine]

CVA Acura with 3x9 Leupold

 

 

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