I have three muzzleloaders. I use a TC Omega 50 cal. inline for the early muzzleloader season. My TC Hawken 45 cal and Traditions 50 cal flintlocks I use for the primitive muzzleloader season. All shoot well and I have taken deer with both the inline and flintlock.

i have tc blackdiamond and the tc bone collector both 50 cal

I have a hawkins 54 cal and a tridition 50 cal

I differ to the whateryashootin topic since it is 3 pages long of useful info

What guns? I aint go no guns.

Me neither but they are all 50 cal.

T/C firehawk chambered in 54 cal.

Traditions Pursuit XLT .50 cal topped with Nikon Omega.

I shoot a Thompson Center Renegade I bought new in 1986 or was it 84.  I recently bought a Thompson Center New Englander.  I still pack the Renegade though.

I have a hawkins 50 cal
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I have two Optima Pros, 1 in .45cal and one in .50cal. I also have a CVA .50cal Hawkin, a CVA Hunter Bolt in.50cal., a TC Seneca in .45cal. and a Numrich Arms Kentucky Long Rifle in .45cal. Four of them are scoped and they all shoot great and I have taken deer with all of them.

I use any muzzleloader that happens to strike my fancy, the morning of the hunt. I have flintlocks, percussion models, fast twist, slow twist, moderate twist rifles, lots of inlines, scoped and without scopes. I have long barrel, even several carbines for trees and stalking. So it depends on where I decide to hunt, the terrain the am going to hunt, the style I want to hunt, and the weather I will face. My favorite rifles are my White Inline rifles that shoot large conical bullets. Deadly accurate and can plant a deer real fast. I also like my flintlocks. For some reason I enjoy using a roundball and a flintlock. I have no fears of the stories and advise professional writers have claimed of the roundball being inefficient and not a good deer load except at short distances.. no one ever told my rifles they could not handle the job.

But my plans at this point are...

So if opening day is nice and sunny, it will be a Lyman Great Plains HUNTER model with the 1-32 twist. I will be shooting 80 grains of Goex 2f since it is a flintlock, and be using a 295 grain powerbelt. Why the powerbelt.. they are very accurate and I want to see for myself (if the opportunity presents itself) why some people hate powerbelts. I intend on taking a high percentage shot, behind the shoulder, and see just what the rifle and projectile can do. I will be hunting from a ground blind in the marsh.

If the weather is nasty, I will be out in the wood with my White Bison .504 caliber. It will be loaded with 80 grains of Triple Seven 2f and a 460 grain Bull Shop flat nose conical bullet. The rifle is an inline, has a 4x32mm Simmons Pro Diamond scope, and uses a #11 ignition system. I will be hunting along the edge of the marsh where shots are 50 yards and under, and when or if the shot presents itself, will plant my buck with a high shoulder shot. I will be in a tree stand watching where they cross the creek.

I have a CVA optima in 50cal love it.

I have a .45 cal CVA magbolt 150.  My buddy got it for me when I got back from Iraq and never even shot it until last year.  It is fairly accurate but is a royal pain to clean.  Maybe this year I can get a deer with it .

Traditions Pursuit Pro .50cal. Straight shooter. Love it.

T/C Pro Hunter stainless/synthetic thumb hole in .50 with a Leupold 3-9x40 Ultimate Slam scope on top. I also use a T/C Renegade in .54 for late season when I have some meat in the freezer already.

Have a CVA wolf in 50 cal. With 90 grains of 777 and T/C pro hunter 350 grain bullets. Very accurate! Went out on my first black powder season this year and took a large dry cow. Very happy with it's performance.

I've got a .50cal Cva st. Lois Hawkens and a TC New Englander in .54 Cal. Now I'm looking for Layman Trade Rifle next probably in .54 cal and would like it to be a flintlock.

I use an old Knight disc extreme first magnums they put out with the greenfield barrel she may be old but I know what she likes and its one deadly accurate muzzleloader with the Nikon BDC scope on it.

I have Ruger 77/50 and a T/C Hawken .45 and have killed deer with both of them.

i have TC Omega .50 cal as well and got my first deer with it last year. toped with the Nikon Omega BDC shooting HP powerbelts and 100 gr. of powder also added a slig and a limbsaver replacment butt pad

I have an Early Lancaster  .54 caliber rifle with a swap out 28 gauge smooth barrel. I do about 85% of all my shooting activities with Lorraine. I built her in 1994. I've taken 13 deer, six bucks with her. I'm getting ready to take her out next week here in PA.

I have a Thompson Center 45 cal. Hawken I really like but I use a Remington 700 ML in 50 cal. topped with a Leupold Super Slam It is a magmum but I onlly use 2 777 pellets under a Thompson Center 250 grain Shockwave. Used it this season for another buck, this one a tall 9 point.

I use a TC Renegade caplock .54 loaded with 85gr 2F GOEX BP.

I have 2 I use now both Whites a .504 Whitetaile Hunter using a No Excuse 465gr bullet over 92 gr of Piro. P and a .451 Super 91 using NE 460 bullet over 80 gr of Piro P.
If the better half doesn't have the Whitetail I do, I like the scope on that one better.

I own a Knight Disc Extreme and love it .It is a very accurate ml.

Taureau noir

Just sighted in my new Traditions 50cal Woodsman

Waiting on my 32cal Traditions Crockett this I will use for small game hunting

 

Two Hawkens,one a CVA .54 1n66,TC .50 1n28,five by Knight rifles
one Savage 10ML
one Rem 700ML
can you tell that I like muzzleloading?Started in 1980 with the TC Hawken.

Posted By ghunter on 22 Oct 2011 07:45 PM
I have a CVA optima in 50cal love it.

Me to! and its responsible for lots of freezer fillings!  I also pack my CVA Gamester Hawken .54.....

Lyman .54 GPR with prb, T/C .50 Thunderhawk or a CVA .50 Staghorn with Hornady GreatPlains 385 gr. Took a community ed class in Wis about 20 yrs ago and bought first rifle 18 yrs ago and could never get it to shoot very well for me. Then a turn barrel fifty at Cabela's man was that heavy sold it bought a CVA inline shot several deer with it then sold it, bought another one gave it to a missionary/pastor friend. Won a NAHC "click and win" A&H inline was nice to the eye but poor performace. Traded A&H for T/C and CVA we still us. Bought a .45 CVA mountian rifle and traded it for GPR. 5" of fresh snow hope to hunt after Church tomorrow.

Remington 700ML with 12 notches

I use a TC hawken 45 with a simmons scope, love it, I retired my CVA kit kentucky 45 except for target, use only black powder in rifle, use clean shot in my cap&ball revolvers.I started useing a drop tube this year & no more flyers.

I just bought myself a CVA Wolf 50 cal. along with a Konus 3-9x40 scope over the weekend, been told they are straight shooters and can't wait to start using it.

I have a percussion TC Hawken .50 cal that I use for deer in Ohio gun season and muzzle loader. Come Spring Turkey I will have a nice, Navy Arms Double 12 ga. black powder to use for turkeys!

The Savage, the ML I and ML II. It can and will out perform any other MZ loader except one that is custom made to handle such pressures.

I use the original Knight Disc rifle (50 cal) and I love it. Thought about trading it off several times but nothing fits me like it does and I just can't get myself to get rid of it. Shoots great and I have a Tasco Accu Dot red dot scope on top.

Knight MK-85 50 CAL OPEN SIGHTS IS HOW I DO IT....love that gun it was my fathers and shoots great

.50 cal. T/C Omega. Love it.

A member 25-30 yrs. that does not have one, I'll be willing to give him(her) my 50 cal Hawken(beautiful). Got to old(or sorry) to go around boiling a barrel like I did for 30 yrs. Did get it tapped for a scope, but dealing with the scope and the boiling water, got to me. I could shoot the arse end of a beer can at 100yrds with the open sights. My eyes went to heelll, and I just can't see that gun just sitting idle.

terneral that is a most generous offer that I am sure someone will take you up on. I know personally what you are saying. In my case I have a 70 yr old body but only 1 1/2 yr old eyes. I too was losing vision in both eyes but cataract surgery with corrective lens replacement gave me new life for my vision. If cataracts are your problem I would strongly suggest to have surgery to correct the problem. I do realize that there are many more problems than cataracts but if that is the problem you would be amazed what can be done for that.

R. Runner, thanks for the info. My sight is great way out there, but if I look at the front sight, the back one blurrs to the point I can't even guess a shot. So I'm stuck using scopes on all my guns.

terneral, I know exactly what you are saying, I have the same problem, even have a red dot on the shotgun, The scope makes cleaning a little more chalanging if you are not removing it but not not so much as to make me give up the pleasure of shooting my TC Hawken,so we get old, so we give up some stuff, but in this case just , adapt and overcome, & keep stuffing lead down the front of that rifle! The pleasure justifies the effert.Either way I hope it works out for you.

I have two, a .50 TC Omega that is scoped and a .50 Lyman Deerstalker. The Lyman is equipped with a 28" 1-28" twist Green Mountain barrel, a LYMAN receiver sight and has been converted to using musket caps for ignition. I just bought a pound of Alliant Black MZ, which I want to try in both but mainly the Lyman.

Sulferb.. I guess I can agree with you. I adapted and got me a TC 50cal Triumph(Weathershield). I'm using the same maxi's that I have been casting for 30+years, and shoot just as good with the modern gun. I can clean it to my specks without having a heartatack

terneral
If you don't have a son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, niece, nephew or someone else you would consider worthy of receiving your Hawkin, you might check around some of your local youth orginizations such as Boy Scouts or 4H, and see if they would be in need of the firearm. Don't necessarily ask on the local troop level, but check at the council level with the Outdoor Sports Director or find out who their local NRA Training counselor is and contact him (or her).

I shoot a CVA Optima, 50cal.

i've got two,one is a cva firebolt /w 4 power scope.i converted it to 209 primer.50 cal.the second,a winchester apex /w 3x9 scope,45 cal. shoots powerbelt 195 gr. flat out to 150 yds.shot deer and hogs with both.

Have a 54 Hawkins also a Davide Pederoli 12 gauge double barrel. The double is primarily for cowboy and reinactments. But have plans to use the Hawkins for deer, have shoot round ball from it but unhappy with the inconsistancy of them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

 

T/C G2 Contender 45 caliber.

TC Encore with a Bergara Barrel and a TC Triumph.

While packing tonight for Shiloh I thought of this post as I loaded gun after gun after gun...  My Equinox has 400 rounds (blanks), about 800 caps, 'Clar Innis', my Enfield, 2 unit loaner Enfields, an 1861 Springfield, an original Lorenz and an 1809 Virginia-Contract musket tucked into the layers of tents, blankets, uniforms and dresses.  I am ready I think.

This one was a lot of people's favorite rifle to hate due to misfires. My Remington 700ML (28" barrel) is topped off with a Leupold VX-I and charged with 2 50gr Pyrodex pellets under a Powerbelt 295 gr all copper conical. I still use the #12 primer and never had a misfire since I bought it in 2006. I think clean and dry is the magical combination. I have this one sighted at zero at 100 yards with a clean barrel - no fouling shots. Very accurate, very reliable.

NBG

I have a T/C Encore 50 cal. and a 50 cal. percussion Hawken. Love em both.

well I have a few that I use all the time for doing 18th cen. military 69 cal french charllylill 24ga. /58 cal caywood light fuzze, 24 ga. trade gun' also shoot 12ga. double , 1861 parker hale muskitoon 58 cal. 1861 army 44cal,pistol, 69 cal flint french pistol , 58 cal. flint harper's faire pistol.don't remember the rest at hand. PS> a 1in. bore swivel gon/ & 3 1/2 in morter. love the smell of burning power in the moring.HE HE HE .

T/C Hawken 54 cal

Austin & Hallick 50 cal

I use a .50 cal New England Firearms Sidekick with a Swift 2-7x40 scope on it.  The rifle seems to like 245gr powerbelts with 100gr of 777 pellets.

T/C ProHunter .50cal. Good luck.

I went to an auction 2 weeks ago, now the new owner of a slightley used new modle 1863 shilo sharps military rifle 30 in barrel, is a breach loader but takes loose powder or a paper home rolled cartrige & uses musket size percussion caps. Having to order the caps, will be another week before can make it go boom!!If I knew how to post a pic could display my new charmer.

Remington 700ml 50 cal. With powerbelt 338 platinum bullets, I've taken several deer in WV and a 7x7 bull elk in Co.

i use a traditions shanendoan in .50 cal or lyman great planes in .50 cal with 90 grains goex 3ff and 495 patched round ball they both do a good job on deer lyman is more accurate

I just added 3 more to my safe, 50 cal Marlin stainless barrel in line,(man is it ever a shooter!)50 cal Traditionds 209 mag ( needs parts) 50cal savage ML10II assembled but have not fired yet, goind to use nitro in it with a factory recomended load work up,this week!!!!!If I can count it, just aquired a 1863 new modle Sharps paper cartrige type nipple fire breach loader, have not found the sweet spot yet. Just got to figure out wich ones to take to the blind.

TC Omega 50 cal with a CVA 3-9 Scope

I added three to the safe also .Those are the ones we were shooting in hunting camp this year .Two cap looks and an inline .Not bad for the price I paid .

TC Encore, stainless with black synthetic stock. 50 Cal. 2-50gr Pyrodex pellets, and 250gr TC Shockwave Sabots. Bushnell Banner 1.75-4.5x.

50 cal. encore

T/C 50 cal. Hawkins w/ scope, (the ole peepers ain't what they used ta be).

White .451 (put 3 deer in freezer this year) in Super 91 have one in .504 and Model 97 Whitetail in .504 as well. The White Thunder .12 ga. is used for squirrels, made for turkey, but they aren't very plentiful around here.

i have a .50 cal Thompson/Center tree hawk

I have a T/C Omega Z5 with a Leupold Super Slam scope.

I use a T/C .50 caliber Penn Hunter Carbine stoked with 275 grain maxi hunter for PA whitetails

Thompson/Center 209x50
Thompson/Center White Mountain Carbine, .50 cal.
Traditions Deerhunter, .50 cal. (Built by me from kit)
Kentucky-style Flintlock, .45 cal., Built by a friend
Antique Double-Barrel Cap-lock, 12 ga.
CSA Musket (actually used in War Between the States)
Have taken deer, elk and turkey with these guns.

Savage Muzzleloader

I thought I would share what I consider an amazing event for me.

On January 6, 2012 I had fired my Savage ML1, 4 times to check the rifles zero before going hunting with it that year. My loading data was as follows: MMP Sabot, Winchester 209 Primer, 49gr of Reloader #7, Nosler Partition Hand Gun .451 dia. 300gr JPP bullet (45350). This combination produces a muzzle velocity of approx. 1837 fps. I did not harvest a deer with the Savage that muzzleloader season. I removed the 209 primer and placed the rife into my gun safe. On January 8, 2013 I took my Savage ML1 out for a hunt. (The load had been in the Savage ML for 1 year and 2 days) On that date at approx. 0941 hours I harvest a deer at approx. 120 yards (Lecia rangefinder used to verify) The bullet made contact near the base of the deer's neck. A bit to right side of the deer. (My wavering as I was shooting from a unsupported sitting positron). The bullet broke the deers right shoulder passed through the body and ended up just below the skin of the left mid thigh. The bullet had traveled approx. 31 inches through the deer. Upon extracting the bullet I discovered the bullet had retained a awsume mushroom shape. Latter using a scale both a RCBS 10-10 scale and a Pact electronic scale discovered the bullet still weighted 300 gr. Amazing. The lead portion above the partition had separated but was still in the cup. The brass pedals had flared out as intended. Again awsume performance of the Savage and Nosler bullet.

I have a CVA Buckhorn .50 & a MDM QuicShooter .50

I have a custom Vincent Full Stock .50 cal Flintlock which I made, A T/C Renegade .54 Caplock, and a T/C Triumph.50 cal for bad weather

I shoot the following:

54 caliber Thompson Center Renegade sighted in for 425 gr buffalo bullets.

54 caliber Reminton M700M/L scoped and sighted in for Pyrodex pellets and powerbelts.

50 caliber Thompson Center Hawkin flintlock sighted in for round ball.

12 Ga Thompson Center New Englander.

I have a 50 caliber wolf muzzle loader . it shoots great at 150 yards. i use 100 grains of powder, and a 250 grain spit-fire bullet. i haven't missed a deer with it yet !!