Hunting Forum

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
papabear

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.