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States with traditional blackpowder seasons

Nothing but fresh tracks tonight but going back friday morning. If nothing then, I’ll move to a new area.

Fun fact. When air temps are 16 degrees, wet cleaning patches will freeze in under 2 minutes.


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I have weeks vacation coming up after new years just for PA flintlock. I took a week off for it a few years ago because I couldn't get time off during archery and now I'll never not take a week off for flintlock again. It's a great time to be in the woods.
 
Damn it, I'm going down the rabbit hole...and I like it.

Walking back to the car this evening, I shot my rifle to clear it and had a misfire. Recapped and misfired again. Ended up pulling the ball with a screw, cleared the nipple and was able to blow out the packed powder with a new cap.

This makes me want to shoot my flintlock even more but I can't hit crap with my Pennsylvania, partly due to sights and partly due to length. A Hawkens in flintlock would fix that and also found a Pedersoli Kentucky pistol kit which would make a nice matching set.

I'm pretty sure my kids are old enough that they don't care about their birthdays or Christmas.
 
Montana just opened a an 8 day muzzleloader season last year. iron sights, powder, no sabots, no primers, Since I struck out during the regular season, I'm going! Gonna be chilly. -8 below this morning.
So does it have to be a sidelock? The no primers thing is confusing, would caps be considered a primer?
 
So does it have to be a sidelock? The no primers thing is confusing, would caps be considered a primer?
Honestly the season is so new to me and MT that I haven't dug into the regs yet. I only heard about it through word of mouth from several of my customers. They were excited about it. They told me basically no in-lines and no scopes. Not sure if it's flintlock only yet. I intend to find out though.
 
I did a cardinal sin and Davey Crockett can kiss my astigmatism.

I have a Pennsylvania flintlock that I can’t shoot for crap because I can’t see the sights so I replaced them today with fiber optic open sights.

Davey Crockett and the colonials would be jealous.


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Unless you are "shooting" for authenticity, then it's just another tool tp kill deer!!!! Don't get me wrong I love shooting them, but I'm not a reenactment guy or anything....

My thoughts exactly. It’s either a wall hanger or something I can use next season.


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@ThePennsylvanian School me on what pellet/ammo, powder, wads or whatever else I need. Pops wants to get me one for Christmas.

Because of the smoke and everything do I need to a get a proper left handed model?
 
O boy ok here we go.....
If you are left handed, sure, I'd go f9r a left handed.
obviously, the below list is the absolute bare minimum that'll get you in the field and shooting.
1.Rifle
2. 45/50 cal blackpowder pellets (hodgdon triple 7)
3. Bullet (I suggest Hornady pa conical, shoot well through a wide variety of twist rates) no need for a patch("wad") just your powder charge and down she goes!
4. For a flinter you'll need pan powder a bottle of 3f will be your best bet and a pan primer (holds pan powder), for a percussion you'll need caps
5. Screw ball puller for the ramrod, in the event of a wet powder situation this is the only way to get the load out.
6. A blackpowder shooters tool, usually a key ring with a touch hole pick, small brush, screw driver and various other things, or you could carry a multi tool and a large safety pin.
There are a ton of other things that would be very convenient to have but aren't needed to get in the woods. The powder pellets have advantages and disadvantages, first you don't have to incrementally work up a load, but you only have 50 grain increments of powder to work with..
It'll take years or a lot of money to get or make everything that is nice to have. I'm literally talking about the bare minimum to be shooting/ hunting. Now cleaning, you can literally use dawn dishsoap and very hot water to clean the gun, but you better damn well dry and grease the gun immediately after.
 
O boy ok here we go.....
If you are left handed, sure, I'd go f9r a left handed.
obviously, the below list is the absolute bare minimum that'll get you in the field and shooting.
1.Rifle
2. 45/50 cal blackpowder pellets (hodgdon triple 7)
3. Bullet (I suggest Hornady pa conical, shoot well through a wide variety of twist rates) no need for a patch("wad") just your powder charge and down she goes!
4. For a flinter you'll need pan powder a bottle of 3f will be your best bet and a pan primer (holds pan powder), for a percussion you'll need caps
5. Screw ball puller for the ramrod, in the event of a wet powder situation this is the only way to get the load out.
6. A blackpowder shooters tool, usually a key ring with a touch hole pick, small brush, screw driver and various other things, or you could carry a multi tool and a large safety pin.
There are a ton of other things that would be very convenient to have but aren't needed to get in the woods. The powder pellets have advantages and disadvantages, first you don't have to incrementally work up a load, but you only have 50 grain increments of powder to work with..
It'll take years or a lot of money to get or make everything that is nice to have. I'm literally talking about the bare minimum to be shooting/ hunting. Now cleaning, you can literally use dawn dishsoap and very hot water to clean the gun, but you better damn well dry and grease the gun immediately after.
What exactly is the pellet?
 
O boy ok here we go.....
If you are left handed, sure, I'd go f9r a left handed.
obviously, the below list is the absolute bare minimum that'll get you in the field and shooting.
1.Rifle
2. 45/50 cal blackpowder pellets (hodgdon triple 7)
3. Bullet (I suggest Hornady pa conical, shoot well through a wide variety of twist rates) no need for a patch("wad") just your powder charge and down she goes!
4. For a flinter you'll need pan powder a bottle of 3f will be your best bet and a pan primer (holds pan powder), for a percussion you'll need caps
5. Screw ball puller for the ramrod, in the event of a wet powder situation this is the only way to get the load out.
6. A blackpowder shooters tool, usually a key ring with a touch hole pick, small brush, screw driver and various other things, or you could carry a multi tool and a large safety pin.
There are a ton of other things that would be very convenient to have but aren't needed to get in the woods. The powder pellets have advantages and disadvantages, first you don't have to incrementally work up a load, but you only have 50 grain increments of powder to work with..
It'll take years or a lot of money to get or make everything that is nice to have. I'm literally talking about the bare minimum to be shooting/ hunting. Now cleaning, you can literally use dawn dishsoap and very hot water to clean the gun, but you better damn well dry and grease the gun immediately after.
What for grease after cleaning the gun?
 
What for grease after cleaning the gun?
Well I use TC bore butter, I know guys that use crisco, you don't want to use anything like gun oil or anything like that.
You'd be concerned about the grease in the cold temps of you were up north by me or further but, down in Dixie you'll be fine with either of the bore butter or crisco or similar type greases...
 
Well I use TC bore butter, I know guys that use crisco, you don't want to use anything like gun oil or anything like that.
You'd be concerned about the grease in the cold temps of you were up north by me or further but, down in Dixie you'll be fine with either of the bore butter or crisco or similar type greases...
+1 to the Bore Butter.

I'll run 4-5 wet patches to clean the barrel, 3-4 dry patches to dry and get the last bit cleaned then 1 patch with the bore butter smeared on it.

My Hawkens is 17 years old and the bore is still bright doing this regimen.
 
What exactly is the pellet?
I recommend IMR’s “White Hots” a little cleaner burning thus less fouling and hold the same zero for me as my triple 7’s did. Clean up is a snap with hornady’s solvent. A little goes a long way too. However I shoot inlines. TC Impact and one of their first inlines’s a Thunderhawk Shadow. Both like 100 grains or two pellets (50gr each) pushing a 240 gr. Hornady XTP .45 cal bullet with a green sabot. These bullets mushroom handsomely and drop everything they hit like a pole axe.
 
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