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 Traditional MLs
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02/14/11 04:24 AM
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So far I have contacted one individual on this forum shooting traditional MLs - black powder, patched round ball or shot and a side lock. Anyone else out there?
What caliber(s) or gauges?
Ignition?
Long or short barrels?
What game do you hunt with traditional MLs?
Hunting success last year? Ever?
What areas do you hunt?
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/14/11 06:21 AM
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texaspride93
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are you talkin like flintlock or percussion cap?
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/14/11 05:50 PM
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I've just gotten really interested in getting a ML for myself and have been trying to learn all I can. So far, haven't been able to locate a "local" dealer or shop that handles the traditionals.
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/14/11 07:33 PM
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PrimitiveHunter
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 03:05 AM
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i have yet to shoot mine yet but its a .54 cal percussion
i am cancelling my subscription, i am tired of your issues!
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 04:26 AM
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JDann24
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I don't have any rifles yet, but I do have two cap and ball revolvers. 1858 remington and a 1847 Colt Walker (should be here by Friday.) I plan on taking the walker on my next hog hunt.
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: texaspride93]
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02/15/11 01:57 PM
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are you talkin like flintlock or percussion cap? BOTH!!! I am enjoying flinters right now but still have a couple of cap guns. Shotguns too.
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 01:57 PM
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cuthand1
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JDann24 that walker is a great gun! Friend of mine has one and its a great shooter! Take some picks if you kill a hog with it!
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 01:59 PM
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i have yet to shoot mine yet but its a .54 cal percussion I am just outside Austin toward Drippin'. Startin to shoot a .54 flinter. Probably going to a commercial range at Lockhart this WE.
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: cuthand1]
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02/15/11 02:00 PM
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cuthand1
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Primitive hunter thats some fine shooten right there!!! I have a few Lymans GPR .54 myself and they are GREAT shooters. They have put lots of meat on the table!!!
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: BYPATHofNIGHT]
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02/15/11 02:05 PM
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Back when I ran the roads shootin in matches there was a vendor out of Witchita Falls named Marvin Brandt. He took a lot of su-pplies to big shoots to sell. Carried a few guns and kits but sure to know folks in your area.
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 06:43 PM
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I pretty much only shoot traditional mls now...I've been bit by the bug. I have 2 perc rifles and 2 flint rifles and am building a JP Beck .54 cal flinter. I also have a couple flint pistols. The deer below I got with my .50 Investarms flinter this year. This was on a Texas ml only draw at Lake Whitney. I was using 75grs fff, .490 ball, .018 pillow ticking. 
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 06:45 PM
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I won the flinter in a raffle built by a guy in California that owns a muzzleloading forum. His stock is a different finish but the steel is basically the same. Let's see some pics!
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 08:35 PM
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tth_40
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I shoot a Thompson Center Hawken Percussion in .50 cal., patched ball, and a .62 cal. Hudson Bay Trading Company smoothbore canoe gun, flinter.
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: PrimitiveHunter]
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02/15/11 08:37 PM
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I still like that rifle, brother. Pretty.
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/15/11 10:33 PM
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PrimitiveHunter
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/16/11 01:05 AM
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texaspride93
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my dad got me into the cap guns. he has built custom powder horns and bags and hunts with 429 grain bullets and 150 grains powder! that load hurts the shoulder;]
but we plink with patched balls and 50 grains of powder and thats a ton of fun!
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: texaspride93]
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02/16/11 01:38 AM
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PRBs and 50 gr fffg are the perfect plinking load for both my rifles. Recoil is so light you can shoot all day and accuracy is scary good.
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Practice makes permanent.
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: PrimitiveHunter]
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02/16/11 02:15 AM
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Great lookin rifles! I really like the metal finish on both. Did you use naval jelly to get it gray?
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/16/11 02:27 AM
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PrimitiveHunter
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/16/11 02:39 AM
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My all around favorite(s) are my .40 caliber guns. One percussion and one flint. Both are Southern mountain style with Douglass barrels 42" long. have taken a couple of deer with the.40 flintlock but it is a marginal caliber in my opinion.
Just put together a .54 flintlock using a Renegade stock, GM barrel and L&R lock. Looks like it is gonna be a shooter and will do fine on dder, bear and elk.
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Re: Traditional MLs
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#2121691
02/16/11 12:48 PM
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hntnfsh
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TC Hawkins .45 and .50 percussion
Ruger Old Army w/90gr buffalo bullets--dont have this one anymore, lookin for another--killed several deer with this handgun, those buffalo bullets seem to work better out of this gun than round ball
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/16/11 11:33 PM
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Just J
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Re: Traditional MLs
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02/22/11 08:57 PM
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redchevy
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I shoot an investarms 54 cal hawken replica, it is the carbine model. It shoots pretty good to me, keep them in a basebal size spot at 50 yards. I have killed 2 deer and a hog with it.
Shoot 315 grain buffalo ballets over 95 grains of pyrodex.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Traditional MLs
[Re: redchevy]
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03/05/11 10:13 PM
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Heck ya, I love my TC Hawkin mussle loader 54. cal 100 grains of ffg black powder and a 530 grain round ball. Took a nice black bear with it last year off of my elk carcase. For the story of this hunt go to my website the stories page. Link is my signature. Keep the spirit alive and God bless
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