Let's see the....

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

Let's see the muzzleloader you will be using this year!

Mine is a Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal kit gun I put together. She's sighted in, cleaned, lubed and ready for September 9th!
https://i11.servimg.com/u/f11/18/40/56/85/img_9416.jpg

[Good Cheer]

Well, the old Texas deer rifle (.40 bore Great Plains Rifle) is illegal in this state so...

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Short Range

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Long Range

[StolzerandSons]

I built this .62 caliber Flinter to be my go to hunting muzzleloader a few years ago.
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Since it is a hunting rifle and a quick follow up shot is nearly impossible I decided not to put an underrib, pipes and ramrod under the barrel(keep the rifle lighter) and instead opted to make a 3 piece ramrod to carry in my possibles bag.
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I've only tipped one whitetail doe over with it since I built it but it does shoot very well for me. This is 5 shots at 100yards offhand, the paper is 6"x6" square.
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[Hanshi]

It will be either my .50 flintlock rifle or my smoothbore flintlock. The smoothbore has already taken a large doe but the .50 is yet un-christened. I'd post photos of both but I cannot get them posted from "imageBB" or "postimage" storage sites. Photo Bucket is holding over half my photos for ransom.

[taco650]

I built this .62 caliber Flinter to be my go to hunting muzzleloader a few years ago.
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Since it is a hunting rifle and a quick follow up shot is nearly impossible I decided not to put an underrib, pipes and ramrod under the barrel(keep the rifle lighter) and instead opted to make a 3 piece ramrod to carry in my possibles bag.
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I've only tipped one whitetail doe over with it since I built it but it does shoot very well for me. This is 5 shots at 100yards offhand, the paper is 6"x6" square.
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Where did you get the stock or did you start with a plank so you could profile it the way you wanted? How bad does that 120gr. load kick?

[taco650]

Ordered a Traditions Kentucky Rifle kit today... It's the low budget of ML rifles but it will get me in the door and qualifies for GA because it's a fifty. Post a pick when I get it.

[StolzerandSons]

Where did you get the stock or did you start with a plank so you could profile it the way you wanted? How bad does that 120gr. load kick?
I'm a full time custom gunmaker so I just bought a blank and built to my specifications/measurements.
That's why it has a Pachmayr Decelerator on it instead of a steel buttplate.
You can read all the specs. here: http://www.stolzergunsmithing.com/huntersflintlock.htm

[Standing Bear]

No pics. Pic hosting is a pain. Mine is a Renegade stock, .54 GM flint drop in barrel, L&R RPL Lock. De farbed barrel, Hawken Shop trigger guard all iron browned. Stock has nothing but Tung Oil on it. The 1:70 twist likes 120gr of Goex FFg. Packs a whallop but the shotgun butt plate spreads that out.

Built for elk and hopefully a buffalo but whitetail don't walk away from it.
TC

[Squeeze]

I walk a different path. :) 200089 Knight Mountaineer .45 1-20 twist, 473 grn mountain molds grease groove and 90 grns Blackhorn 200090

[pietro]

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I'll be using two different ones, by law (my state mandates under .40cal for small game, over .40 cal for deer).

.36cal & a .45cal T/C Seneca's


http://i.imgur.com/oRTAyBXl.jpg


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[rhbrink]

So does that mean that you cannot use a .40 for anything?

[Pavia]

Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken in 50 cal... 380gr Maxi ball lubed with beeswax and olive oil.

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[10 ga]

My new build is a "Bestill Creations" Omega with 25" Brux 45 barrel. Salt and pepper thumbhole Boyds stock. Older and proven durable piece of Nikon glass on top. Plan to shoot H4198 under a Pittman bullet, ignition by Winchester 209, no load development yet. Barrel drop sizing die. Use my original Mack's folding loading rod when afield. 10

PS: Yes it's a SML.

[mazo kid]

Wisconsin says anything 40 caliber and above for big game. Mine is a special rifle a friend built for me about 3 years ago. It is a left hand flinter, .58 caliber Rice round groove barrel, Chambers lock. Everything else my friend made! Hand forged buttplate, sights, lock side plate, trigger guard, ramrod tip, barrel keys, inlays of coin silver, curly Maple plank (wanted curly walnut but way much money and not immediately available), etc. Full length view:

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4309/36098412476_a1c721db59_z.jpg

[mazo kid]

And here are a couple pictures of the left side:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4322/36139520535_4947e8a313_z.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4325/36139520765_b78fb17a83_z.jpg

[Flintlock1812]

she is a Beauty Mazo Kid!

I will be bringing my 54 cal smoothbore that I built from a kit earlier this year.

[bob208]

for early season a .45 cal. underhammer. for the flint season either my Hopkins and allen minute man flint lock in .45. or my 1803 harpers ferry in .54.

[mazo kid]

I wish Wisconsin had a flintlock season! Any muzzleloader is legal here, so a Remington bolt action look-a-like with a scope is OK. Sorry, I am a traditionalist and even use a muzzleloader during rifle season.

[bedbugbilly]

mazo kid - that's a beautiful rifle! I'll bet it is a joy to shoot as well!

By the way Hiram . . . that rifle will probably shoot the best if you are facing or traveling East . . . . :-) Enjoy Brother . . .

[mazo kid]

You know, I do believe you are right!

[big bore 99]

Hopkins and Allen underhammer .58. Have some 58 cal 600 gr flatnose mines. Hoping to get a shot at a bear.200536

[Hanshi]

My .62 smoothbore or my .50 flintlock long rifle which can't be posted since Puke Bucket is holding half my photos hostage for a $400 ransom.

[](https://postimg.org/image/gwe5dn6ah/)

[taco650]

My .62 smoothbore or my .50 flintlock long rifle which can't be posted since Puke Bucket is holding half my photos hostage for a $400 ransom.

[](https://postimg.org/image/gwe5dn6ah/)

Which rifle was in the pic? Looks like a nice big doe!

Too bad photobucket did what it did. I have pics on there-not many-but who knows if I'll be able to get them off without paying the ransom.

[mazo kid]

Hanshi and Taco, you can download your pictures off PhotoBucket back to your computer. Click on the photo to make it bigger, right click and "save as" will send it to your pictures. I have done most of mine that weren't in "My Pictures" or on SD cards. There are a bunch of free photo hosting sites; I am using Flickr now.

[BPJONES]

I just acquired this in a trade so I may break away from traditional to give this a try. Of course the synthetic stock will go on!
http://i.imgur.com/Rv6ESEF.jpg

[Fly]

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i384/Fly61/DSCN0546.jpg (http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Fly61/media/DSCN0546.jpg.html)

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Fly

[Fly]

Well maybe this one instead!

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i384/Fly61/DSCN0572.jpg (http://s1091.photobucket.com/user/Fly61/media/DSCN0572.jpg.html)

Fly

[FrontierMuzzleloading]

use a new photo server. Photobucket wants $400 a year to post pics on the forum.

[taco650]

Hanshi and Taco, you can download your pictures off PhotoBucket back to your computer. Click on the photo to make it bigger, right click and "save as" will send it to your pictures. I have done most of mine that weren't in "My Pictures" or on SD cards. There are a bunch of free photo hosting sites; I am using Flickr now.

Thanks mazo! Fortunately I don't have much on PB and most of it is very old motorcycle riding pics when I rode dual sports in the desert.

[triggerhappy243]

I will be in the world of make believe this elk season. Sitting on the porch making believe I am hunting elk with my 54 cal. renegade. I have better odds hitting an elk with a truck than getting drawn in n.m.

[rond]

Will try the .50 this year.

[waarp8nt]

I sold my 20 ga H&R Ultra slug when the prices went stupid high...the added benefit being it forced me to go 100% Muzzleloader with little option for going back to slugs. I had an appointment with Mr. Rayl to bore a Renegade up to .58 cal, but to my disappointment he preferred to start with a .50 cal and all my spare barrels are .54 cal. I believe that I have found a .50 cal worthy of sending to Mr. Rayl (after buying a .50 cal that was not, but that is another story), however I'm uncertain if it will be done in time for whitetail deer season this late in the year.

My standby is a .54 cal Renegade...still working up a load, but initial shots put 3 in a #5 cast iron pan at 50 yards.

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[Good Cheer]

That kinda surprises me about a .50 to rebore to .58.
The TC rifling is so shallow that my .52 x 28" twist flinter Renegade began life as an old .50.

[Hanshi]

Very beautiful rifle, mazo kid. The gun in my last post is my .62 smoothbore; it hits like Thor's hammer. I can't access any photos on PB so I can't click anything. I'll try to post a pic of my LL longrifle .45; which has taken most of my deer. If it's the wrong pic or nonsensical, Ill try to delete it.

https://s20.postimg.org/ykwahxyu5/Attaching_Files.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/y84wbrgk9/)

[Hanshi]

Don't know how this garbage showed up and I can't delete it either!

[waarp8nt]

That kinda surprises me about a .50 to rebore to .58.
The TC rifling is so shallow that my .52 x 28" twist flinter Renegade began life as an old .50.

I will attempt to explain it better. On occasion when going from .54 to .58 his reamer has gulled or binded on the existing rifling causing it to rip or tear the metal rather than cut it smoothly. He said he would do the work, but recommended I start with .50 and go to .58 to avoid the rare issue. If the barrel indeed ends up ripped, torn or pitted from the reaming process, then the end product of being re-rifled is greatly effected. I know my luck and how Murphy's Law effects me from time to time, so I chose to take his advise and look for a .50 cal to start off the project. Don't get me wrong, the good Lord has blessed me and my family in many ways. When it comes to the little things, I make every attempt not to contribute to potential issues or failures.

Hopefully, that explains it better and is more in line with how explained it to me. Mr. Rayl is an interesting fellow to talk too.

[taco650]

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[Good Cheer]

That does make sense. Maybe in the case of my .50 to .52 conversion the TC shallow rifling depth (coupled with the smaller working diameter) made it insignificant as to how the reamer behaved.


I will attempt to explain it better. On occasion when going from .54 to .58 his reamer has gulled or binded on the existing rifling causing it to rip or tear the metal rather than cut it smoothly. He said he would do the work, but recommended I start with .50 and go to .58 to avoid the rare issue. If the barrel indeed ends up ripped, torn or pitted from the reaming process, then the end product of being re-rifled is greatly effected. I know my luck and how Murphy's Law effects me from time to time, so I chose to take his advise and look for a .50 cal to start off the project. Don't get me wrong, the good Lord has blessed me and my family in many ways. When it comes to the little things, I make every attempt not to contribute to potential issues or failures.

Hopefully, that explains it better and is more in line with how explained it to me. Mr. Rayl is an interesting fellow to talk too.

[flyrod]

Here is a TOW Southern Mountain Rifle.45 I just finished I cant seem to get pics to post. https://ibb.co/euSWga https://ibb.co/gyhQ7F

[BPJONES]

Nice rifle flyrod!

[taco650]

Here is a TOW Southern Mountain Rifle.45 I just finished I cant seem to get pics to post. https://ibb.co/euSWga https://ibb.co/gyhQ7F

That's a beauty! Love the striping in the stock! More details please!

[flyrod]

Thanks, It has a 13/16" 45 cal. 42" Colerain barrel, Chambers large Siler lock, triggers 2-3/4 lb un-set, set probably less than 6 oz, my scale won't measure that low and a Curly Maple stock.

[waksupi]

And here are a couple pictures of the left side:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4322/36139520535_4947e8a313_z.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4325/36139520765_b78fb17a83_z.jpg

Nice!

[Boaz]

Very nice rifle mazo , agree with billy ..love the sliding wood patchbox and inlay work .

[Hanshi]

Which rifle was in the pic? Looks like a nice big doe!

Too bad photobucket did what it did. I have pics on there-not many-but who knows if I'll be able to get them off without paying the ransom.



It's my .62 smoothbore that I like so much. Don't know how I finally got it posted cause I can't seem to get anything else posted.

[Hanshi]

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How in the world did you get that posted??

[taco650]

How in the world did you get that posted??

I copied it to my PC then reposted...

Is this it?

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[Hanshi]

202953 I wonder what this is?

[Hanshi]

Ah, ha! It worked. That's my .50 which is unchristened.

202954 This should be my .45 Lancaster which has taken many deer.

202958 And this should be my .62 smoothbore. I'll be concentrating on these three this season. I'll also be hunting in WV as well as here in Va. Let's see if this works.

[Hanshi]

Thanks for the instruction, mazo kid, on how to get photos posted; I did exactly as you said and it worked great.

Taco650, That big doe was killed by me with the .62 smoothbore. It was a running at 20 yards. That big 330 grain ball hit like the hammer of Thor; the doe fell right in her footie prints.

[taco650]

Thanks for the instruction, mazo kid, on how to get photos posted; I did exactly as you said and it worked great.

Taco650, That big doe was killed by me with the .62 smoothbore. It was a running at 20 yards. That big 330 grain ball hit like the hammer of Thor; the doe fell right in her footie prints.

I imagine anything hit in the chest with 330 grains of lead would do the same thing! FWIW, my 30-06 did the same thing to a doe last year but the range was 85 yards and the projectile was a 150 gr J-word at ~2700fps. DRT's are the best way to track LOL!