Been reading a book ... "The Muzzle-loading CapLock Rifle". This book is written by " Ned H. Roberts".
Very good read and very informative in some hotly argued issues.
The first is ... Different styles of peep sights and ways to mount them.
Second is the mounting of scopes on muzzleloaders.
Third is the amount of rifles that resemble the TC reproduction rifles in their Hawkins and Renegade line.
Fourth is the use of smokeless shotgun powder for the the use of DUPLEX loads in the muzzleloader rifle of the day. In both hunting rifles as well as the target rifles. This one very much surprised me to say the least ... Now before any hanging is descussed... The practice involved 5 percent of the main charge and then subtracting the WEIGHED grains of smokeless shotgun powder.
Lastly the practice of the beginning loading of doubling the caliber in grains for the best load to begin with ... Such as ... A 45 cal would be 45+45 equals 90 grains to begin with.
So in conclusion ... I just thought I'd begin a post to promote descussion.