Ok, insofar as cartridge guns go... aside from powder volume, are there any inherent accuracy differences in .45-70, .45-90, or .45-100 cartridges? I would think the higher velocity means a flatter trajectory, but that doesn't necessarily mean better accuracy.
I'm so lost here it's not even funny. I went on Dixie gun works, and was looking through muzzle loading and cartridge black powder rifles, but everything for sale might as well be written in ancient Egyptian or Arabic; my brain doesn't recognize any of the names!
At this point in the juncture, my buying prowess is about as good as closing my eyes, pointing at a random spot on the screen, and checking out.
I'd rather make an informed decision but with the sheer number of different models and variations of rifles out there, it would take months or years of research to arrive at an educated decision.
I've spent 15 years learning about modern military small arms. I can take apart and reassemble just about anything blindfolded, tell you what every part, notch, recess is designed to do, troubleshoot most anything, even give you a brief (or long) history on just about anything that has been fired in anger since the advent of smokeless powder.
But here.. fellas.. I'm a fish out of water.
Since I like reloading, I have no doubt I'd enjoy a cartridge arm. I take a great deal of pleasure loading and plunking mellow 45 Colt cartridges in to my lonely Armi wheelgun and plugging cans out back.
Since I want to learn to hunt, I have no doubt I'd also enjoy a muzzleloader.
So now the thread is "help me pick my first TWO blackpowder rifles".
300 yards is the max range I have available readily, and that's the side of the shooting range I always set my stuff up on. So on the cartridge rifle, I would like to be able to put rounds on a 15" square target at that distance, so 5 MOA is kind of a guideline; any less accurate than that, and I'm going to be frustrated. There's also a 50 yard backstop on that side of the range for sighting, so the muzzle loader will also find a home there for hunting practice.
I'm so lost here it's not even funny. I went on Dixie gun works, and was looking through muzzle loading and cartridge black powder rifles, but everything for sale might as well be written in ancient Egyptian or Arabic; my brain doesn't recognize any of the names!
At this point in the juncture, my buying prowess is about as good as closing my eyes, pointing at a random spot on the screen, and checking out.
I'd rather make an informed decision but with the sheer number of different models and variations of rifles out there, it would take months or years of research to arrive at an educated decision.
I've spent 15 years learning about modern military small arms. I can take apart and reassemble just about anything blindfolded, tell you what every part, notch, recess is designed to do, troubleshoot most anything, even give you a brief (or long) history on just about anything that has been fired in anger since the advent of smokeless powder.
But here.. fellas.. I'm a fish out of water.
Since I like reloading, I have no doubt I'd enjoy a cartridge arm. I take a great deal of pleasure loading and plunking mellow 45 Colt cartridges in to my lonely Armi wheelgun and plugging cans out back.
Since I want to learn to hunt, I have no doubt I'd also enjoy a muzzleloader.
So now the thread is "help me pick my first TWO blackpowder rifles".
300 yards is the max range I have available readily, and that's the side of the shooting range I always set my stuff up on. So on the cartridge rifle, I would like to be able to put rounds on a 15" square target at that distance, so 5 MOA is kind of a guideline; any less accurate than that, and I'm going to be frustrated. There's also a 50 yard backstop on that side of the range for sighting, so the muzzle loader will also find a home there for hunting practice.