Anyone hunting with black powder this fall?

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I drew the same muzzleloader deer tag I got the last two years, hunting mostly white tails in a river bottom. Have been tuning up a load in a new to me Zoli Zouave from the 70s, which seems to like PRB and 75 grains of Olde Eynesford 1.5F. I am comfy enough with it to make shots without a fuss to 75 yards. Beyond that is a bit of a push simply because of my vision. The last two deer were shot there at 50 and 60 yards, so I am not too exercised about the limits. The area has turkey as well, so if they are dumb enough to get close I might take a poke if I haven't already filled my tag.
 
I will absolutely be out with a front loader this fall! I'm behind schedule on working up an optimal whitetail load for any of the candidates...

Around here, we have to wait for spring to go after ol' Tom, and we're told to fling multiple round balls at him all at once. (Or one long, skinny projectile! But certainly not round.)
 
Looking to use my more recently acquired 58 Cal Armi San Marco Hawken.

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I have since put some Marbles sights on. Looking to use PRB.
 
If the .270 Winchester doesn't knock one down during regular firearms season, the TC Hawken .54 is eager for a try!

My missus made a soup with last November's ground whitetail and this summer's fresh vegetables. She does that a lot. I am a lucky man!

On our first date I noticed fishing rods in her family's living room, and during our get-acquainted steak dinner she told me her father and brother enjoyed hunting. I figured this one is a keeper. 51 years ago.
 
I was thinking of using my sharps 45/70 with black powder cartridges but do not really know if it qualifies as black powder because of the primers. Anyway was just thinking of it as a way to prolong the hunting season.
 
I am either going to use my Richmond Carbine, or my J. P. Murray Carbine. Both are .58 calibre.
The Richmond Carbine I built about 25 yrs ago. It has a Bill Large/Jerry Harmon barrel, with seven lands, and grooves, is 1 in 48 twist, .577 bore, an original stock, Bryan Hack lock plate with original internals.
The J P Murray is an ole Zoli i picked up, and reworked. it ahs a .578 bore.

Dave
 

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Looking to use my more recently acquired 58 Cal Armi San Marco Hawken.

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I have since put some Marbles sights on. Looking to use PRB.

If the .270 Winchester doesn't knock one down during regular firearms season, the TC Hawken .54 is eager for a try!

My missus made a soup with last November's ground whitetail and this summer's fresh vegetables. She does that a lot. I am a lucky man!

On our first date I noticed fishing rods in her family's living room, and during our get-acquainted steak dinner she told me her father and brother enjoyed hunting. I figured this one is a keeper. 51 years ago.

Thanks for properly identifying the
rifles as Hawkens instead of hawkin's

That, and properly calling the squeezy
bench mounted tool a vise is kind of
a vice of mine
 
BP ML season won't start until after the
first of the year here.
I'll use one of the CVA's or the T/C , which
ever one comes to hand first.
 
i hunt the muzzle loader special seasons and some times use them in the regular seasons.
 

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IF I can get an area to hunt and have the time, I'll probably use my 1863 Sharps or Parker Hale Musketoon. Both are short, quick handling and deadly accurate. My state allows for breech loaders but the law states that fixed ammunition is out. That means any gun that shoots a cartridge but has to have a seperate percussion cap to fire is good to go.
 
99% of my hunting is done with muzzle loaders. I start off the early season hunting squirrels with my .32 flinter, then once deer season comes I use either my .58 Browning Mountain Rifle or my .58 T/C Renegade flinter. I can use a muzzle loader during the Shotgun Deer seasons and the winter BP season of course. After the deer seasons are over, I go back to hunting squirrels and predators with my .36 caliber flint lock until the hunting seasons end. Being retired gives me lots of opportunities to hunt on week days when most hunters are at work.
 
Every fall, at least for a day or two. Dove in Sept with my Navy Arms double, deer in Dec with either the 1976 flinter I built for the bicentennial, or my (ugh) online 50.
 
What is a " Bill Large/Jerry Harmon " barrel ? All my rifles and pistols have BL barrels, but I don't think he was partners with anyone else. I use to have a campsite just three spots down from him at Friendship. He always had great stories.
 
Paul
Jerry Harmon was an N-SSA Skirmisher for many years. He is gone now rest his soul. He use to buy rifled barrel blanks off of Bill Large and make Springfield and other Musket barrels from them. I have 3 Harmon/ Large barrels on some of my Muskets. The other 3 are Whitacre barrels.
Jerry also sold other quality musket parts. He is much missed.

Dave
 
Hey Brewer12345 , managing a bp shotgun is not bad, you just ain't gonna load it in a hurry. I carry a possibles bag with a capper, plastic shot cups and cardboard wads. I have a powder flask with a premeasured spout and a leather shot flask with a brass head that dispenses an ounce and 1/8 of shot. Once you get used to it its really not bad. I find it helps settle down game on account it takes some time to reload, plus you gotta make each shot count.
 
Of course. Probably my 50 cal TC flintlock or my PH 1858 Enfield. For the swamps my 75 cal smoothie with buckshot. Pistol will be my stainless 1858 Remington.

I only use modern guns in bad weather.

Ironhand
 
I really enjoy hunting rabbits in the winter with my SxS muzzleoading shotgun.
I figure if I miss Peter Cottontail twice he deserves to get away.
Plus if I bag two bunnies in an outing I consider it time to clean them up good and call it a day anyway so I don't need a lot of firepower.
 
Too bad CVA didn't sell many of those
single barrel sidelock percussion shotguns
they had for a while. I wanted one and
of course I dragged my feet too long and
i don't think there's any kind of affordable
percussion single to be had anymore
 
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