Alright , I’m okay with Inline muzzleloaders…

[woodnbow]

But do they have to be fugly??? I mean, tactical looking rifles are one thing, ugly and kinda just goofy but I just saw an ad for a rifle that is ju ugly and there’s no reason to build it that way. It could easily have been made using classic lines reminiscent of a Winchester lever action, or maybe something along the lines of a classic British sporting rifle. Hell, I’d even be willing to buy one built in the style of Roy Weatherby! (Providing it wore Circassian walnut furniture…) but THIS?? I have no words.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

That thing is downright vulgar! Have to agree with you, it could've been a lot more pleasing to the eye.

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Took a look at Woodman arms, the maker of that contraption. They do offer wood stocks. They seem to be just getting started. They want close to 900 clams for that thing. For that money I would go buy a traditional gun and feel much better about myself in the morning.

 

[woodnbow]

Took a look at Woodman arms, the maker of that contraption. They do offer wood stocks. They seem to be just getting started. They want close to 900 clams for that thing. For that money I would go buy a traditional gun and feel much better about myself in the morning.

Exactly, you have to look at the thing a lot more than you shoot it.
I did look it over. It’s apparently designed to shoot rather lightweight bullets at high velocity using 100 grain Blackhorn charges and achieve MOA accuracy. All this from a 5.5# rifle. Sounds like fun.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Makes me want to build an inline with a faux flintlock with a lock that pivots to expose the nipple. Inside would be an underhammer type ignition system.

I should talk. It took hours for me to make an oak loading block. All hand saw (four sides and then thinning the wood for a total of five saw cuts). I'll stain it today and then oil it tomorrow.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

That over sized pistol grip looks like a potential weak spot in the design as well.

 

[Frulk]

Not my Style...everything I have looks like Jim Bridger, Kit Carson or Liver-Eating Johnson would have carried it

 

[kje54]

Good thing I had my cross, holy water and wooden stake with me. Unfortunately I now have to replace my monitor.............

 

[Captain*kirk]

Looks like some sort of pellet gun. Yech!

 

[earlthegoat2]

But do they have to be fugly??? I mean, tactical looking rifles are one thing, ugly and kinda just goofy but I just saw an ad for a rifle that is ju ugly and there’s no reason to build it that way. It could easily have been made using classic lines reminiscent of a Winchester lever action….

If you want an in-line styled close to a Winchester lever action, the long discontinued T/C Scout is your huckleberry.

The Pedersoli Rolling Block is OK but it could have been better executed.

 

[usaral63]

It is missing the compass inlay, too!!

 

[hawg]

If you want an in-line styled close to a Winchester lever action, the long discontinued T/C Scout is your huckleberry.

The Pedersoli Rolling Block is OK but it could have been better executed.

I never saw either one before. The scout would have looked a lot better with a pump style forearm than the lever action style. Not much hope for the Pedersoli.

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

I've got a 54 cal TC Scout pistol.
It's a beast!

 

[Grunt]

That‘s the penance you have to pay for a blasphemous inline muzzle loader rather than a traditional side hammer.

 

[woodnbow]

RLittle details make the difference… all three of these are very nice but the pistol grip and its cap on the Rigby is just wrong…

 

[Gerd33]

I've never minded the look of my T/C Omega Z5.
To me it looks like a basic bolt action, Ruger American or something similar.
That one up top just looks off somehow.

 

[Risky buisness]

Well.... humm, Im not particularly enthused by inlines whatsoever, and the photo of that whatever it is proves it out for me.
But, if folks like that kind of thing, hey its your decision. Im sticking with my early Lancaster .50 flint gun

 

[woodnbow]

I've never minded the look of my T/C Omega Z5.
To me it looks like a basic bolt action, Ruger American or something similar.
That one up top just looks off somehow.

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That’s not a bad looking rifle that Omega. I’ve just never been a fan of plastic rifles. (other than the M16.) I have seen an Omega with a really nice piece of walnut. Lots of curl in the buttstock and the classic English Sporter lines.

 

[Gerd33]

I’ve just never been a fan of plastic rifles.

I'm not either but I didn't exactly get a choice in the matter for that one and I've never really thought about swapping out the stock.

The story.

Back between 2005-2010 I guess it was, my father and I had several frustrating deer seasons in a row.
I innocently made the suggestion that we could spend more time hunting in our woods if took advantage of the black powder season as well.
What I didn't expect was that he would go out the next day and buy two of those rifles, one for each of us.

I really should know better than to make suggestions around my father as he has a bit of a track record in that regard although at this point though I'm probably never going to learn.
Not that I mind in this case. There's no downside to spending more time hunting with him.

 

[woodnbow]

I'm not either but I didn't exactly get a choice in the matter for that one and I've never really thought about swapping out the stock.

The story.

Back between 2005-2010 I guess it was, my father and I had several frustrating deer seasons in a row.
I innocently made the suggestion that we could spend more time hunting in our woods if took advantage of the black powder season as well.
What I didn't expect was that he would go out the next day and buy two of those rifles, one for each of us.

I really should know better than to make suggestions around my father as he has a bit of a track record in that regard although at this point though I'm probably never going to learn.
Not that I mind in this case. There's no downside to spending more time hunting with him.

I like the cut of his jib… I traded into a TC .45XR (or somethin) years ago. It had good lines, a decent trigger, fit me well, and it shot very well with heavy bullets and charges. But shooting 500 grain bullets in 7# rifles is less enjoyable than you’d think sabots were tried but the rifle wasn’t as accurate with them and I traded it for something better (or different)

 

[doubleh]

I pay little attention to inline BP rifles and the one in the OP is butt ugly. Probably trying to make it appeal to the tactical crowd If it isn't traditional I don't want it.

 

[donparadowski]

I shoot a T/C Strike walnut stocked using 84.0 gr. by weight of BH 209 powder and a CCI 209 primer to propel a Harvester 300 grain PT gold bullet with their black crushed rib sabot using a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 scope. It is a solid 200-yard shooter and if I had a conveniently located range longer than 200 yards, I’d have a longer opinion.

 

[Patocazador]

I shoot a Sile Hawken carbine with 63 gr. by weight of Blackhorn 209 powder and a 260 PT gold bullet with a crushed rib sabot and a Hubbard Mag-Spark replacing replacing the nipple. It is very effective out to 125 yards with an offset 4x scope. To me it is the best of both worlds.

 

[hawg]

I shoot a built from scratch Hawken with 90 grains of Swiss, a .530 round ball and a full buckhorn rear sight fired with a # 11 percussion cap. It's an inline. Inline with what I like.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I've picked up a few of these inlines over the years,
My first was a kit gun that was missing things like a trigger and ramrod thimbles, so it cost me $20.00.
It was supposed to look like this, but I played with it a bit:

Another cheapie ($35.00):

I don't think that they are ugly and they shoot pretty good.
I'll probably pick up another one after hunting season, if one pops up.