Traditions Crockett .36 Cal?

[rodwha]

Is there enough barrel to have one changed to .36 cal?

.36 cal rifles are quite hard to find and run nearly twice as much as the Traditions Crockett. But one of the important aspects to me is that it's not a pinned barrel. I like how easy it is to disassemble and clean my Lyman rifle.

 

[dagger dog]

From what I have heard the Crockett is not a hooked breech ,you have to pull barrel with the tang ,you have to pull the tang through bolt.

 

[david58]

From what I have heard the Crockett is not a hooked breech ,you have to pull barrel with the tang ,you have to pull the tang through bolt.

Careful removing the barrel from a full stock rifle - very easy to end up with a half stock, or worse. There isn't much wood out there.

 

[Crawdad1]

Check out some of these small caliber 'squirrel' rifles. And don't drool, water is bad for electronics.

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=9725.0

 

[rodwha]

I must admit I much prefer the half stock.

I've even considered having a Lyman Deerstalker barrel lined to .40 cal.

But .36 cal just seems to be the perfect caliber as its a bit better out further than a .32 but not quite the overkill of a .40 and would seem to do well enough on bigger critters such as coyote and bobcat.

And $$$ is always an issue...

 

[Stony]

I always considered the .40 to be about the ultimate small bore muzzleloader. I have them in both rifles and pistols and they are very versatile (as are most caliber muzzleloaders). Given the ability to load them up or down for power levels, I doubt there is much a .36 could do that a .40 couldn't.

 

[rodwha]

Punch a smaller hole. Just kidding.

A .40 cal ball would certainly have a higher BC. I guess in part I still view things from a modern perspective and so using a larger caliber just seems absurd for rabbits and squirrels. And I have considered trying light loads through my .50 cal.

Maybe I ought to just stick with the stock Crockett and have a mold made for a .32 cal REAL. But I have read of many claiming them more finicky and certainly in need of more frequent swabbing.

As an aside I've also thought about a Pietta '51 Colt with the 12" carbine barrel and stock.