#516814 - 12/04/07 09:01 PM
Real Smokepoles
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elauwit
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Who out there hunts with real muzzleloaders. I've hunted with a TC White Mtn. Carbine since 1990 when they came out. I have open iron sights , shoot real black powder and lead bullets. I feel like this is more of a challenge this way. I like the feel of the rifle and have taken plenty of deer with it. Before anyone says hunt with a bow if you want challenge, I do use a circa 1960 recurve for bow season.
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#517010 - 12/05/07 12:28 AM
Re: Real Smokepoles
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spctbone
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Whats with all the powder and bullet?
Hunt with a spear if you want a "real" challenge!
:rolleyes:
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#517055 - 12/05/07 05:54 AM
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renegade50
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well they all are real muzzle loaders.. either modern or traditional.... but my name aint renegade50 for nothing right now. but it might change to savage50 this spring if i get a savage smokeless unless that is already taken???
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#517253 - 12/05/07 08:55 AM
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smokepolehall
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T/C Grey Hawk
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Open sites on Grey Hawk until i can get scope setup and peep on New Englander
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#518390 - 12/06/07 06:43 AM
Re: Real Smokepoles
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elauwit
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nice buck. Didn't mean to come across as trying to kick up a hornets nest. Just trying to find out who had similar interests. Sorry if it came across the wrong way.
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#518587 - 12/06/07 09:30 AM
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spctbone
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And a word of advice: with only three posts to your name yet, please don't start an in-line vs. sidelock argument here. We all went through that for the past few years, and enough's enough.
Good Advice!
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#518882 - 12/06/07 03:18 PM
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Nothing wrong with hunting with a traditional muzzleloader. If you don't think my Savage ML-II smokeless gun isn't "real", try telling that to the pile of deer that it has stacked up in the past 7 or 8 years. I have never had a hang fire, much less a miss fire.
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#518884 - 12/06/07 03:18 PM
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....and welcome to the site.
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#518986 - 12/06/07 05:03 PM
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Locksley
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I used to hunt with a rifle I made 20 years ago, based on a Sharon .50 caliber with L&R lock and Siler triggers. Last year I had to retire it; my eyes got so bad I couldn't see the darn open sights. I missed two of three deer I shot at last year. This is the last deer I'll probably ever kill with that gun. Now I use a CVA Optima with a 2-7X32 scope; I must say I enjoy it as much, just different reasons. I've killed one buck (so far) in three days hunting with it. Yes, it's "real"!  And a word of advice: with only three posts to your name yet, please don't start an in-line vs. sidelock argument here. We all went through that for the past few years, and enough's enough.
lyman great plains TC Hawken and a 54 caliber flintlock longrifle with a 40 in. barrel and a Germanic style lock. welcome to the site.
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