inline muzzleloaders

I'm using a Thompson Centre Omega, absolutely no complaints, shoots well, handles up to 150gr of 777 and knocks deer and moose down hard.

Frankly, I'm not sure why it's considered a primitive hunting method.
 
In no particular order Knight / TC (interchangeably). Savage ml 2 has a strong following (smokeless). Remington us getting back in the game having gotten their cake hooks on the "Ultimate Muzzleloader" breech plug design. Gonic and very least Austin & Halleck - if you can find'm.

Every line has a loyal following. How deep are your pockets?

Hakx
 
bang_on_sk said:
I'm using a Thompson Centre Omega, absolutely no complaints, shoots well, handles up to 150gr of 777 and knocks deer and moose down hard.

Frankly, I'm not sure why it's considered a primitive hunting method.
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Well, it's not really 'primitive', is it? Rather like giving an African Bushman a Bowtech 80# compound bow to shoot isn't actually 'primitive' any more. True, the modern bow has limbs and a string and you still hold it approximately in the middle, but that's about it.

As for the in-line muzzleloader -

1. It's made of materials that are not in the least bit primitive.

2. It's made, well, most of them are made, to look like a regular b/a rifle that is not primitive.

3. It uses #209 shotgun primers - how primitive is that?

4. They are usually scoped - primitive? Hah.

I can tell you how many there are here in UK, as well, where we do a lot of deer and feral hog shooting - on account the romans killed all the bears a while back.

There are, according to the sole importer that I was talking to at the biggy shooting show last February, just three. We have well north of a million deer shooters who live here, and a goodly number who just come over to shoot every year, too. They don't bring them with them, I can tell you. Much of the deer-shooting in GB takes place in Scotland, and no muzzleloaders are used because of two little problems -

1. They don't make the combination velocity and muzzle energy requirements for Scotland.

2. It's really hard to sneak up on a wary stag in a countryside that looks like Suffield AB.

tac
 
I just read that online! Minimum 2400+ fps and 1700+ ft/lbs of energy at muzzle. Then depending on species, a further minimum on bulletin calibre and weight. Interesting.
 
hakx said:
I just read that online! Minimum 2400+ fps and 1700+ ft/lbs of energy at muzzle. Then depending on species, a further minimum on bulletin calibre and weight. Interesting.
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WOW!!!......I did not know the lowly sheep was so hard to kill!!!! :)

To answer the original question, Thompson/Center inline muzzleloaders are excellent guns! ...very accurate and easy to maintain.
 
Yukidaruma said:
WOW!!!......I did not know the lowly sheep was so hard to kill!!!! :)

To answer the original question, Thompson/Center inline muzzleloaders are excellent guns! ...very accurate and easy to maintain.
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Ah, shooting sheep in Scotland will get the farmer seriously annoyed. Wales is where you go to shoot feral goats. Scotland for deer. England for deer of all kinds and feral hog. Feral goats in Northern Ireland and, if you can figure out the masses of paperwork, the Republic of Ireland, too, as well as deer.

tac
 
I think most modern inline MLs are fairly accurate. I also believe there is a lot more to load development required in a ML than there is in a cartridge firearm. Even the cheap ones, I shoot a bargain basement CVA Optima to extend my deer season. I didn't want to spend a small fortune if the muzzle loader thing turned not to be my thing.

I have had absolutely no luck with 777 and the crud ring alone is enough for me to avoid using it all together. I've tried IMR White hots, 777 and Blackhorn 209. Blackhorn is all I will buy now. I can load and shoot 15-20 sabots before things start to get tight. I don't mind cleaning with solvents and prefer to use a powder that is non hygroscopic.


100 meter results from my sub $300 CVA Optima, shooting 85 grains of Blackhorn 209 under a 245gr Spit-Fire TMZ.


 
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