Recoil: 12 Ga. vs. Muzzleloader

[Denisb]

You could also consider a traditional style rifle and shoot round balls. Well over 30 whitetails in the past 16 years fell to my .50 cal Lyman Deerstalker firing a round ball. They are cheap to shoot and a lot of fun.

open iron sights, external hammer and real black Powder. Best way to go. there's no seperate BP season any more so go traditional. your friends will thank you for it.

 

[tiriaq]

12-24-2007 to 03-25-2015. This must be a record for the resurrection of a necro-thread.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

I reckon that the recoil levels of my Winchester 1400 12 ga. loaded with Lyman 525 gr. slugs and my .58 cal. H&R Huntsman using 440 gr. Lee R.E.A.L boolits are about the same. The Winny is an auto converted to manual operation and is fitted with a Limbsaver pad and the H&R wears only a plastic butt plate, so for shooting from the bench, the Winchester is more pleasant to shoot.

In the field though, I don't notice the boot of either.

 

[shellbird01]

Ha Love it!

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Ha Love it!

Me too.
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[Kenny_G2]

Well... I tried shooting Slugs out of my Smooth bore Sx3 and couldn't hit a box at 30 yards??? So I put that way till Turkey Season. I looked at the muzzle loaders but ended up buying a browning semi in 20 gauge with a rifled barrel. Hope to sight it in soon.

8 years and you still haven't figured it out, lol. By 2020 you might actually get out deer hunting.

 

[shellbird01]

8 years and you still haven't figured it out, lol. By 2020 you might actually get out deer hunting.

I've killed 3 with compound bow, & 2 up north with a 30-30, just got to get one with the 20 ga slug down here. I guess I'm taking the long way around?

 

[two-dogs]

don't forget about the cleaning of the muzzle loader, I would not store a fired ML for very long, where as a shot gun can go back in the safe and sit there until you go out again.