what blackpowder to get?

[wood800]

What is a good blackpowder gun for moose hunting? Hopefully we get a tag, it will be my first moose hunt this year and I have no idea what to buy, I'm not going to cheap out on quality, my father inlaw says a stainless barrel is a must. Any suggestions? Thanks

 

[catnthehatt]

What is a good blackpowder gun for moose hunting? Hopefully we get a tag, it will be my first moose hunt this year and I have no idea what to buy, I'm not going to cheap out on quality, my father inlaw says a stainless barrel is a must. Any suggestions? Thanks

I've killed sevral moose over the years and know quite a few people who have killed more than I have , all of us using traditional styled hawken rifles, or Jaegar style rifles and fixed iron sights, with patched round balls and black powder, those new style inline things are about as mandatory as a 375 H&H .
I guess you can use one , but it's not needed.....
Cat

 

[tigger]

anything 50 cal or better. In a traditional bigger is better, esp for moose and watch your range. In an inline any of them will work, make sure it is easy to prime with no primer holders and such required, I am biased to the break action. With the inline stick with a 50cal as the sabots are much easier to find than the larger calibers. With the inline you can extend your range to whatever you are accurate to using magnum charges.

 

[2233]

TC Omega or Pro Hunter...esay to use, good is crappy weather, easy to clean and accurate as distance

 

[Cinch]

A Savage smokeless muzzle loader because cleaning any rifle after shooting black powder or substitutes gets very tiring quickly.

 

[Suka]

If you're planning on shooting roundball I'd suggest a .54 over a .50.

 

[eastwind]

Everyone has their favorite, and mine is .50 cal inline.

 

[wood800]

I have no idea about these guns, just need one for the fall, how many yards are they accurate for?

 

[arancio]

The Parker Hale 1861 Enfield Royal Artillery Carbine is good for anything. It uses a 565 gr shallow base minie ball which is great for making up cartridges. It uses 65 gr of FFG.

 

[wood800]

Who's the best guys to buy from? Thanks

 

[SandRoad]

I have no idea about these guns, just need one for the fall, how many yards are they accurate for?

Accuracy depends more on the shooter. Also consistency in loading shot to shot is VERY important for accuracy.

My daughters were shooting BP muzzleloaders competitively (45 calibre, traditional style rifle, patched round ball and percussion caps) and could consistently get 3", 10 shot groups at 50m offhand.....

I was told about a competition held at a club a number of years ago. It was open to ANY combination of rifle/calibre/cartridge/optic, not broken up into classes. The competition involved shooting stages from 25m to 150m from various positions, rest, prone, kneeling, offhand (standing). The winner used a traditional BP muzzleloader using peep sights. It was the first and last time they held that type of competition.

 

[hakx]

Moose aren't mythical beasts I have taken moose with a both a cheapo CVA, and a Knight disc. This year I'm hoping to drop one with a TC New Englander shooting cast bullets - all rifles are .50. If the moose are kind enough to stand in the effective range of your rifle, BOOM.

Bigger the better - especially if patched ball.