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My only advice is the same as Frati above. No need to spend a lot of money on a ML. Both my wife and I shoot TC Omegas that were under $300 from Cabelas. They even came with a starter kit for that price. Add a cheap 3X9 scope to the gun and that's all you need. They'll put three shots into a 1.5" circle at 100yds. You don't need any better than that. I'm sure there's lots of brands that are good, but I'd be looking at something like a TC Impact package from Cabelas.ca. I've thought a few times about buying a fancy TC Encore, but then ask myself why, when the $1000 gun won't do anything much better than what I have now. Whatever you get, ask others to see what bullet brand/weight, and powder load shoot well out of that brand gun. I can't speak for others, but with these TC Omegas, I wasn't happy with any of the Pydrodex pellet combos, and XTP Hornadys and SST Hornadys didn't give good results. I went to loose triple seven powder, and the TC Shockwave 250 grain bonded bullet. 100 grains of loose 777 has given us great results. Nice tight groups, and the bullet is lethal on deer. We sight in at 100yds, and will confidently shoot out to about 140yds. Never had any reason/need to shoot any farther. Most of the shooting is maybe 70yds. where we hunt.
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excellent advice Fenelon...no need to spend a lot of money.
I bought a Tradition Pursuit Pro for $220 about 12 yrs ago. The gun is excellent and I can hit bull at 50yds clean.
I posted this on another thread..shows x3 360 gr Kieth Nose .50 cals hitting dead centre.
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There's a big learning curve, like the others have said in previous posts, pick up something affordable and start from there, I've been shooting muzzleloader for about 15yrs and still learning
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Probably the best thing to start off with would be a break action rifle. They are easy to load, shoot well and are dependable. I am partial to the tc impact but I have no doubt that the wolf, or any of the others would Be just as good. They are fairly cheap as guns go so spend a few extra bucks and buy a little better scope for it. Pick something that you like the looks of and fits well.
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Cva and tc both have videos on how to for a muzzleloader on YouTube. Watch and watch them again.
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Speaking of easy to double load. I picked up a double barrel 13 gauge I found the best way not to double load the barrels is load and pack the powder in the first barrel and leave the ramrod in it, then load powder and wad into the second barrel and pack it. Follow the same sequence in loading the shot charges. Another means of checking for a double charge would be to mark your ramrod for the single charge load depth. If the ramrod sticks out beyond that mark. You have most likely double charged the gun.
We don't stop hunting because we get old. We get old because we stop hunting.
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