20ga. muzzle loader

We rented a table at an Outdoorsman Yardsale today that was run by one of the local clubs. Saw it as a good opportunity to get rid of some excess camping, hunting and fishing gear. We sold a pile of stuff but spotted this little guy on another table and couldn't resist. :D Nothing high end, Spanish, unknown maker. Gotta play with it at the range this summer and if all goes well maybe some field time this fall.


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Congrats on a nice find....would make a great Turkey Gun !!

Very cool!

TPM, you weren't at the Elgin Conservation event in Aylmer, were you?

I certainly was. Did we meet?

We may have. I was the good looking guy in the crowd. :silly:

My wife and I had the corner tables in the center next to Tom Danbrook (turkey call guy).

I think we may have unknowingly crossed paths.

When you get around to buying the supplies....I found the folks at Circle Fly to have really good prices and they ship fast. I have bought most of my ML shotgun supplies from them.

http://www.circlefly.com/html/products.html

Sweet find.i like it. Make a great turkey gun
Enjoy playing with her .I am sure you can work up a load that will put some turkeys to shame.lol Dutch

I've been shooting traditional black powder muzzleloaders for 20 or so years now but this is the first shotgun I've owned. Gotta pick up a couple of things but I've already got powder, primers etc.. We've got a shop in town that has a pretty good stock of traditional muzzleloading gear.

I know nothing about muzzleloaders so bare with my question. How do you convert a shotgun into a ML? Purchase a breech plug I assume and after that I'm lost?

Muzzleloading shotguns are manufactured as muzzleloading shotguns. It's not a conversion.

Oh OK. Thanks.

do you think you could load one barrel shot and the other a .62 cal ball?

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Originally Posted by hollywood

do you think you could load one barrel shot and the other a .62 cal ball?

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I am not sure how that would work if there are chokes of any kind but you would be making essentially a musket in that case, I don't see why it would be a problem with a choke that is open enough but the accuracy could be interesting.

I think that is same gun I have seen at a couple of gun shows in the last few months. Sweet little 20. Congrats..............Daniel