I was wondering if anyone use their muzzle loader for small game? If so what do you use and what do you hunt with it.
Could you turkey hunt with it?
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I was wondering if anyone use their muzzle loader for small game? If so what do you use and what do you hunt with it.
Could you turkey hunt with it?
Turkey can easily be done with a shotgun barrel.
I have used my 50 cal for bunnies with light charges. It's something different and I had a lot of lead I wouldn't use for big game.
This winter I'm looking into building a small bore Crockett or the like just for small game.
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GW I've been using a Black Powder shotgun barrel on my Traditions in-line for Turkey for years. Makes for a great hunting experience...Smoke and Feathers !!
I've squirrel hunted with my .45, head shots only or they are tough to clean. But fun and lots of action to give you practice with it.
So I am guessing that for Turkey you used like a ounce of lead pellets and you guy's that are using it for squirrel and rabbits are you using a single slug or pellets as well?
I use a wad cup that holds 1 1/8th oz. with #6 shot. Never had to shot farther than 20 yds...so that does the trick nicely.
I was looking for something like that on cabelas but didn't see anything.
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Originally Posted by MikePal
turkey does sound like fun. i have an inline traditions buckstalker and only put slugs through it. interested in throwing some pellets through! how is it done?
P rocker, you likely won't have much success shooting loose shot from a rifled barrel...........................DanielQuote:
Originally Posted by punkrockerpj
What type of gun do you need?
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Originally Posted by boogaloo
I bought a smooth bore 12 ga barrel from Traditions for my Pursuit. Easy Peasy, straight swap of the .50 Cal barrel, no tooling requiredQuote:
Originally Posted by punkrockerpj
Then picked up Fiber wads, Overpowder & Overshot Wads and shot cups from a place on-line called Circle Fly https://circlefly.com/.
They also have some good info on how to load your ML etc.
Mike could you show a link to your gun and the extra barrel or another gun like the CVA Wolf? I can really only seem to find stuff with Cabelas.
Traditions stopped selling the optional 12 ga barrel about 2 yrs after I got mine.... and I don't see anyone that sells that option anymore. They all seem to be dedicated shotgun ML's and I don't see any that are not rifled barrels (for slugs)Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
This guy walks you thru the load of the Knight ML...I think he called it the TK 2000...HaHa...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymG9mKmouI
You will need a smoothbore ...........................DanielQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
I have been experimenting with a Stevens Single 12 gauge (as BP Shotgun), black powder, wax paper wadding, lead shot, wax paper wadding (and princess auto, steel sanding blasting media #7.5 to #8.5) as a alternative shotgun post SHTF.
Dave Canterbury makes a 12 or 20 gauge, shotgun case (base ring), that accepts a 209 primer, instead of using cut down high brass shells. They still work and are field expedient.
Pretty good results so far at 30 yards
I am curious has anyone made their own black powder and tried it?
I'm pretty sure that is not legal. It would be similar to bomb making materials.......................... DanielQuote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Then possessing gun powder would also be illegal as it can easily be used for making bombs?
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Originally Posted by boogaloo
Nope not illegal to make your own BP, I do. It is getting harder to find 100% potassium Nitrite (Stump remover), but sulfur can be bought at Health food stores. I make my own Charcoal (Paint can method with Willow). A batch takes me 3 days to make and I make about 800gr a ta time (enough for 80 shots, it goes faster then you think..when you are not buying). YouTube has lots of video's to make BP, be careful between lift powder for fireworks (more vids then firearms BP), and I use the alcohol method after initial 24hrs of pulverization of base components (.690 lead balls as crush media). Quite rewarding and stick to each process, weights and products used. Even subtle differences can affect performance of powder over each batch, but I have never had a batch fail to ignite or propel the lead cast bullets I make.. I am having fun with BP shotgun loads right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by boogaloo
I've shot bunnies with .45 and .54 cal ML's, and I just bought a dedicated small-game muzzleloader; a Thompson Center .36 calibre Seneca.
That should be a great little critter gitter!
I'd also like to build or purchase a .32 or .36 cal flint longrifle.