Hawkens still ruled king my 1st muzzy seasons...muzzy season was almost a comical struggle of misfire or worse no fire. I remember holding the barrel in a safe direction for minutes after just the cap went off....we've come a long way. Miss old times........ sometimes.......
Muzzleloader of the past.....
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I don't know the struggle. The first and only muzzleloader I've ever bought was Savage smokeless.
MANY years ago I built a Thompson-Hawkin 50 cal flintlock. I've taken my share of deer with it but the learning curve have been a long one. They sure are fun to hunt with though.
If you are a true Black powder shooter, the best cleaning solution ever can be made from 3 common house hold items.
1/3 - Murphy's oil soap
1/3 - Hydrogen Peroxide
1/3 - Rubbing alcohol
K.Y.P.D.
If you are a true Black powder shooter, the best cleaning solution ever can be made from 3 common house hold items.
1/3 - Murphy's oil soap
1/3 - Hydrogen Peroxide
1/3 - Rubbing alcohol
K.Y.P.D.
Just picked one up the other day. Percussion cap style
Sgt Fury
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My first was a Thompson Hawkin 50 cal percussion...loved that gun. Shot those old Buffalo bullets. Gun is long gone but I may still have some of those old bullets.
Big_Holla
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My cap lock is a Thompson Center New Englander, it was a kit that my dad and I worked on and put together. Still enjoy shooting that gun, killed a couple deer with it.
I did get my dad's Thompson Center Hawken after he passed. Thing about that gun is he left it loaded out in one of our hunting shacks and had forgotten about it. The fall just before he passed he mentioned to me that he thought maybe he left it out there. Sure enough that spring I went out and it was there, a bit dirty from wasp nests above it and still loaded. Need to figure out how to get it unloaded safely now. I see a Hawken and I immediately think of him and how he loved that gun.
I did get my dad's Thompson Center Hawken after he passed. Thing about that gun is he left it loaded out in one of our hunting shacks and had forgotten about it. The fall just before he passed he mentioned to me that he thought maybe he left it out there. Sure enough that spring I went out and it was there, a bit dirty from wasp nests above it and still loaded. Need to figure out how to get it unloaded safely now. I see a Hawken and I immediately think of him and how he loved that gun.
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Broke mine out as well. Took 5 shots with a few powder changes and 2 sight adjustments running with 0.20 patch and .490 rb. My old man bought this for me when I was 13, I got it out a few years ago to play with but other than that one hunt the last time it went afield was 21 yrs ago
I'll be honest, I don't plan to shoot it. I wanted it just for looks. You can't capture some things in a picture. It still makes me smile when I look at it. I just keep moving it around until I find it a forever home. Maybe I'll just keeping it around and oiling it down.
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They're fun to shoot. Takes discipline and focus while hunting with them to ensure they fire. And even then....
We killed loads of deer with them
We killed loads of deer with them
Sgt Fury
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looks familiar....
can't wait to see its spot when you find it
It has been and it puts deer down.
You could start with trying a ball puller on the end of a ramrod.
Probably the safest way to start.
*** Great story BTW.
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George.. Here ya go... Killed a few with these out of my Hawkens...
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Nothing kicks better than a Buffalo bullet.
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