Introduction to Muzzleloading
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cgasner1
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Before you go hunting foul your barrel out. I dump about 50 grains down the barrel and pack a dry patch in it and shoot it.
Irrelevant
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Why, what's the logic or the thing you're trying to create or prevent or? Shouldn't clean always be best?
cgasner1
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We have had some crazy flyers go shoot some groups when you get it the first round will be off from the next 3 idk why. Also it will guarantee you won’t have any hang fires since you shot the gun
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If you want just single gun you can legally hunt anything with in any state with elk I’d get that new traditions side hammer and load the 420 grain no excuse into it. If your happy just hunting animals in the nw i would do a google search for nw legal muzzle loader and pick one. Then I would load it with a 300 grain Thor. That’s just me I’d also look at using a musket cap ignition rather than a 209 for the simple fact muskets are legal in all states. It comes down to what you wanna spend and how much time you wanna put into this. I have had 5 different muzzy and almost had a custom 45 built at one time for the Montana heritage season. To me it comes down to this is a tool you use to fill a tag so i didn’t spend the money on the custom it had no real benefit.
MThuntr
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No only the real stuff...it was something I did many years ago. I hunted a muzzleloader season in college and didn't scrub like I should have. The rifle still shoots well enough for hunting within 100 yards but not like it did before
