New to Black Powder

tlindahl84@yahoo.com · 12-13-2011, 03:35 PM

Hello,

I live and hunt in colorado. I have hunted with my bow and rifle most my life, but I have heard to many stories of people shooting elk/deer with a bow and loosing them. I have never shot a elk or dear with my bow. I love to hunt during that time of year and was thinking about getting a black powder rifle. I however know nothing about them. Can anyone give me an idea of a good idea for a first rifle? I was looking at cabaels and liked the TC dream season with a starter kit. Is that a good gun? are there better websites to get a rifle on?

Thanks,

mountaineer magic · 12-13-2011, 03:42 PM

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MountainDevil54 · 12-13-2011, 03:58 PM

Colorado = Conicals only.

Highly recommend the CVA Optima ' Non thumb hole' or the Accura V2. Even the Wolf is a heck of a gun for a super low price.

bronko22000 · 12-13-2011, 04:02 PM

Hello and welcome. If you're an avid outdoor person you will fall in love with muzzleloader hunting/shooting as everyone in here has. And you have come to a great forum for information and also a bit of ribbing so I hope you have a little thick skin. Mountaineer is correct about handling the rilfes. You may also want to handle a couple CVA rifles too as well as Knights. I cannot give you too much advice on inlines as I prefer to hunt with sidelock (percussion and flintlock) rifles. But I suggest, if you are going to be using your ML for elk than you get a 50 cal minimum. And you will want to use a somewhat heavy bullet for them. I'd suggest something in the 300 gr range. Some guys use 250 gr bullets but IMO they are a bit light.
The inline shooters in here will be glad to help you out. We even have a few on here from CO. Good luck to you and stay here. IMO this is the best ML forum with the best guys around.

mountaineer magic · 12-13-2011, 04:02 PM

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MountainDevil54 · 12-13-2011, 04:07 PM

Chet, if it will shoot conicals and be able to use open sights, those are both fine recommendations.

Grouse45 · 12-13-2011, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainDevil54

Colorado = Conicals only.

Not true at all. My Colorado trip next year is with a saboted bullet and it's legal during rifle season.

Not sure what the regulations are in ML season.

mountaineer magic · 12-13-2011, 04:16 PM

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Grouse45 · 12-13-2011, 04:19 PM

If i had to use a conical i would buy a 1/24 twist ML. That would be either a White Rifle or a Savage. I'm pretty sure you can only use a 50cal or bigger ML on Elk in Colorado.

MountainDevil54 · 12-13-2011, 04:21 PM

50cal minimum on elk for CO.

Not many use a muzzleloader during rifle season. The only fool i ever ran into that was using his muzzy during 3rd season bull hunt was me