Well, I got to shoot my muzzleloader for the first time today. The first time I shot I used 70gr of powder and a PRB. It diddnt kick to hard at all. I was 25yds away. Then shots I ran a patch thru the barrel. The end of the ram rod came off! We found an air compressor and blew it out. So I went back and shot one round off with 80gr powder. Then I loaded another round ball and forgot the powder! After that we went home and blew it out with out compressor. I did alot of cleaning and got all the bore butter out that my grandpa used when he had it. It took way over 100 patches, alot of solvent, and hot water. After over 1hr we got it out nice and good. There was also alot of rust in the rifle that came out. We then put rust preventave on and put it away. I can understand why all the rust was there. The rifle sat for about 30yrs with only bore butter. I had a bad experiance but alot of fun shooting the 2 times I shot it. Now that we cleaned it really well grandpa is gonna take me out next weekend and sight it in! Cant wait to go hunting.