ORIGINAL: z71attitude
cayugad,
I appreciate the info that you gave me in the PM. Just so you know last year was the first time that I had blackpowder hunted. Yes I am in washington and the hunting seasons are pretty short for modern up here. I'm hunted in alabama most of my life were you could hunt for all season firearm of choice and kill 3 deer a day. I checked the regs and it does say that I have to use 11 caps. It also mentions that the cap has to be exposed to the elements so is that what you meant by open breech? In that case does that mean that most knights are out of the question. Thanks in advance for all of the questions that you guys have anwsered and hopefully will anwser.
James
Knight still makes some of the old style open breech rifles. The MK-85, Wolverine LK-93, Wolverine LK-II, and the Bighorn are all models with open breeches. Check the gun auction sites and there are some real good deals on the Knight rifles at this time. Some of those models besides being excellent rifles and very accurate shooters, can be purchased very reasonable.
Thompson Center makes the Black Diamond and the Black Diamond XR (extended range) which are open breech and come with a #11, musket and 209 ignition. I have one of them also and they are really good shooters.
Then you can get into some of the White rifles. Doc White has kits for $230.00 that you can put together and you have a .504 caliber G-series rifle with a 22" barrel that will throw large conicals down range with amazing accuracy. Also there are White rifles out there that can be purchased in the $350 range and will do it all for you. They are also open breech and #11 cap ignition.
Just avoid the break open and bolt models and you will be fine..