ORIGINAL: Planter
I have a quick question if you will folks or at least I hope it's quick.
If you wanted a decent low end ML for a few days of use a season other than range time what would you chose. It's not that I am cheap but I'm guessing there are some pretty good toys out there. I'm not thinking of glass and suchcause I figure I will start with aOK base to put it on.
I have an old .56 TC smoothbore. (I think it was called an New Englander)as well as a Traditions in-line from when they first came out. Neither were bad guns but things have come a long way.. That round ball out of the TC was like throwing a marble out past 40 yds and was not a really knock down killer.
Thanks....
The smoothbore .56 performance does not surprise me. There is no rifling there to help stabalize the ball. An option there is get a .54 caliber barrel for the rifle from Fox Ridge Outfitters.
You old inline should do you fine for a few days out of the year. Do you really need to invest in another botton of the line muzzleloader?
Something of quality, not too expensive, and modern... the NEF Sidekick would be my first choice, although they have went up in price as well. Some of the blue Knight Rolling Blocks are around $240.00 if that is in your price range.. There is an excellent rifle and all you would need. Some of the Thompson Center Z5 Omega's are showing up reasonable. Then there is the BPI line of rifles like the Wolf.
Get to a store and handle a few. Or go out and shoot your old ones.. They might be old technology but they do the job. Good luck.