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11-30-2008 | 02:14 PM

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ORIGINAL: gleason.chapman

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ORIGINAL: bowfisherman

I would like to get into muzzleloader hunting next year. Theres so many choices. I having been reading about it but I know very little. Could you tell me what style you like/dislike and why ( break action bolt,ect.)? Any other info would be greatly appreciated? Thanks, Brad

We need to know some things, like:

1) what state are you in?
2) hunting primarily woods or open fields?
3) wanna use a scope?
4) do you like traditional rifles (flintlocks and sidelocks)?
5) do you intend to hunt a lot with a MLer?
6) with this be a lifetime purchase or will you maybe buy another gun?
7) how much do you wanna spend? On gun? On Scope? In general you can get a good gun for $300 and a good scope for $200. So tell us a little about yourself and we can help a bit better.

Also read these:

SELECTING AND BUYING MUZZLELOADERS:[*]Beware the First Year Models (Article by Randy Wakeman)[*]Buying A New Muzzleloader? (Article by Randy Wakeman)[*]How to Select a New Muzzleloader (Article by Randy Wakeman)[*]Rating the Inline Muzzleloading Manufacturers (Article by Randy Wakeman)[*]Recommended Muzzleloader Brands (Article by the G&S Online Staff)[*]Want to Buy an Inline? A Short History of Modern Inline Design (Article by Randy D. Smith)[*]What Makes for a Good Muzzleloader (Article by Randy Wakeman)[*]What Muzzleloader Should I Buy? (Article by Randy Wakeman)

Which are here: http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2h.muzzleloader.htm

Chap

[*]Thanks Chap.[*]I'm in Pennsylvania but will mostly be hunting maryland.[*]tight woods in PA and wide open marsh in MD. I would like to see how comfortable I am with it and decide whether or not to buy a scope. To be honest I would be thrilled with an accurate 50 yard open sight weapon. I'm a bowhunter so double the range of my bow would be nice when muzzleloader overlaps bow season in MD.[*]not too interested in a traditional rifle[*]I will hunt and go to the range fairly often. I go to a gun club every few weeks.[*]Maybe 500 or less for the gun. I have leupolds on my rifles so I would probably go with one their muzzleloader scopes if I decide to use one.[*]I would mostly be hunting 40-100 lb sika deer in MD so I don't need much knockdown power. Less recoil the better. I normally shoot a 270 so something with recoil similar to that is comfortable. I have a 7mm mag that I can't stand shooting because of the recoil.

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