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04-14-2009 | 06:50 PM

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Semisane

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RE: Lets get some opinions and have fun

#1 Of all the muzzleloader rifles you have owned... if you could only keep one. Which one would you keep? Why?

That's just a plain mean question Cayugad. It's causing me too much anguish just thinking about it. I'm tempted to say the .54 GP flintlock, but in all honesty it would have to be the Omega X7 because it'ssuch a great shooting, easy carrying, easy cleaning gun that will cover any and all hunting situations I'll ever encounter.

#2 Of all the muzzleloaders you have seen or read about. If the good muzzleloading fairy was going to leave you a present under your pillow, which non custom (in other words, factory assembly) muzzleloader would you like to wake up to? Why?

It would be a Perdersoli Mortimer flintlock target rifle - .45 caliber / 1:21 twist. Why - just look at the picture. (If you can't have fun with that gun, you are incapable of having fun. )

#3 If you did not own any muzzleloaders. BUT had the knowledge and experience you had with muzzlelaoder that you do. Would you still buy the same rifles over again? Or would you change your buying habits and purchase totally different?

No doubt about it - my purchases wouldbe different. I might end up with one or two of the same guns I now own, but the process of getting there would be organized.

I would be looking for six top qualityguns - deciding just which one of each would be half the fun:

One.50 caliber in-line.
One.40 or .45caliber flintlock.
One.54caliber flintlock.
One .58 caliber military musket.
One .54 caliber underhammer caplock.
One 12 gauge double caplock.

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