ORIGINAL: nchawkeye
ORIGINAL: Powerfisher
I never thought I would say this but I like to shoot my new to me Traditions Hawken Woodsman more than any other gun I own. She sure is purdy and fun to shoot. Accurate to boot! Why didnt yall tell me this in the first place?
I shot it today just to give me an excuse to clean it!
What's sad is that there are "muzzleloading" hunters out there that have never shot a side hammer...
I'm 53 years old and shot my first muzzleloader in '75...Guess what??? I still remember that first shot!!!
I don't remember my first shot with an inline...
Wanna have some fun??? Find you a good hunting load for deer, sight in about 2 inches high at 50 yards with it...Then cut that load in half and play with the load and sights until you have it hitting dead on at 25 yards...Now you can deer hunt with your higher charge and squirrel hunt with your half load...Once you can kill 4-5 squirrels a morning with head shots you'll understand why we won the Battle of King's Mountain...
Great post...I am up to about $175 saved fora flinter. But it appears I may need quite a bit more. [&:]