Too Much
This inline stuff is pretty much too much for me. I didn't realize it was going to be so complicated. With my TC Hawkins it was either patched round ball or one of 2 conicles, Maxi Ball or Maxi Bullet. And the powder was Goex FFG with a #11 cap and that was it. Oh, I did go to Goex FFFG and a 10% reduction in powder to equal the FFG. But now it's Goex, Pyrodex, Triple 7, Black Horn just to name a few. Then the primers, jeez, you know them better than me. Now you have to deal with the mutitude of bullets and sabots, SST, FTX, XTP, UPS, STP, just to mention a few and not to mention the various weights. I can't be the only one having a hard time sorting all this out. Crap, if I want to use Black Horn I have to modify my breach plug? I don't have a shooting range in my back yard either. I have to drive more than an hour one way and pay to use a shooting range, so trying all of these powders and bullets is not only expensive but time consuming. Give me a break! Then the cleaning. Who in the world decided it was easier to clean an inline than a sidelock. BALONEY! I don't clean anyting but the barrel and nipple on my Hawkins and it's a snap. The receiver area of an inline is a major pain to clean. It takes me more than twice the time to clean an inline than a side lock.
Last edited by pluckit; 11-14-2010 at 11:33 AM.