I know it is not a muzzleloader, but it is BP:



I walked in to my local gun shop and this guy was in there trying to trade this original trapdoor carbine in for an AK-47. He got it from a friend that had died and left it to him. He was not interested in it in any way. The shop owner isn't too savvy on these older guns and he told the guy to have me look it over.

I gave him an honest estimate on this gun ($1500 to $3000). He ask the shop owner if he wanted to buy it and he said no. He then asked me if I wanted it and I said yes, but didn't have that kind of money on me. We then talked back and forth and I ended up taking it home. For a great price, I might add. He was happy and I actually thought he was Santa Claus in drag and I just got my Christmas present early.

I am in the process of doing a thorough research on the carbine and it is really looking great so far. And yes I have shot it and it is shooting a little high. I shoot BPCR rounds in my trapdoor rifle and used them to test the carbine. I will have to make some specific rounds for it. The rifle rounds are loaded with about 65 grs of Goex 2f. I need to lower that to 55 grs and it should be a lot more manageable. I ordered a maintenance kit for it and found an original. the kit has the jointed ramrod, shell extractor and carbine tool. Now that will cost me a few coins of the realm.

Oh yeah, the shots were shooting way high and friend just happened to have an original large front blade sight.

Hope I didn't make anyone mad by posting this, but thought you all would be interested.

While I am at it, this is the big brother: