RE: WANTING TO PURCHASE A NEW MUZZLELOADER
I looked at an Austen/Halleck halfstock flintlock .50 roundball, Hawken-style rifle at the Hunter's Den in Waynesboro PA last week. It was a very well-made gun, sparked nicely, and had a good adjustable doubler-set trigger. It also had a full-buckhorn rear sight that I would have had to scrap if I were to try to use the gun for hunting!!