First time shooting a Muzzle Loader
08-21-2009, 12:29 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Posts: 297
First time shooting a Muzzle Loader
I went to Cabelas last week in Hamburg PA and came home with a new TC Triumph with a 3X10 Powder Horn scope. Thanks to my Beautiful wife who got me this set up for My B~day next Month... Love ya baby.
Anyway...
Took it to the Range yesterday and Man Oh MAN! Do I dig this gun! I have always hunted deer in PA gun season with either a 33-30 or 30-06... and now in NJ I have been going out in the special season with a shotgun. But where I hunt in NJ with the shotgun, they are leaning more and more toward Black Powder... so I thought I would make the switch.
What a great shooting gun this is... I mean I read a lot about them all before deciding on the TC... that bone collector looks really cool on the TV commercials... but I did not like it in person, and the price tag was also too high in my humble opinion. Like I said I never owned a black powder gun before... but I really liked the Triumph better.
So anyway... I am shooting 250 grain shockwaves and they are shooting great.... I am psyched up for that season to roll around in Late November.
DW
Anyway...
Took it to the Range yesterday and Man Oh MAN! Do I dig this gun! I have always hunted deer in PA gun season with either a 33-30 or 30-06... and now in NJ I have been going out in the special season with a shotgun. But where I hunt in NJ with the shotgun, they are leaning more and more toward Black Powder... so I thought I would make the switch.
What a great shooting gun this is... I mean I read a lot about them all before deciding on the TC... that bone collector looks really cool on the TV commercials... but I did not like it in person, and the price tag was also too high in my humble opinion. Like I said I never owned a black powder gun before... but I really liked the Triumph better.
So anyway... I am shooting 250 grain shockwaves and they are shooting great.... I am psyched up for that season to roll around in Late November.
DW
08-21-2009, 01:23 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
Uh-Oh! Another front stuffer infection. Welcome to the club. What powder/load are you using under those Shockwaves?
(Warning: By the end of the deer season you'll begin to wonder if you should try a sidelock just for the fun of it. The answer is - yes, you should.)
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(Warning: By the end of the deer season you'll begin to wonder if you should try a sidelock just for the fun of it. The answer is - yes, you should.)
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08-21-2009, 05:09 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Shawano Co., WI
Posts: 41
These front stuffers sure are addicting. Congrats on the new gun. I have been driving my wife nuts since I started muzzleloading a year ago. I just picked up a Knight Long Range Hunter myself, but my wife says its a Christmas gift, so I can't open it til Christmas. Good thing I got the Omega in the safe! The best part of this sport is all the experimenting that one can do. You are pretty much only bound by your willingness to tinker.
