How fast can you reload your Muzzleloader?
Looking to survey how quickly you can reload your Muzzleoader (safely and comfortably) during a hunting situation.
Using my speedloaders and sabot with Barns all copper, along with 209 primer, I can comfortably reload my gun under 1 minute. Doug |
It would depend on the rifle I am shooting. My White Rifle can be reloaded very quickly,. Some of the inlines a little longer, because I believe in swabbing between shots.
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My .54 flintlock, less than 30 seconds...
I use a loading block, a thinner patch, have a preset measure on the thong with the block...All this added together makes for a fairly quick reload... My inline, 2-3 minutes because I clean the barrel between shots... Just for the record, in over 30 years of muzzleloading for deer, I've never needed to quickly reload for a second shot at the same animal...I did have 2 other bucks walk through after shooting the first one time...Funny thing is, I was using my inline, if I had of taken the flinter, I would have been reloaded....btw, I shot the smallest, they kept getting bigger... :) Muzzleloading is always about the 1st shot... |
Never fast enough to get a second shot after the first missed...
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Never needed a 2nd shot in the field. I also swab my inlines, but I have found from a once shot barrel, I do have acceptable accuracy for an unswabbed 2nd shot, so with practiced follow up shots under field conditions, less than 30 seconds from a speedloader retrieved from my pocket.
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This guy does three shots in 46 seconds with a flintlock.
You'll love the hangfire on the last shot. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMbxZ1k9NQ |
Originally Posted by Muley Hunter
(Post 3861878)
This guy does three shots in 46 seconds with a flintlock.
You'll love the hangfire on the last shot. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJMbxZ1k9NQ I could load blanks that easily as well... |
Why would a ball slow you down in a smooth bore?
Even adding a few seconds to each load it's pretty fast. |
That is still impressive, whether its blanks or not. BUT a musket is easier to load then the rifle. At least in my experience.
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I agree, but if you add the time to push a ball down. It doesn't add too much time.
I found another guy doing 4 in one minute. |
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