Deer Rifle - A little help?

[Regionnus Rattis]

I carry an 1984 in .44 mag, so I can also use the same ammo in my sidearm, when I'm hunting out west or in Minnesota. Walking and hunting all day long, I don't want to carry two different loads and the Hornady LeveRevolution cartridges have worked awesome for me. I also have an old .357 S&W Mod 19 at home and have been thinking of getting a lever gun that caliber as well.

Around here, I think the .357 is more than adequate for the whitetails, but Mulies definitely need a bigger punch from the .44. However, around here, I much prefer stalking whitetails with my 30 year old Jennings Sidekick compound. No better adrenaline rush in hunting...

 

[DBpB]

You can get these Thomson Center Hawken rifles VERY reasonably right now. You'd think we were out on the plains and they just invented breech loading cartridges the way these are listed in the classifieds.

My dad has two TC muzzleloaders that he's willing to let me borrow. I'm going to take them out this weekend and learn how to use them. The only problem I've been having is locating the right gear to load. Dad's one of these that has to be special, so when he bought them 20+ years ago, he had to buy the 54 cal's. My fav gun shoppe, and the best prices in town, just moved over to the other side of the river on the SE side of Louisville. I'll find what I need by this weekend though.

 

[Jack Ryan]

My dad has two TC muzzleloaders that he's willing to let me borrow. I'm going to take them out this weekend and learn how to use them. The only problem I've been having is locating the right gear to load. Dad's one of these that has to be special, so when he bought them 20+ years ago, he had to buy the 54 cal's. My fav gun shoppe, and the best prices in town, just moved over to the other side of the river on the SE side of Louisville. I'll find what I need by this weekend though.

ROTFLMAO! We must be related some how. I bought a 45.

I highly suggest any one starting out get a 50. What ever you get, buy a bullet mold and it's irrelevant. I've got several from muzzle loader 45 cal bullets to bullet for 45-70 and I've shot about everything but pea gravel in it.

In your case I'd just go with what your dad is already using and expirienced / knowledgeable about. Commonality of gear and all that.

 

[cooldadg]

I'm not sure I believe in the stopping power of a .357 how bout everyone else

 

[Joe Williams]

I'm not sure I believe in the stopping power of a .357 how bout everyone else

It's plenty good enough, so long as you pick your shots and watch your range. I personally think it's a 75 yard gun out of a rifle.

 

[maarlborogto]

henry

I was looking the other day at one a henry golden boy it was i think 400 at a gun shop. thoes are nice or you can get a muzzleloader for really cheap and the new inlines will most of the time out perform the pistol cartriges even in a rifle