Smoke poles! Watcha totin???

[hammer24]

I've decided to go old school this year. Taking the .50 Hawkins sidelock with patched roundballs. I got this beauty from my grandfather when I was 14, and it has never taken a deer. That ends this year! I may cheat and take my Knight .50 Hawkey pistol w/ red dot. But, something feels wrong about toting an inline pistol w/ lam. stock and optics while carrying an old Hawkins rifle.

I have my Winchester x-150 in .45 currently set up for my son.

 

[clfergus]

Going with my TC Omega Z5 shooting Barnes T-EZ sabots and 2 pellets of 777.

 

[firehawk1]

I'll be out with my T/C .50 cal. SS Firehawk. Once I figured out what this rifle liked powder and bullet wise, it has been flawless in the many years I've hunted with it. The past few years that has been 90 grains of Triple 7 behind a Powerbelt 295 grain AeroTip.

I tried the 209 primer thing... big PITA and went back to CCI percussion caps.

BTW, Attention you sidelock guys, still have a T/C New Englander I don't shoot anymore.... AHEM. PM me.

Good hunting to everyone this ML season! Be safe too.

 

[TGUNTER]

CVA Staghorn has worked for many years. I have others but this one always ends up in the woods with me. Also has a Redfield 3x9 on it. 100grains Pyrodex and 250gr TC Shockwave bullet.

 

[JDubb]

Traditions Pursuit XLT stainless w/flutes and ported 50 cal, TC shockwaves 200gr sabots and 2-50gr pyrodex pellets

 

[Titanium Man]

T/C Omega with thumbhole grey camo stock/ Nikon Omega Scope.

245 gr Powerbelts with 2 pellets Triple 7.

Always devastating results.

 

[Indianajeff]

I'veretired the Black Diamond this year, and bought a CVA Optima, already took a doe with it already using 100gr 777 and 240gr Dead Center sabots.

 

[Lonnie]

Traditions Persuit XLT .50 with a Thumbhole camo stock and nickle fluted ported barrel and a 4x9x32 scope with lighter recticle

 

[shooter1054]

T/C Omega with a Nikon Prostaff on top. Using 250 gn Hornady SST-ML sabots pushed by 2 pellets of White Hots. I get 1 1/2 inch or so groups at 100 yards.

 

[Redskinsfan]

I've decided to go old school this year. Taking the .50 Hawkins sidelock with patched roundballs.

Me too. I only shoot patched round balls and real black powder in mine. Others prefer different and that is of course their right, but I only like muzzle loaders that are traditional.

Terry

 

[Flinttim]

I'm a bit more "old School"
Took a doe last Friday with this

May hunt later this M/L season with this

 

[Jeffrey]

Omega

Stainless TC Omega with black synthetic stock and a nikon omega scope. Two 777 pellets and 250 grain XTPs. It does so well with 100 grains of 777 I never bothered trying 150? Might see how it shoots this year with 150 grains of 777. This is the only deer I have taken with it, but the combination did the trick during late season 2009.

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Happy hunting everyone

 

[Noble Sniper]

I'm a bit more "old School"
Took a doe last Friday with this

May hunt later this M/L season with this

OUTSTANDDING!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful rifles I have fought the urge to build a flintlock for years

 

[madcarpenter]

encore here.

 

[Flinttim]

Them bottom one is actually a 12 ga fowling piece. Shoots a .690 round ball.The upper gun is a 50 cal "bullet" gun . 1-20 twist, shoots a 385 grain hard lead bullet.

 

[baldguy637]

I have 3 so it depends on the weather and mood...

T/C Encore blued/camo

T/C Omega, all camo, thumbhole stock

T/C Hawken

 

[HICKMAN]

we'll see that I find on sale this week

 

[sbcman]

50 cal CVA Wolf with Bushnell 3x9x40 Banner scope. Running a 250gr T/C Shockwave stoked with 100gr 777 pellets.

This rifle is the greatest surprise I've ever had in buying firearms. I caught it on sale dirt cheap a few years back and thought I would give it a try, just in case I needed a little longer season. Amazingly, it's one of the most accurate rifles I own with the combo given above shooting slightly less than a minute. No one was more surprised by its performance than me.

 

[buford t justice]

My son bought a CVA Wolf this year and after shooting and especially cleaning it I am thinking about trading my old TC grey hawk for one just like it.

 

[HICKMAN]

yeah, I'm hunting around for a CVA Wolf myself.