Muzzleloader of the past.....

[Redhunter1012]

They shouldn't be. I'll look in my stuff tomorrow afternoon and see what I got if you need some. No promises but I think I have some. I dont think we're too far from each othet

 

[bowhunter1023]

I wish I had a real smokepole. One of these days it'll happen!

 

[Mike]

My dad was into black powder rifles back in the early 80's. He assembled 3 and bought a factory TS in SS. It was just a hobby as he's never hunted. They're all beautiful guns.

 

[Fletch]

View attachment 117567I couldn't believe I found the breech plug tool for this old thing in a shotgun shell box from my youth. Then it came apart extremely easy. Think I need to shoot this thing again before cleaning and it gets hidden for over twenty more years. Are little caps hard to come by?

Anything related to ammo is impossible to find....

 

[Clay Showalter]

Whenever I see the word Hawkens I can’t help but think of the movie Jeremiah Johnson.

“He was looking for a Hawken gun, .50 caliber or better. He settled for a .30, but damn, it was a genuine Hawken, and you couldn't go no better.”

https://www.fieldandstream.com/blast-from-past-jeremiah-johnsons-hawken/

 

[Fletch]

Anyone have a use for Buffalo bullets PM me... I've got maybe 30 or so...You can have them... Heat them up a little to get the old dried up lube off then just re-lube...Good as new... One of these get togethers I'll make and bring them out...

 

[Sgt Fury]

Anyone have a use for Buffalo bullets PM me... I've got maybe 30 or so...You can have them... Heat them up a little to get the old dried up lube off then just re-lube...Good as new... One of these get togethers I'll make and bring them out...

Bring a trail cam with you....I’ll clean the sd card for you so you’ll feel at home.

 

[Fletch]

Bring a trail cam with you....I’ll clean the sd card for you so you’ll feel at home.

You funny..... I'm thinking of buying your neighbor's property and giving the local Amish boys permission to hunt...

 

[bigten05]

I've still got my old hawkin dad bought me when I was about 11. Gun was longer than I was tall it was comical to see me hold it up and try to aim it.

 

[CJD3]

Whenever I see the word Hawkens I can’t help but think of the movie Jeremiah Johnson.

“He was looking for a Hawken gun, .50 caliber or better. He settled for a .30, but damn, it was a genuine Hawken, and you couldn't go no better.”

https://www.fieldandstream.com/blast-from-past-jeremiah-johnsons-hawken/

That was a cool read. Thanks

 

[Bowhunter57]

I just dialed mine in at the rifle range, on Thursday. I'm happy that it's grouping good (1 1/2") at 50 yards and that the flintlock is firing consistently.
Hatfield flintlock, 50 caliber, 39" barrel with a 1:70 twist. This will be my first hunt with a flintlock rifle.

Bowhunter57

 

[Stressless]

The struggle was real and lotsa fun. I went the nipple and cap and T/C .50 Hawkin. The barrel went bad, deflection, and had to retire it. T/C said they'd replace with anything in their lineup so I had send me a Bone Collector .50 first year using that online.

Prolly gonna get two more Hawkin's, hunt elk them and my boy in Colorado. That's him and me a lifetime ago, before he carried a gun, he went with me on stand.

This was a hunt where I shot two does out of the same family group, shoot reload shoot, he was about 3' from me. Great times and big smoke.