Traditional all the way

[Coryy]

Just wondering who here shoots traditional sidelock and good ole fashion Black powder?

Here are my babies

.50cal Hawken percussion, deadly with 75grains and a 385grain hornady great plains conincal

.50cal great plains rifle, deadly with 70grains and a .495 roundball with a .020patch

.32cal plains rifle with 30grains is a tack driver

12gauge side by side front stuffer with 7 1/2 shot is deadly on birds, but you need to hunt with a pointer so you have time to pull the hammers back.

[Mr Special]

I dont shoot traditional yet but plan to soon. after seein your pix i wanna go out and get one now but i know i still have xmas shoppin to do 1st lol

i was thinking of gettin one of those kit guns from BigC.

Whats ur personal opinion on them?

jw, how far are you roughly shooting with them and how is the clean up? i know it wont be as easy as a break open inline but im hoping it wont take forever either lol

[Coryy]

I am confident in my accuracy out to about 110yards off hand and add another 20 or so from a rest.

Cleaning really isn't that difficult it is a bit more messy, but it just involves a bucket of soapy water some patches and then a hot water rinse. Wipe everything dry and then use some "Bore butter" in the bbl and put a good coat of oil on the other metal parts and you are good to go.

I can write a full procedure for you if you would like.

Trust me once you shoot one you will be hooked.

[Mr Special]

Thanks for the reply.

i was thinkin about a hundo was the range on them. then again, the shooter has alot to do with it and im not that great of a shooter lol

a bud has a traditional hawkins in a .54 and man is that thing fun to shoot