Let's talk about our Muzzleloaders

[OlSmokePole]

Hi folks, I'm a new member here. I like all guns, and my favorite of all is, as my username says, an old smoke pole. Muzzleloaders. I own a .45 caliber Kentucky rifle, percussion, 42 inch barrel. I like em long. Although recently I've been wanting a percussion revolver, maybe a pietta 1851 navy, that's on the cheaper end. I would *really* like a walker though. Bit more than I'd like to spend for a while though.

Anyway! Let's hear about and maybe even see those ol' smokepoles!

 

[Bond007]

Hey, glad to have you! That Kentucky rifle sounds awesome and hose long barrels just have a certain feel. But those percussion revolvers? They're like potato chips, you can't have just one

 

[Tom L]

Shooting buddy just bought a kit of a sidearm. I think he's having a blast putting it together. More fun to follow I'm sure.

 

[OlSmokePole]

Hey, glad to have you! That Kentucky rifle sounds awesome and hose long barrels just have a certain feel. But those percussion revolvers? They're like potato chips, you can't have just one

It's *usually* awesome. My brother had given me some traditions brand "foaming bore cleaner" at Christmas time and I used it after last time I shot, about 12ish days ago. NEVER AGAIN. The can says it evaporates... It doesn't. I had used it, ran patches down the barrel, and put the gun away. Today when I went out shooting with my neighbor, the gun would fire caps but not the powder charge. We ended up using my ball puller for the first time and after some scraping, found that the powder had turned into a paste because of the residual cleaner in the barrel. I ended up removing the barrel, drum, and nipple, and rinsing them all with very hot water to get all the powder cleaned out. Now I'm mad because I didn't even get to shoot it today and it's dark now.