Anti-Gun Group Wants To Ban Muzzleloaders For Mass Casualty Potential

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 hour ago, Merle said:

6.5 caliber rifles are the new 308. 6.5x47 Lapua, 6.5 Creedmoor, .260 Remington, 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, etc. 6.5 caliber bullets have a higher ballistic coeffecient than 308 caliber bullets.

True, 6.5 has good, flat ballistics qualities.  But unless you are shooting chipmunks at 1000m, not very effective for hunting.

 

Hopefully as/if they become more popular, ammo will be more common and cheaper to buy.

[natty bumppo 289]

6 hours ago, IDWAF said:

True, 6.5 has good, flat ballistics qualities.  But unless you are shooting chipmunks at 1000m, not very effective for hunting.

 

Hopefully as/if they become more popular, ammo will be more common and cheaper to buy.

Load you own, tune to your rifle ... and don't look back.

 

 

 

 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

33 minutes ago, natty bumppo said:

Load you own, tune to your rifle ... and don't look back.

 

 

 

 

That's why I have a Dillon RL550B. 

 

Haven't loaded any rifle stuff on it yet.  But it sure is fun to play with.  Have some .40 light loads I made.  Very light kick, easy for a woman to control.

 

Edited November 22, 2017 by IDWAF

[natty bumppo 289]

RL 550B and a single stage for development purposes ... can't go wrong.

Unless you want the XL650 ... 

 

yea i can tell your equipment has some mileage on it too ... the 550B is now the 550C

nothing like the stroking motion of using the reloading press to make the wife jealous and want to take control of things ... 

 

 

[Boiler 43,602]

 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Rogers rules for rangers #2

 

2. Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, sixty rounds powder and ball, and be ready to march at a minute’s warning.

[Merle 458]

On 11/21/2017 at 7:46 AM, bcking said:

How many people still shoot muzzleloaders? I'm sure collectors have them, but are they actually in working order and used with any frequency? Outside of war reenactments. 

You are confusing antique flint lock muskets to modern muzzle loaders which dont look much different then a modern bolt action rifle.

Edited November 23, 2017 by Merle

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13 minutes ago, Merle said:

You are confusing antique flint lock muskets to modern muzzle loaders which dont look much different then a modern bolt action rifle.

My ones do.

[natty bumppo 289]

3 hours ago, Merle said:

You are confusing antique flint lock muskets to modern muzzle loaders which dont look much different then a modern bolt action rifle.

flint lock vs percussion vs single shot BP vs modern ...

yea we've covered them all in this thread. 

it should be easy to tell who the players are vs the media & hype followers