Flintlock season starts the day after Christmas here in PA. The most challenging hunt is the most fun one. I shot my first deer with a muzzleloader at age 12 and have been doing it ever since.


Me on the right in the first one in '05

I took the picture on the second one.

Both my kills.

Much more fun with snow on the ground!

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I don't hunt, but used to do a little cap-n-ball shooting with a 45 cal single shot pistol. Lotsa smoke and fun Still have the pistol, but haven't shot it in probably 15-20 years.
My brother's in-laws have quite an arsenal of black powder guns, including an origional buffalo rifle. It's a .75 cal, and weighs a ton. Very little recoil due to the huge hex shaped barrel.

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Nice pic's I've been nothing but blackpowder since the 80's.

I was reading a little trivia the other day. 1974 was the first year a muzzleloader/flintlock season was opened in PA. My brother and father bought theirs in 1976. I was born in 1974 so I didn't but mine until a little later.

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I've been Blackpowder hunting for at least 20 years.

Many of you have seen pics of my guns,including a couple I fashioned myself.

For deer I prefer my .45 cal,Halfstock with a great 28" 1.5"thick Colerain gain twist full octagon Bbl w/traditional buckhorn sights,curly maple stock,browned Iron furniture and a super fast Siler lock with a roller frizzen.I generally back it up with a .440 round ball and an .020 greased patch.With 110 grains of FFG behind it I'll get a fairly flat trajectory for up to 300 yards with no groove stripping,even though I have to hammer the ball and patch into the barrel Schuetzen style,which is why I chamfered the muzzle.

One thing with Flintlocks,never use leather to hold the flint,but sheet lead instead.And...the finer the priming powder and the least amount will assure you the most rapid ignition,but most fill the priming pan full which is a mistake.

Always use water when cleaning the barrel out,then swab it with oil and the bore will be like new.

Why no leather to hold the flint?

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'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R