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Button Buck
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Last Login: 4/6/2008 2:03:49 PM
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Pabowhunter,
Yes, I am an Idaho resident, but I am currently in Europe and was unable to hunt during 2007. I decided to check out the regulations online and couldn't believe what they did to the muzzleloader rules and regulations. I expected them to allow 209 primers since it is getting harder all the time to find a muzzleloader that uses percussion or musket caps, but they went to the other extreme.
Interestingly, they went the other way for archery...let offs to 85% and 300 grain arrows are now allowed! This is after I spent lots of time and money tuning for 411 grain arrows on a 65% let-off bow (65% let-off was getting hard to find at the time).
I'll stop hijacking this thread now! 
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Button Buck
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Last Login: 7/31/2008 7:50:23 AM
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| You've gotten some good advice. I'm going to add my two cents worth. I have hunted with T/C muzzleloaders for over thirty years and they have never left me down. I have an Omega 50 caliber that is a hole cutter and you can't ask more than that out of a muzzleloader. I use American Pioneer Powder (Jim Shockey's Gold Pellets) because they burn extra clean and I don't need to clean my bore between shots in the field. I use T/C XTP sabots because they have performed well for me. Reguardless of which muzzleloader you choose you are going to need to practice, practice and practice so that everything becomes second nature to you. Find someone who shares your interest in muzzleloading, join a hunting club,etc., and gleen some of their knowledge and love of the sport. It is always more fun when there are others to share the sport with.
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Button Buck
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Last Login: 6/29/2008 5:06:27 PM
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The first thing you have to realize is that a muzzle loading gun is just that, muzzle loading. No two guns are going to shoot the same. Your best friend may say his gun does this or that. It don't matter. I have been shooting a Thompson, set trigger, cap lock for years "renegade". I wouldn't trade it for any three of the new in-lines. You have to run a mess of bullets through you own gun trying different amounts of powder to find out what works best for you and your gun. I use aprx. 90 grains of pyrodrex powder. Any more and accuracy suffers. I like the new CVA power belt bullets myself. They are true to caliber and easier to load. If you shoot sabots they are one caliber size smaller than stated to allow the fit of the sabot skirt which overlaps the slug.
I guess though, that the main reason for my preference for cap-locks over in-lines is simple fun. When I am hunting or shooting and long distance accuracy is the only point I have a 30-0-6. When I get out the smoke pole it is for the fun of a more primitive weapon. I have to be a better shooter and hunter. Nothing against in-lines I just enjoy shooting my Renegade and I leave that new Magnum In-line in the gun case.
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