Gun (black powder) recomendations

[SamuraiCO]

50 cal min....54 if your are going to give Elk a try. Watch the rate of twist on them too. If you are going to hunt here in CO, you will want a 1:48 twist for the loads. Any thing slower than that is great for target shooting with patch and ball. The longer barrels are nice. I have a few here that I shoot. My fave is my 44 in barreled PA Long Rifle 50 cal in flintlock. But like mentioned above, you can get into a nice kit if you want. They pop up all the time on the net.

[Lars]

I bought a T/c encore last year. They are pricey but I like that I can switch out to a rifle barrel for the kid without having to buy a whole new rifle. The .50 is very accurate. I run 130gr. Of powder behind the hornady bullet and it shoot 2in groups at 200 yards. I looked at the CVA mountain rifle as well but decided on the t/c.

[sniper7]

Is the BGC required for a muzzleloader? Don't mean to hijack the thread.

Negative.

[sniper7]

I'll stick with my inline. You guys go ahead and miss opportunities with flintlocks and percussion. I've seen 4 elk walk away due to gun failures even though they were clean, no moisture the entire trip and the cap went off. Luckily it was never me behind the gun.

[longbow]

Negative.

Thanks, I put together a TC kit years ago but am looking for one for my daughter since we pulled some tags this year.

[Bentsight]

The Cabelas kits are great starters and the are available in flint or perc. They are also made by Invest Arms, the same company that makes the Lyman Great Plains rifles and pistols. The Great Plains is available in a 66" or 48" twist barrel but the Cabelas is only offered in a 48.
The 48" twist give you the option to shoot both patched round ball and sabots/conicals accurately over the slow twist barrels.

[jslo]

Thanks for the info guys. Thinking I need to study up a little more and maybe see if I can't swing 1 of each.
Inline for ease of use and a "traditional" for coolness.

[whistlepig]

Check out the wal mart I got an inline 50 cal for my kid for 100.00 stainless barrel synthetic stock.

[CapLock]

I had my Hawken go pop instead of boom once with a big mule deer buck in front of me. I still wouldn't trade it for an inline

[palepainter]

If you want to check out a bunch of different BP rifles, you should go to the Ft Lupton Muzzleloader shoots. They have a calendar here. I missed it this weekend. There are two shoots a month generally.

http://www.spvhs.org/imagedocuments/...lendar2013.pdf

If you ever want to go up, I have a few extra percussion rifles a in 50 cal. I also like to shoot my 44cal pistol.