Shooters love old-school style muzzle loaders

[UndeadPoet]

I got to make some smoke for the first time in a long while, last Saturday, when I, and a few others, was invited to a friend’s farm. There were quite a lot of (exotic) unmentionable (modern) firearms there, but the interesting thing is that the most popular firearms there that day, that everyone wanted to take a turn shooting, was a friend’s .58 British Enfield, my .44 Kentucky, and my .54 Pedersoli Blue Ridge, muzzleloaders! Second place went to two other of our firearms: my WWII unmentionable rifle (M-1 Garand), and my friend’s unmentionable rifle (M-14). Everyone was fascinated by the whole loading process and loved to see, feel, and hear the bang and the smoke. I was humbled by how much they wanted to know about them and how much they enjoyed shooting them.

‘Poet

 

[toytruck]

You can mention your firearms here, all of them, we are not particular about all that silly nonsense! I have in lines, sidelocks and centerfire guns an a pellet gun, its all good! Glad you were able to enlighten a few new folks to the shooting sport!

 

[UndeadPoet]

You can mention your firearms here, all of them, we are not particular about all that silly nonsense! I have in lines, sidelocks and centerfire guns an a pellet gun, its all good! Glad you were able to enlighten a few new folks to the shooting sport!

Thanks, toytruck! The “exotics” I mentioned were a lot of AR platforms and AKs and SKS. They didn’t hold a candle to the smokepoles’s popularity.

 

[deermanok]

There's just something special about black powder smoke.

 

[Bad Karma]

There's just something special about black powder smoke.

Years ago I came across a good deal on a Sharps .50-90. The previous owner it turned out was recoil shy. Or was made recoil shy... anyway, regardless where I went with that rifle, it drew a crowd. Some days I might shoot it 5 times out of twenty. Had a lot of fun with it, made a lot of friends of casual acquaintances. In the end someone offered me a 3-1/2” Merwin and Hulbert in .44 wcf and I couldn’t resist the nickel plated beauty. It draws a crowd too...