I am just worried that it would become a wall hanger in a few years. With just one company making the sticks and if it does not catch on, they will quit making them. Then what? Not to mention the expense. 2 bucks a shot for just the powder.
So, I then walked over to the Western Powders booth to see if Federal was loading their Blackhorn 209 powder into the FireStick ... and they assured me that if they were ... it wasn't coming from them. So, after getting home from that show, I got in contact with one of the powder engineers I know at the facility where Blackhorn 209 is produced ... and learned that they "had developed" a sligfhtly hotter, slightly faster version of the powder for the FireStick. Now that Blackhorn 209 and Western Powders are owned by Hodgdon Powder Company ... it's all no big deal. It just seemed strange to me that an entirely new "muzzleloading" concept that was being boasted as to "change muzzleloading forever" was so shrouded in secrecy.
I saw some "FireSticks" in my local gun shop this week.
The guy behind the counter said they had sold two of the NitroFire rifles, but complained that they had to stock two different loads of "FireStick". He thought the company should have only offered one loading.
That was, in all honesty, the reason I started, some 37 years ago. It has developed into something much more than that, and did so early on. I bought my first mold and lead pot when I was about 21 and built my first mold when I was around 29-30 years old. I mess with mine all year long, not just at hunting season. This year, at least the last 7-8 months, I haven’t had the time to spend as I’d like to with them, with moving and building a shop and all.I hope this doesn't come across as being too rude, we Aussies can have the habit of being a bit blunt in our words and dry in our humour.
My observation from the outside in what I see on other non muzzleloader specific forums and such is people being drawn to muzzleloader hunting for extra opportunities to hunt not because there is any interest in the art of muzzleloading. I see a lot of people not wanting the inconvenience of exposed ignition, open sights, poor ballistics etc. It seems to be a mindset of "just make it work like a rifle and give me an extra tag".
Of course places like this forum are completely different and I really love the passion of fellow forum members (which is why this is the only forum I regularly visit).
As for myself, we have no weapon specific seasons so I hunt with a muzzleloader because I find the challenge and the history both fascinating and rewarding.
HB 2298Toytruck,
Is our VA proposal open for comments from the public? I hope it fails also.
John
Will that allow you to use a smokeless ML?It passed and approved by the governor. Will become law July 1st.
Of no interest to me !
Smokeless already has been allowed for years now. Not sure when, I think about the same time savage came out with them.Will that allow you to use a smokeless ML?
My gun's kill deer every year with triple 7, muzzle loaded with a few also with Blackhorn powder.
Understood, but the gun I use is a CVA optima V2 rifle and pistol. They are not smokeless rated.BH209 is a type of smokeless powder, based on the MSD sheet and the solvents used for it.
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