Why I hate muzzleloaders!

[primer mark]

I quit quitting!!!No flack from the wife.I don't say anything when she buys a pair of shoes that she puts on once to go with that outfit she got for a wedding.the only problem I have is deciding witch one ( or ones ) I'm gone to shoot today?

 

[Wilyote1]

Yep, I have a problem. Anything that has a trigger and goes bang is a problem for me now. Muzzleloaders do that.

It wasn't always that way. I was a die hard bow hunter in the late 80s thru 2010. I would sling arrows when I got up before work, and before I went to bed. Hunted almost every day of bow season. Was more accurate with a bow than my slug gun. A shoulder injury in 2010 ended that love affair. After archery was firearms season. My 870 pump evolved from a pattern maker to a group maker with a rifled barrel and a scope. I HATED slugs even the saboted ones. My freebie muzzleloader, (A traditions in line) stepped in to the picture in and I found an outlet for my archery craving. I also put the 870 in the cabinet. That traditions muzzleloader put many deer in the freezer. I really didn't work with it. It was accurate and I found a bullet to do the job. It shot out to 100 yds in groups around 2"-3". NY extended deer season a couple of years ago. This past fall the kids said they wanted to hunt with black powder. I purchased an Encore barrel for my frame and readied the Traditions and an old Hawkins 45 cal. My oldest son hunted every day during the BP season and used my Encore on the day he took his doe. He just bought a Encore barrel which yours truly has to get ready for next season. Since last August we have probably fired 200 black powder shots. My neighbor even commented on the sulphur smell last fall. It got the bug going in me for the ballistic fix.

I am an avid reloader and enjoy searching for that perfect load for a specific firearm. I hunt predators in the off season. My current reloading experiment is a 20 caliber called a 20 tactical. It spits a 32 gr pill out at 3700fps. Deadly on Fox & coyotes.

This is leading my into the smokeless muzzleloader realm one of these days. I can feel the gravity pulling me in. I am looking in the gun safe and thinking which one of you is going to fund this next project.

I retired 5 years ago and can say it's the best job I ever had. I wake up in the morning and have to decide which gun I am going to shoot today.

 

[fishhawk2700]

I have managed to kick my addiction. At one-point I had 30 or so here at the house and have owned probably 100 or so. I am now down to two and those need to go along with all the BS that go along with them. Sometimes you just lose interest.

 

[Jimryser]

As a noob to this we forum but not new to muzzle loading, AND a bona fide licensed addictions therapist, it’s only an addiction if you want to quit but can’t. Oh. Wait.

 

[Dieselden454]

When my wife use to complain about spending money for guns I asked her when you get your nails & hair done how much does it cost . she told me $155.00 & I said how often do you get it done & she said every two weeks . So I did the math & it came to $4030.00 a year & I said Muzzle loader only cost $530.00 & I still have it ! Enough said !

 

[Patched]

Grant me the power to change the things I can….
the humility to accept the things I can’t change….and the wisdom to know the difference….

If God didn’t want us to have guns, He wouldn’t have given us trigger fingers….

 

[Confederate rifleman]

Regarding my " wee muzzleloader " comment. Someone spoke of switching to collecting beanie babies.

 

[TopFueler1]

I'm still addicted and always will be until the day I leave this earth. It started when I built my first a T/C Hawken percussion .50 cal. at age 21. Still have it and many others, it is still a shooter. I browned the barrel using the kitchen oven.

 

[Jitterbug]

Regarding my " wee muzzleloader " comment. Someone spoke of switching to collecting beanie babies.

While we’re clearing up the meaning of our posts… I was speaking of OTHERS collecting Beanie Babies!

 

[Hausser1]

bronko, this sounds like more of a love/hate relationship, vs. just hating muzzleloaders!

FWIW, a person can get obsessed with collecting all manner of crap that we might find less useful than muzzleloaders.

Beanie Babies, anyone?

they make good muskie bait

 

[Hausser1]

While we’re clearing up the meaning of our posts… I was speaking of OTHERS collecting Beanie Babies!

uuuuummmmmm-hhhmmmmmm

 

[Dieselden454]

 

[DGH]

Many bad things one can spend $$$ on

Say Blackpowder 3 times and you will be ok..

 

[KEDSFAN]

50 years ago I bought a T/C Hawken. Today I have 20 T/C rifles hanging on the wall with many different models.
I am always looking for a model I don't have. Someday I will tip over and they can all go to other addicts.

I collect them because I want to and I enjoy it. . Life is short. Have fun along the way because you never know when it will be over.

 

[bronko220002]

50 years ago I bought a T/C Hawken. Today I have 20 T/C rifles hanging on the wall with many different models.
I am always looking for a model I don't have. Someday I will tip over and they can all go to other addicts.

I collect them because I want to and I enjoy it. . Life is short. Have fun along the way because you never know when it will be over.

Kedsfan put me in your will. PM me for my personal info....LOL

 

[KEDSFAN]

Kedsfan put me in your will. PM me for my personal info....LOL

I have been thinking about this more often these days. I been a collector all my life. Tool, antiques, things that go boom, etc. I don't want someone to sell all my stuff when they don't have a clue what they are looking at. I think it is a good idea to mention this site in my will. The same with other groups I frequent to share my collecting addictions.

But when people ask why I collect this junk I say I am not an addict. I say I am merely gathering items for my eventual estate sale. I want to have some cool stuff that would appeal to my fellow addicts.

 

[Jimryser]

I have been thinking about this more often these days. I been a collector all my life. Tool, antiques, things that go boom, etc. I don't want someone to sell all my stuff when they don't have a clue what they are looking at. I think it is a good idea to mention this site in my will. The same with other groups I frequent to share my collecting addictions.

But when people ask why I collect this junk I say I am not an addict. I say I am merely gathering items for my eventual estate sale. I want to have some cool stuff that would appeal to my fellow addicts.

I get that 100%! I want the things I leave behind to go to those who will love them and USE them like I do!!

 

[KEDSFAN]

I have managed to kick my addiction. At one-point I had 30 or so here at the house and have owned probably 100 or so. I am now down to two and those need to go along with all the BS that go along with them. Sometimes you just lose interest.

That happens with hobbies sometimes. It certainly has happened to me. Move on and find something you enjoy.