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Hello everyone, new here.
So I have been on the hunt for a new muzzle loader in a .45 cal for some time, but have not decided which route to go yet. Then I recently came across the Woodman Arms Patriot and It has my full attention right now.
In Utah we cannot hunt with smokeless powder, and the Patriot was designed around Blackhorn209 which is my preferred substitute powder.
This would be a hunting rifle first and a steel banger for fun!
I understand that with a breech plug change in the .45 I can shoot smokeless should I choose to do so. I love the versatility of that. One of the options is a 1-20 twist Brux which is the way I’m leaning. Also could go with a 1-18 or 1-24 twist 24” length McGowen. The Brux is 28” but I would want to cut it down some and Mark indicated to me that he would be willing to make a 26” version which seems just about right. Cost around $1,000.
I really want to try full bore .45 bullets and want good accuracy out to 400 yards. But most of my hunting shots are inside of 200 yards with 20 yards common. I like to spot / stalk / track mule deer & elk in the thick pinion and juniper we have out here. So mostly close, but often there are cross canyon opportunities that present.
Anyway, is my logic sound or am I crazy?
So I have been on the hunt for a new muzzle loader in a .45 cal for some time, but have not decided which route to go yet. Then I recently came across the Woodman Arms Patriot and It has my full attention right now.
In Utah we cannot hunt with smokeless powder, and the Patriot was designed around Blackhorn209 which is my preferred substitute powder.
This would be a hunting rifle first and a steel banger for fun!
I understand that with a breech plug change in the .45 I can shoot smokeless should I choose to do so. I love the versatility of that. One of the options is a 1-20 twist Brux which is the way I’m leaning. Also could go with a 1-18 or 1-24 twist 24” length McGowen. The Brux is 28” but I would want to cut it down some and Mark indicated to me that he would be willing to make a 26” version which seems just about right. Cost around $1,000.
I really want to try full bore .45 bullets and want good accuracy out to 400 yards. But most of my hunting shots are inside of 200 yards with 20 yards common. I like to spot / stalk / track mule deer & elk in the thick pinion and juniper we have out here. So mostly close, but often there are cross canyon opportunities that present.
Anyway, is my logic sound or am I crazy?