Check the regulations in your area first, but there are generally fewer rules that restrict hunting with traditional muzzleloaders when compared to hunting with inline muzzleloaders. However, there’s no feeling that can compare with the feeling of having it all come together on a hunt with a muzzleloader that looks and functions in a very similar manner to what American pioneers and frontiersmen used centuries ago.Īnother big advantage of hunting with a traditional muzzleloader is that the hunting regulations in just about every state (even the Pennsylvania primitive weapon season) permit the use of them. My very first muzzleloader was a Thompson Center New Englander and it took me a while to become proficient with it. Let’s be clear: hunting with a traditional muzzleloader isn’t easy and successfully taking a big game animal with one requires a lot of patience, dedication, care, and practice. Inline muzzleloaders certainly have their place (and I have nothing against hunters who use them), but traditional muzzleloaders are just really satisfying and fun to hunt with.
I think many hunters will likely agree that there’s a certain purity associated with using a traditional muzzleloader while afield. I would like to see photos of your project rifle when you finish.What is the best traditional muzzleloader for you? You could probably call him to discuss the project you have in mind, and maybe he could fix you up. I’ve never met him, but I have read a lot of his articles and he comes across as being a very knowledgeable but down-to-earth fellow. Might be worth a look.ĭoc puts his contact information on his website.
The A&H Mountain Rifles were nice guns, with very good barrels. 50 caliber barrels and mountings, and he has put together parts sets, kits, and finished rifles using these parts with new lock, tangs, and stocks.
The proprietor, Gary “Doc” White, found a quantity of un-used Austin & Halleck Mountain rifle parts, mostly. I don’t know how to post a link from the iPhone, but if you Google “white Muzzleloading” you should find it. They can be hard to find right now.Īn alternative, if you can’t find a Lyman, might be one of the Mountain Rifle kits from White Muzzleloading. I don’t own a Great Plains Rifle, but a lot of people on this forum love them.
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