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Your Favorite Rifle / Let's do this again
« Last post by Hanshi on January 10, 2025, 01:08:32 PM »Yes, we've done this before but it's been a while. And see, we just got to get something going. So here it is.............
Some shooters like percussion - the majority if traffic on percussion threads are any indication - while others (me included) prefer flint. But! Sometimes the preferred type of ignition doesn't coincide with a favorite gun. This may be a sentimental attachment, it could be just their best shooter, or simply something special about the gun, the builder, a previous owner or something else. So here is a multiple question.
What kind of smoke pole best scratches your itch?
1. flint or percussion?
2. rifle or smoothbore?
3. caliber?
4. provenance? (builder, factory, domestic or imported, anything else)?
5. Primary use? (hunting, target, plinking, matches, other)?
6. favorite load(s)? (for each use)?
7. Best? (trophy and or adventure, match, whatever)?
8. PHOTOS:?
Be lengthy, specific, forthcoming!!!
Some shooters like percussion - the majority if traffic on percussion threads are any indication - while others (me included) prefer flint. But! Sometimes the preferred type of ignition doesn't coincide with a favorite gun. This may be a sentimental attachment, it could be just their best shooter, or simply something special about the gun, the builder, a previous owner or something else. So here is a multiple question.
What kind of smoke pole best scratches your itch?
1. flint or percussion?
2. rifle or smoothbore?
3. caliber?
4. provenance? (builder, factory, domestic or imported, anything else)?
5. Primary use? (hunting, target, plinking, matches, other)?
6. favorite load(s)? (for each use)?
7. Best? (trophy and or adventure, match, whatever)?
8. PHOTOS:?
Be lengthy, specific, forthcoming!!!
Even with the passing on of many of our older members, there is still a veritable wealth of muzzleloader knowledge in the the membership here. And we are just chomping at the bit to pass it on to anyone who wants it. 
