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[Ranger]

[Mr Woodchuck]

mee badd
lol

[bull frog]

Just one gun you say....that would be tuff choice.  I have a .50 cal. I do truly love now but with the cost of powder and lead as it is getting to I would be tempted to go at least down to .45 cal.  Add to this the new hunting laws of Calif. I think a .36 cal. to be a better choice for me.  At this time in my area, hunting with a muzzleloader is all but outlawed for anything except rabits and squirrels (that is with lead projectiles, I asked a fish and game officer about this , his answer was it would be legal to hunt other game like deer and such if I used steel balls.)  Anyway, My first choice would be a southern mountain rifle iron mounted, full stock, flint in .36 or .45.  I would lean to the .36 most likely.  However I have often thought about a .40.  Never owned one or even shot a .40.  I think it would be a real good compromise between the two.

[Chaffa Hosa]

Who here has more guns than they actually need ?   ... besides me.
If ya had to go with just one BLACKPOWDER/FRONT STUFFER...
what one  would it be ... it kan be one ya have or one ya want ??
    Mine would be one of my 36 flintlocks ... they would do the beat all around for me... if I had to go law abidun'   50 cal poor boy flinter .
  Lets hear some viewpoints ...   

Only One

To me the obvious choice is a smoothbore preferably in 12 ga
shot or small pebbles for small game, ball or buck for larger animals

[karwelis]

Just one gun you say....that would be tuff choice.  I have a .50 cal. I do truly love now but with the cost of powder and lead as it is getting to I would be tempted to go at least down to .45 cal.  Add to this the new hunting laws of Calif. I think a .36 cal. to be a better choice for me.  At this time in my area, hunting with a muzzleloader is all but outlawed for anything except rabits and squirrels (that is with lead projectiles, I asked a fish and game officer about this , his answer was it would be legal to hunt other game like deer and such if I used steel balls.)  Anyway, My first choice would be a southern mountain rifle iron mounted, full stock, flint in .36 or .45.  I would lean to the .36 most likely.  However I have often thought about a .40.  Never owned one or even shot a .40.  I think it would be a real good compromise between the two.

hey bull frog where in california are you?

karwelis

[bull frog]

I'm down in the lower San Juaquin valley at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Tulare County if you know the area.  About half way between Bakersfield and Fresno.  The land of fog&smog.

[windwalker_au]

my .54 pedersoli tryon rifle.or a .50 1 in 24 fast twist hawken so i could shoot big slugs in the 500 grn range
bernie :)

[karwelis]

I'm down in the lower San Juaquin valley at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Tulare County if you know the area.  About half way between Bakersfield and Fresno.  The land of fog&smog.

i know the area well worked in fresno for 3 months, seemed like a life time! i used to live in newport beach orange county. now i'm in the san bernardino mountians "BIG BEAR" its gods country up here! i hope you come to our rondy at the end of aug. thru labor day weekend. hell ust come up and lets go shootin and tell some lies around the fire afterwards!

karwelis

[bull frog]

Sounds like a great time to be had.  I will see if that could fit into the realm of possable to do in Aug. schedual.  I fare well at swaping lies.  Will keep it in mind.  Never been to your area but for passing through on the interstate, which is prabably only remotely neer you.                          Bullfrog

[karwelis]

Sounds like a great time to be had.  I will see if that could fit into the realm of possable to do in Aug. schedual.  I fare well at swaping lies.  Will keep it in mind.  Never been to your area but for passing through on the interstate, which is prabably only remotely neer you.                          Bullfrog

well we look down on the interstate. i mean heck were at 7000' we look down on everything. lol,,,,,,,,,,,he check out the link http://www.bighornmountainmen.com/ that has the info fo rour rondy at the end of next month. woodchuck mumbled something about maybe trying to come up. sense he'll be on this coast anyway.

karwelis

[hawkchucker]

Yea you can never have too many guns
guns are 99.9 1/2% of life