Discussion starter....There can be only one....

[Hawken50]

    Ok,,,,you can have only one muzzleloader....I can be rifle or pistol,,,what would it be?...For me it would be a 45 caliber Early Virginia flintlock rifle.   Enough power for deer sized game but could still take a squirrel or rabbit.
...What would be your choice?

[Hanshi]

Ooookay!  Only one, huh?  It would be my late Lancaster .45 X 13/16" X 36".  I've killed more deer with this fine rifle than any other.  If it couldn't be the Lancaster it would be my .62 X 38" smoothbore. 

[hotfxr]

Only one of mine? That's a hard one but it would have to be my Mongrel built CVA Mountain Rifle in .45. For the same reason that Hanshi noted.

[Patocazador]

Mine would be my .50 cal. Sile Hawken Hunter. It was the second percussion rifle I ever bought but has been the best for hunting with its shorter barrel and fast twist. I've taken about 35 deer with it with few problems.

[Dogshirt]

It would have to be my Lyman GPR .54. Good for deer, good for elk, good for bear. Why in the world would anyone hunt squirrels? 

[Cranbrook]

If there can only be ONE, I find that to be totally unacceptable!!  We are not waiting in the long line to buy toilet paper YET!     

I did say YET mind you.   The future may find us all very lucky to have just one!

   

[Patocazador]

If there can only be ONE, I find that to be totally unacceptable!!

Me too. I currently have 11 black powder long guns (including shotguns) and 9 handguns. I find that number to be barely adequate but I don't feel too deprived.
With only one I would feel naked. 

[Hanshi]

  No need to take the question with "over seriousness".  It's basically just a fun discussion starter that gives us a chance to talk about our "favorite" gun.  We'll all be long gone by the time toilet paper lines form.  Even then, there are still stashes of Sears catalogs here and there. 

[Winter Hawk]

That would be my .45 Deer Creek flintlock (CVA Mountain rifle parts) with 7/8" Colerain barrel for the reasons already mentioned.  Great minds run in similar circles!

~WH~

[flintboomer]

  "ONLY ONE"? 

[old salt]

If I could only have could only have one I would have to be my 54 cal TC. Now you may say I am cheating as that one came as package deal with a 12 ga barrel.

[Hanshi]

Picking that ONE gun doesn't mean you can't, Ahem! cheat. 

[pilgrim]

    If I could only have one black powder rifle,  it would be the CVA caplock 45 caliber rifle.  I really enjoy how well it shoulders and instantly comes on point of aim,  also the fact that it is accurate while using less powder and lead than my  50's and 54's.   And it does not beat the s#%t out of  my shoulder.   It is a pure joy to shoot,  it may not be pretty with the 2 part  stock,  but then but then again,  beauty is only skin deep.  The only improvement that would make this rifle the best is if it were a FLINTLOCK.

[redhawk]

If I could only  have one black powder rifle it would be Miss Dora, my 45 cal. CVA flintlock Mountain rifle. Like Pilgrim said Miss Dora shoulders well and is right on target.  She is a true shooter and puts it right where I aim it.  I have spent many a hour sitting waiting on a deer to show up and she has taken several and never let me down.  She has killed a number of squirrels   and a coyote .  She is a good huntin partner and wouldn't want to go without her!

[Winter Hawk]

Ooookay!  Only one, huh?

As Louis L'Amour put it, "beware the man with only one gun; he likely knows how to use it."  Or words to that extent....

~WH~