bronko22000

All you old guys like me, remember when Muzzleloading was cheap? I remember getting a T/C Hawken kit rifle back in the early 70 for less than $200.Bought a mould and casts my own balls, got pillow ticking really cheapand BP was about $10 a lb. Now, a new Hawken is over $500, BP close to $20 (the substitutes even higher), you can get bullets that are almost $2 each.
But you know what? After all is said and done - its still a blast.

nchawkeye

It's still cheapfor me...I mould my own round balls, use store bought ticking and make my own lube...
I stocked up on Goex earlier this year for $11.55 a pound and have a good supply of flints as well...

dmurphy317

It's not all that different after you figure in inflation. A $200 kit in 1970 is equal to around $630 in todays dollars after 3% inflation over 38 years, give or take a few months. Round balls can still be made cheap compared to buying them, and $10 BP in 1970 (sounds a bit high to me) should be around $30+ now based on inflation. I think I paid around $20 for the last couple of cans I bought. Sure there are some more expensive bullets out there but when comparing apples to apples it may actually be a bit cheaper to shoot now.

cayugad

I bought my first Renegade in Kit form for $139.00. At that time black powder was $8.00 a pound and a tin of caps were .99 cents. We got lead from the local plumber we knew for free and purchased a mold and cast our own roundball and maxiball.

gearheart

Back then I worked for $1.75 an hour. That $200 was real hard to come by.

johnny2

Last year I paid 9.85 a lb for Goex 2 f powder.....I still think it is cheaper
than lots of other powders....

alleyyooper

I bought T 7 last spring for $11.00 a pound. I stay away from the prepackaged sabot bullets stuff that are about $1.00 up to $1.50 each.
I got 100 sabots from MMP for about $15.00,
100 speer 50 cal 300gr gold dots for 25.00 at the end of hunting season from Williams and got a vetrans discount off that to boot.


But I do remember making $3.00 an hour and a TC hawkins kit My first BPRbeing $149.00. Molded our own round balls from cheap or free lead. Pillow ticking from Jo Anns fabric and crisco to lube the patches. 80 grs. of dupont was a heavy deer hunting load. For fooling around at the range we shot 50 grs or less.

Al

Steve863

I guess it depends how much you shoot, but I honestly think it still isn't very expensive when you compare it to bows or centerfire rifles or shotguns for the average hunter starting out. Heck, you can get a CVA for less than $200 and even closer to $100 on sale. They will get the job done if the hunter does his. Try getting a bow for that price. Sabots and some powder probably doesn't cost any more or less than centerfire ammo. One can be ready to go out hunting for less than $300 if they were on a budget. Not bad compared to how expensive everything else is these days. Try getting into any other sport or activity for less!

lemoyne

alleyyooper
Check this out, you can buy MMP sabots cheaper than if you get them direct. Lee
http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=%4D%55%5A%5A%4C%45%4C%4F%41%44 %49%4E%47&dept2=%43%4F%4D%50%4F%4E%45%4E%54%53 &dept3=%53%41%42%4F%54%53%20%4F%4E%4C%59&d ept4=%35%30%20%43%41%4C

alleyyooper

Nice prices on 50 cal sabots. I didn't see any 54 cal ones for use with 50 cal bullets though.