Rifle and Muzzelloader review
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Garfield NJ USA
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RE: Rifle and Muzzelloader review
Soggy, unless your in a special regs zone the inline is legal for the early doe season and the rifle season. the early doe is like 2 wks long. As far as your rifle question there is so little difference in all the cartridges you mentioned it's a wash.
#13
RE: Rifle and Muzzelloader review
buy a T/C Encore, this way you can interchange barrels from rifle to muzzle loader. IF i was going to only buy 1 gun/barrel for hunting deer and bear....it would have to be a .300
#14
RE: Rifle and Muzzelloader review
I must agree with red lion on the 30-06 it is the most versitle rifle out there you can hunt just about any animal out there with it. Between the light loads and the heavy there is nothing in North America it won't handel.
As for muzzle loader I would keep away from a flint lock for a first gun as these can be tough to use in a hunting situation. Your best bet starting out would be an inline and If I may suggest a T.C. Omega. I have been shooting muzzle loaders for over 30 years and I have never found a more reliable and accurate muzzle loader. There are a lot of muzzle loaders on the market today but you will never find one with the warrenty that T.C gives a life time warrenty parts and labor to every owner of their guns you don't have to have bought it new something wrong ever its covered. Now there has to be a reason they can do that.
As for muzzle loader I would keep away from a flint lock for a first gun as these can be tough to use in a hunting situation. Your best bet starting out would be an inline and If I may suggest a T.C. Omega. I have been shooting muzzle loaders for over 30 years and I have never found a more reliable and accurate muzzle loader. There are a lot of muzzle loaders on the market today but you will never find one with the warrenty that T.C gives a life time warrenty parts and labor to every owner of their guns you don't have to have bought it new something wrong ever its covered. Now there has to be a reason they can do that.
#15
RE: Rifle and Muzzelloader review
For deer and black bears any of those listed will work just fine, coupled with the proper bullet elk/mooseGTG. Boils down to what you really want/need, shootability, range and ammo availability(if not a reloaded). If recoil is a factorfrom least to most(never said what 7mm or 300 so I'll includesome of the various versions to the list)7mm 08, 270 win/wsm, 280 rem, 3006, 7mm Rem Mag/WSM, 7mm STW,300wm/wsm, 7MM RUM & 300 Wby/RUM.
ML I'd agree with redlion if you can use smokeless powder then look at the savage 10II. If not TC Truimph or Encore would be my suggestions. Cheaper ML Omega Z5, CVA or NEF.
Best of Luck
ML I'd agree with redlion if you can use smokeless powder then look at the savage 10II. If not TC Truimph or Encore would be my suggestions. Cheaper ML Omega Z5, CVA or NEF.
Best of Luck
#16
RE: Rifle and Muzzelloader review
ORIGINAL: thndrchiken
Soggy, unless your in a special regs zone the inline is legal for the early doe season and the rifle season. the early doe is like 2 wks long. As far as your rifle question there is so little difference in all the cartridges you mentioned it's a wash.
Soggy, unless your in a special regs zone the inline is legal for the early doe season and the rifle season. the early doe is like 2 wks long. As far as your rifle question there is so little difference in all the cartridges you mentioned it's a wash.
Our early doe season is somewhere between 3-5 days long, and I'm not even in the state during it because I'm in Colorado for a Mule Deer/Elk hunt. And I figured that you were allowed to use an inline in all states for rifle.