are you a traditionalist or do you like technology?

what kind of bp shooter are you

  • i only use traditional muzzleloaders

    Votes: 118 63.1%

  • i only use new in lines

    Votes: 12 6.4%

  • i use and like both

    Votes: 32 17.1%

  • as long as it makes a boom i dnt care

    Votes: 25 13.4%
  • Total voters
    187
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personally im a traditionalist. i love a side hammer or flintlock muzzleloader. i hate in line with a passion and feel that they should only be legal during the normal rifle season unless you have bad eyes. and the new electric ignition muzzleloader:banghead::fire:i mean come on. anyways how do you all feel?
 
necessity was the mother of invention in each period of time. and the materials at hand dictated how something would--or could not- be made. i like what was and how it became what is. each in its own time stood as a marvel of technology. choosing one 'style' of tool over another to expand or test your abilities is admirable. you hunt with a flintlock, i hunt at stop and shop.
as an aside.....sometimes something new or different is made available: use or dont use as suits your perception of self. and ya, i agree that a lot of 'improvements' are not.
 
I have been shooting 'traditional' pistols, long guns and revolvers for over 30 years. I guess I'd say that I enjoy them the most. I also own, and shoot on occasion, some modern cartridge guns. While I enjoy them also, they're not as much fun as the 'traditional' guns. I also own one inline rifle, which gets used about as often as the cartridge guns.

I don't "hate" any guns, and I'm quite happy to let others shoot whatever they wish. It's just my opinion, but anyone who 'hates with a passion' an inanimate object needs some serious counseling.
 
lol ok wrong choice of words. i dnt hate in lines, i simply disagree with them. is that any better? if thats what you are in to then good for you. in my state we have bow season, primitive season, and rifle season. what is primitive about an inline? the only reason i can see letting somebody use an inline for hunting is if they have a medical reason that they cant use a traditional style much as we have in OK for using a crossbow during bow season.

and this thread is only encompassing muzzleloaders. cartridge guns are a different breed.


but thank you for pointing out that i am apparently pysco and need help. that is just the type of response i was hoping for when i started this thread:rolleyes:
 
I personally don't care to own any of the modern inline muzzleloaders, I did have one for a short period of time & don't get me wrong it shot pretty good for me but to me it didn't have that appeal, that feel like a more traditional muzzleloader has to me so when my close friend admired that Traditions Inline of mine so much that he wanted one I offered to make a trade, my old CVA Bobcat for the Traditions Persuit & we've been happy ever since.

As far as others being out in the woods with a modern inline muzzleloader, to each his/her own if they like the weapon, can shoot it proficiently & it brings the meat home for them then who am I to say that they are doing anything wrong, they shoot 777 pellets I shoot Black Powder, we both only have just 1 shot & other than that the only advantage they have over me is how they clean theirs compared to mine.
 
I have had both real and replica Civil War arms,and as that's my interest in Black powder,I don't see me buying any inlines,unless they dig up one at a Civil War battlefield.
 
Traditional

I have a traditional style caplock H&R Springfield Stalker great gun - but most of my blackpowder long gun shooting is with a flintlock. Not may in-lines made with "firelocks," so I guess I am died in the wool traditional. Also, I only use black powder, no subs, just a personal preference.
 
I like and use both types.
I usually target shoot with round balls but I hunt deer with an inline.
My state only has shotgun and muzzle loading firearms seasons for deer hunting on public lands.
And I support that both styles are legal to use here because the traditional only season was dying out and the inclusion of inlines & scopes helped to rejuvenate it. :)
 
i guess under the circumstances it is understandable. imho not enough ppl, young and old alike, really respect the older firearms. gota have the new best thing.

as long as it helps to keep the shooting sports going then whatever it takes. i personally just dnt understand inlines. if i waant something like that il just get my single shot rifle out. if i want bp i get my tc greyhawk. and as soon as i get the funds i will be trading that stainless steel beauty in for a lyman great plains rifle
 
i have a cva inline .45 i never shoot anymore lol. i got it cause i was too impatient for the store to order in a new gun for me, which they wouldnt have done anyhow cause i was about 15-16, i really always wanted a Kentucky flintlock longrifle for rb, i found the rb so fascinating i went ahead and bought the powder and a Lyman mold... (that didnt have handles so i improvised HOT lol) and had everything set.... and blew my money on the inline cause i kinda figured if i came home with the gun mom an dad would be ok with me havin a gun of my own, cause they didnt really approve of the idea lol:D. it wasnt a waste, i went out every day after school and shot it till dark, eventually getting a REAL mold for it and making my own powder and such... but i still wanted the long rifle, so about a year later i bought the traditions flintlock kentucky rifle kit and finished the gun and loved it for a few months till i got sooo pissed with trying to make pryodex(the only available powder round here) work in a flinter i gave up on it. later i decided to give it another shot... buying a 360g mine mold cause the handle less mold was ridiculesly difficult to operate...then i gave upon it again because of pyrodex. afterwards i got my 1858 Remington which i have nonestop been shooting since i got it about a year and a half ago, well, unless i run outta powder anyhow. it is lots of fun and it traditional/inline crossover kinda split.:cool:
 
''Now don't forget BHP FAN us Virginia boys did have a few inline ignition style rifles that was a conversion of old Hall breachloaders...''
So did my Carolina and Texas ancestors!I wish I did! I been eyeballin' that one that Fall Creek Sutlery had for awhile...so many guns,so little money.
 
Plain and simple (for the most part) staight Traditionalist. Timeline Rev Shooter from 1836 - 1863 C&B's + 1860's Conversion frenzy up till Colt got smart and put a top strap on a Rev in 1873...I do own an ROA 20th Century C&B that a lover of all the previous C&B Revs Bill Ruger combined into it can't help but like.

SG
 
I have 3 C&B revolvers. 1 Remington, and 2 Colts. Use only 3F Goex BP, and round ball. I also have 1 Flintlock - use only 2f BP and patched RB. I do cheat a little with 1 CVA inline, which I use 777 and sabots, just for a paper puncher. (I have a long distance bet going with some club members) Both rifles have fiber op sights, I don't own a scope. I guess that makes me 4/5 traditional, and 1/5 mod.
 
From .22 to M1A's I shoot them all every chance I get. Out of about forty firearms, seven are BP. Winter time in the NW is indoor range time so the BP gets a rest. If you want to shoot an in-line...go for it. The one BP I don't have is a flinter, hope to remedy that soon.
 
well, my current collection suggests i am more of a technology based person. but the more i pick up classic style rifles the more i enjoy them. i should start expanding my collection
 
I`ve always felt like I was born in the wrong century ..just a hard core Traditionalist ....But thats just me ...anyone who feels more at home with the more non traditional fire arms ...so be it ..what ever floats yer boat is fine with me ...just be safe , stay sharp with your choice of wepons and keep yer powder dry .
 
give me technology anyday!:D if it was allowed in this state, i would have bought one of those in-lines that can shoot smokeless powder. but in michigan you have to use bp, or bp subs. so it didnt make any sense to me to spend the extra maney for one. i really do not like the smell of real bp. i know a lot of you guys do, and that is fine. but to me, it is in the same class as deisel exhaust fumes. yeeeuck!:barf::barf::barf:triple 7 isn't to bad. and i have yet to try pyrodex. which i will next time i shoot. but, it gets me extra time hunting, so i can live with it.:) after all, it is only one shot, i hope!:evil:
 
Guess I don't really understand inlines. When I want a modern gun I buy a modern gun. Inlines have always sort of struck me as buying an F150 but insisting it be equipped with a Model A engine.
 
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