I love BP first gun posts.
A guy that knows little, asked a bunch of guys who all have thier idea of whats best. WHat you get is a pile of confusing, differnent statments, and the poor guy is back to square one.
Here is yet another opinion, form yet another guy who has been shooting BP for over 40 years. ME
Feedthehogs,
We need more info. What your saying is, I need a car/truck. whats the best.
hunting? if so big game/small game? target shooting? Rondys?
In a generic comment I will say. If you build a flinklocl (or capper for that matter) you will be using far better parts, and will be able to get replacement parts for your lifetime. $700-900 investment
If you buy ANY production BP firearm, you are going to get far less craftmanship, average to poor parts quality, and fun getting replacement parts, at best.
As far as in-line BP firearm...... YUK
Ive owned tons of production firearms, some real cheap , some real costly.
After building my own. I will NEVER own a production one again.
(less a Parker-Hale Withworth) and I cant afford one.
http://www.flintlocks.com/
This is the best there is, in the under $1000 catagory, period.
Scopes on muzzlestuffers are a whole different subject. For civil war period and newer, yes you can.
Why would you want to? You cut the dovetails your your barrel and set your sights to your eyes.
Ive shot real BP and the fake stuff lots. they both do the job.
Real BP is just more fun.