Muzzleloader ?
I was watching a program on espn 2. They had the trivia question of the day. "Should muzzlel0oders be considererd primitave?"
Well... After falling out of my chair and recovering from mild heart attack, I got to thinking.
Them plunger guns are muzzleloaders! By God there is another reason to buy another gun. The last one I snuck in as a lamp.
Seriously, we who shoot "blackpowder," call em plunger or idiot guns. They are very simple to load and use. But unless you shoot it under water it's always gonna go off.
They are actually less accurate then a flintlock or percussion hammer gun. They shoot pellet ammo. 50gr. per pellet. You must buy the pellet that suits your needs and they are color coaded for easy recognition.
I've shot in about a dozen compititions with em. Beat every one of em. But thats me.
You just don't need all that power and all those different bullets and color coded powder pellets.
They say you can shoot farther with em but I've out distanced them and thats 200 yard shootin.
Sometimes all the power is over rated. All though the pellets are pre-measured. They can chip and your load may suffer. I know that if I load the same way every time I get the same results, every time.
In the long run what it breaks down to is, if you know someone who has a gun like you want to hunt with, see if you can shoot it.
But let them load it and take notes. If it works keep doing it the same way.
I have bought a lot of guns that were only fired one or two times.\
I'd rather buy the right gun the first time.
