Smoke.What is the advantage of a muzzleloading shotgun over a centerfire?
By Hawg Haggen:
Smoke.What is the advantage of a muzzleloading shotgun over a centerfire?
Hand tailored loads while you shoot.
Smoke.
Recoil is more push than shove.
Smoke.
Style.
Smoke.
Did I mention smoke?
I never tell a man what to do with his money or his wife.
Well said.
But you might have mentioned the smoke - some people like it.
What is the advantage of a muzzleloading shotgun over a centerfire?
rem870hunter said:i don't have a black powder shotgun. i do have a bp rifle i love the smell and the cloud i get shooting it. i have some questions about the bp type shotguns though.
1 do you carry loose shot pellets in a pouch ? what size(s)?
2 do you have to put a wad above and below the pellets?
3 can they shoot as far as a modern shotshell?
4 do they make double and single barrels models? or only one type?
rem870hunter said:sounds very interesting. thank you for the info. using #8 or #2 shot, i am guessing small game and maybe waterfowl hunting is all they are used for? or does anyone use buckshot for deer in a M L shotgun? hey but imagine the look you might get at the trap range with a bp shotgun. i'll have to look into getting one just for kicks.
Never used buck for deer, however. I thought we'd gotten beyond that.