General musket info

Muzzleloading is sort of a niche in the shooting world and muzzleloading fowlers or shotguns is definitely a niche within a niche.

Because no area that I know of has a special muzzleloading only waterfowl or migratory bird season, muzzleloading shotguns have escaped the inline-azion of muzzleloading. You don't get an extra hunting season because you have a muzzleloading shotgun so they are bought by people who love the lore of old muzzleloaders, not by people who buy a muzzleloader as a means to an extra hunting season.

Because of this, you are not likely to find many muzzleloading shotguns in pawn shops.

Visit the Nationals in Friendship IN or visit some other muzzleloading shotgun trap/skeet shoots and you'll come in contact with guns for sale and meet builders of fowling pieces and learn more about these guns than you'll ever pick up off the internet.
 
Trackofthewolf.com They have all tipes of muzzleloaders for sale on consinment. Ya should have no problem finding a fowler there.
 
I see that there is a pedersoli harper's ferry conversion percussion musket that cabelas has on sale for $799. Would that be a piece that would be suited to hunting with shot?
Thanks again for all of the great info. I really appreciate it.

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Any smoothbore can be used with shot. The biggest issue is the limitations imposed by the unchoked barrel.
That Harper's Ferry is a .69 caliber and will use 14 gauge wads which you can order from Track of the Wolf.
One ounce of shot and about 60 grains of FFg would be a good starting load.
I use a couple of 1/8 inch thick over-powder cards between the powder and shot and then a thin overshot card over the shot with good results in my fowling pieces.

You can convert caliber into gauge by dividing the caliber into 1.67 inches and then cubing the answer.
Example:
1.67/.69=2.42
2.42^3=14.17
Since it's actually a 14.17 gauge, 14 gauge wads will be a little on tight side of fitting the bore, which is a good thing.
 
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