Inline blackpowder rifles

SPRINGER · #1 01-24-2008, 09:29 PM

I almost forgot these, but does anybody shoot one of these? I've never even had one in my hands, but I know that they are popular with some people.

xxxflhrci · #2 01-24-2008, 09:40 PM

I have a couple. One Knight and one Remington 700. I love the 700. With the right load, it will shoot under 1/2" three shot groups at 100 yards.

SPRINGER · #3 01-24-2008, 10:07 PM

Perhaps you can correct me if need be, but there is a man named Shockey or something like that that has made quite a name for himself in the hunting world using an inline. I believe that it was also a Knight wasn't it?

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I have a couple. One Knight and one Remington 700. I love the 700. With the right load, it will shoot under 1/2" three shot groups at 100 yards.

xxxflhrci · #4 01-25-2008, 04:42 AM

Springer,

I don't know of this Shockley guy, but wouldn't doubt that he favored a Knight. Many hunters do.

1st HD · #5 01-25-2008, 10:16 AM

Jim Shockey uses an TC encore muzzle loader. Good gun BTW.

tlb · #6 01-25-2008, 10:34 AM

I have had two different Knight inlines loved them both. I also had a remington 700 I did not care for because of the balance. I now have a TC Encore Prohunter with the thumbhole stock. It is absolutely the best inline I have ever touched. I am getting a 308 barrel for it this year.
Here is the deer I got with it last season.

ownasofttail · #7 01-25-2008, 11:00 AM

I have a knight bighorn 50 cal and a thompson encore both do a good job but the encore is good to 200 yrds. everytime ..and the thing of swapping barrles makes it a really good choice .. have a couple rifle barrels for it...and a good trigger job helps..

1st HD · #8 01-25-2008, 03:37 PM

The TC is a very good rifle/muzzle loader. I have taken several coyotes with the .223 and .243 barrels.this pastOctober I shotA Pronghorn buck at 240 yards and a Pronghorn doe at 530 yards with my Pro Hunter chambered in 30-06.

Jezcruzen · #9 01-25-2008, 08:35 PM

Years ago, the state of Virginia had a "primitive weapons" season. It was wonderful. Why? Well, because those of us who participated used real blackpowder rifles just like our forefathers used. Some percussion, others flintlock, but all close replicas of the Hawkins, Penn. and Kentucky rifles. Most of the time they went 'bang', but, just like in Old Timey days, sometimes they did nothing when the trigger was pulled. It was all part of the lesson.

Now, in-lines in stainless steel, fiberglass stocks, pistol primers, modern jacketed bullets nestled in a plastic sabot, scopes, and no more blackpowed, just some facsimile. Gone are the homemade powder horns, molding our own bullets or round balls patched with pillow ticking. In short, the entire essense of real blackpowder hunting is gone. Why? Money! Sell more licsenses because now the skill level is no longer required to be successful. People not willing to work for it can now buy an in-line today and be in the woods with it tomorrow.

Why can't I just load my .270 with one round and hunt the early season now known as just "mussleloader" season? There really isn't any difference any more.

xxxflhrci · #10 01-25-2008, 09:08 PM

I salute Va for loosening up on the restrictions. More deer need to be killed. There are so many of them causing accidents that my PD has an eradiction program. We shoot 'em at night with silenced rifles and spotlights. If accidents aren't enough of a problem, then it's crop damage. My dad gets kill permits for them because they do so much damage to our farm.

Personally,I think that for what it cost to buy a license, a hunter should be able to take atleast onedeer no matter how he wants.....spotlight, hand grenade, over bait, whatever.