Your teaching abilities belies your age and expirence. Great presentation and valuable information for new and Crusty Ole Marines like me lol. I enjoy Muzzleloading hunting, shooting and care & maintence. I appreciate you reminding people that there are several different techniques to cleaning these weapons. Trust me, I've tried most of them. Again thanks for the professional techniques of instructions ( without the RU-vid bla, bla, bla). Semper Fi
Great point ! I used that same method for years too. My earlier MZ ( with the nipple igniter) require a tube , bucket of warm soapy water and plenty towels to cleanup. I ruined many buckets and Shotgun brushes. Technology has greatly improved and this young man's techniques are OUTSTANDING!!!!!!
About the only thing I do differently is concerning that mop you were using. I use patches to do the cleaning and keep a light amount of Wonder Lube on my mop as a last step to leave a light layer of rust preventive in the bore. If your mop gets dirty it's a good indication you may have needed to use a few more soaked patches and a couple of dry ones first. There really isn't any right or wrong way to clean a gun though. As long as it's clean and isn't rusting you done good generally. Good video on how to keep an inline shooting good. You can come clean mine anytime. lol
Well. Here in NM, the muzzleloader season is typically much easier to draw than the rifle season. This allows hunters to draw more tags on average. That’s why I bought one. I’m not sure where you’re hunting. I would check to see if this is the case in your area. If it’s just as easy to get a rifle tag (or whatever weapon is your choice), it may not be worth it to buy a muzzleloader.
First off thank you for the videos. I've been into muzzleloading rifles years and have a nice collection of muzzleloading firearms. Thanks to your video I took the next step and I bought me my first in line rifle with a breach plug that uses 209 shotgun primers and I bought 3 different types of 50 grain pellets. I will let you know how it all goes after I get a chance to go shooting. Thanks for sharing your videos on in line muzzleloaders.
Carl, thanks for taking some time to watch my content. I really appreciate it. Let me know if you have any suggestions for future videos! -Gregg Flores
While you're trying different types of pellets give the new Starfire Tripple 7 pellets a try, if you can find them in your area. They are 33 grain pellets, so you need to use three for a hundred grain equivalent load, but I love them so far. Due to design, they do actually provide a bit more velocity and I find them to not be anywhere near as dirty as Pyrodex pellets to clean up after shooting. I guess the white hots are popular also, but I have never seen them or this Blackhorn 209 everybody is so nuts over in my area. I can't even find any of these 209 primers made just for inlines where I live. I just used plain old Winchester primers and they work fine. It's odd now that we're working on becoming a third world country how many things we can't get anymore. lol
Bore butter smells like ben gay. I use just plain clp oil in my bore. They say you should season your bore with bore butter but I have done just fine without it.
I'm completely new to this and was wondering: Is there a benefit to these black powder rifles, such as versatility of ammo, or distance or power of shot? Or is it more of a nostalgia type experience for connoisseur's and gun lovers. If there is a benefit or versatility, I'd invest some time and energy into learning it. Any information on them would be appreciated. Thanks
In many states, there is a specialty muzzleloader only hunting season. These hunts give hunters an extra option/opportunity to potentially draw/acquire a hunting tag. Also, muzzleloader supplies such as powder and bullets are usually on the shelf at local sports stores. Elk muzzleloader hunts typically take place when elk are still bugling and although the average muzzleloader does not have the reach that rifles do, they do have a further reach than archery equipment. So when muzzleloader hunting elk, you usually get the benefit of hunting the rut combined with more firepower than you would hunting with archery equipment!
In my home state of NC , you can get into the woods almost two weeks before the Modern Firearm People. We have Bow season first then MZ, followed my Rifle, pistol, shotgun. No Bow Hunters in my spot, so I get a chance at the deer before their spooked and still using their trails from summer. I also am near several military bases that only allow MZ and Shotgun. Again, you can get on the base ( 2 ) weeks ahead of the masses. I started with a kit CVA Frontier MZ. Put it together myself and it killed many deer. These morden MZ's are easier to us and clean. Hope this helps.
First of all, I love the video. Clear and concise! I would like to hear about how you clean your muzzleloader between shots and how often you clean between shots?
