Originally Posted by centershot
Pyrodex...... Still make a big cloud of smoke and puts a silly grin on my face.


Yeah, but you don't get that wonderful rotten egg smell. sick I have muzzleloaders of many types, sidelocks, inlines, even smokeless. I like 'em all. This past year I pulled my original Pattern '53 Enfield out of the safe to use for the limited hunting I was able to do. Unfortunately nothing stood still long enough for me to line up that tiny front blade on. To me the sights are the limiting factor with "traditional" caplock rifles. I can't shoot an iron sighted inline any better than my P53, however a deer within a hundred yards is in trouble if it holds still long enough.


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