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Don't know anything about em but I think I "need" one.
Recommendation's????

Tip Curtis from Tennessee makes a fine .32 for right at 900 bucks in the white. If you can find one, Dixie Gun Works Tennessee Mountain Rifles are pretty darn sweet.

just got me a .36 t/c Seneca never enjoyed anything much else as much as it .found me a 45 barrel fits right on same stock same trigger i might trade my 45 yr. partner(wife, white, female) for another one

I'm building an underhammer using an old 8mm Swedish Rolling block barrel and 32 cal maxi balls.

It's Uber.

Thanks for the offer but I already HAD a wife.

I'd rather have something like this.

Pedersoli lists a couple of caplock and flint models. Finding one might be tough, but Taylor's in Winchester, Va would be a good place to start.

Yea,,,, I've been to their web-site.
I've actually found a few places that have Pedersoli's in stock.
They seem to run about $800 +/-

FG, look up Dixie Gun Works, Union City, TN. I think they have .32 cal. ML in stock.


maddog

I have a half-stock, back action lock, lollipop tang sight, DST's, no-name .32 rifle that appears to be of New York origins (judging by the butt shape and trigger guard), probably 150+ years old. Neat thing is it's marked "Remington" on the bottom flat of the 1 1/16" x 30" barrel. I figure it was built by a smith using an early Remington ML barrel. It's rifled with a fast twist and as such does its best work with little bitty conicals, but PRBs aren't bad either. I swapped a La Corona Spanish Mauser for it 20 years ago and still feel I got the best in that trade.

I haven't shot it in a coon's age, perhaps this weekend I should make some noise with it. A pound of powder and a pound of lead goes a loooong way when shooting .32s!

I have a left handed flintlock 32, built by an unknown maker. It has a Green Mountain barrel and is a tack driver. Kind of the flintlock version of a 22 LR or even 22 Magnum if you want to step it it up a little. I've only ever shot round balls from mine. With 10 grains of 3F it is a great little rabbit gun. Jump up to 20 grains and it really cracks.

I've used both 0 buckshot with a .005 patch or 1 buck with a .010 patch with good success. A five pound bag of buckshot lasts a very long time.

Thanks for the load info Mart.

MadDog,,, I had been to their site on Ben's suggestion but didn't see anything. Frankly, their site's pretty lacking so I just sent em an e-mail. If they don't have anything maybe they can suggest something.

Thanks

FG;

Try these from the Dixie site -

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_186_191&products_id=12451

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_186_191&products_id=11601

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_186_191&products_id=5904

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_186_191&products_id=5912

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_186_191&products_id=11603

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_92_186_191&products_id=11588

TVM also makes a great rifle -

http://www.tennesseevalleymuzzleloading.com/#!tennessee-rifle/ct6n

.310 buckshot makes a .32 pretty cheap to shoot. With the current scarity of caps, a flintlock might make sense although they aren't cheaper per se unless you know how to knap.

A couple articles I read not long ago made the case for .32s over .36s for small game because of less meat damage. Turkeys might be another story, unless conicals are used.

Anyone use a .32 on larger critters like turkey, 'chucks or fox?

The 32 maxi ball I'm using in my fast twist barrel has some good numbers based on the charts and flat shoots through lumber.

I'll try to chrony one, but frankly I'm thinking of deer hunting with it.

How the hell did you find those?

Man it sucks being stupid.

Thanks, I'll check em out.

I've navigated Dixie's jacked up site many, many times.

Charlie, Dixie unfortunately doesn't make the Tennessee Mountain Rifle anymore unfortunately, hence "if you can find one"..

I only ever killed squirrels with mine, but don't see why somewhat larger game could be tackled with it. Shooting conicals with all the powder that can be burned in that small bore still only gives performance about like a hopped up .32-20- not my idea of of an efficient deer killer. In the black powder game, energy comes with larger bore diameters.

Here's a TC Cherokee 32. Really one of the best values in a 32 caliber muzzleloader. Every TC 32 and 36 caliber muzzleloader I've played with have been tack drivers.

Cherokee 32

[quote=FieldGrade]Don't know anything about em but I think I "need" one.
Recommendation's???? [/quot

IMO the T/C would be the way to go but I couldn't find one at a price I was willing to pay for one in LNIB condition

I went this route but the triggers will need some work..Took mine to a local M/L shop and for $30.00 it was money well spent

https://www.muzzle-loaders.com/rifles/traditions-crockett-rifle-r26128101.html?___SID=S

I'm very leery of buying used M/Lers...lots of rust buckets out there. And would only buy used with a grace period or perfered FTF

Very first "scratch" built muzzleloaders I made was a .32. Prolly about 1978. Douglas barrel, Pecatonica stock, and a Siler small flintlock built from a kit. Squirrel killing machine. Wasnt too pretty but a shooter!

That's a nice little gun Mart. I built one of those TC 54cal Hawkin kits back in the 70's. It was amazingly accurate.
Too bad I didn't see your post before the auction ended. I tried to contact the seller but understandably Gunbroker doesn't want folks doing deals without paying their commission so they block the e-mail.

What about the Traditions guns. I hear allot of bad mouthing on the forums but the reviews from folks that actually buy them are pretty good over all. They're actually better than Pedersoli's which is surprising since people seldom admit that a product they pay allot of green for is a stinker.
I'd just buy the Pedersoli and be done with it but a $300 savings isn't exactly chump change to a poor ol carpenter.

Either way, setting out on the deck last night with a glass of Burbon and watching the Cottontails and Squirrels scampering around about convinced me that I really "need" one this fall.

Maybe Woodie'll build me one.

Charlie,

The second rifle I built was a fullstock Hawken style rifle. Again Pecatonica stock, Douglas bbl, and I think I used an L & R lock. This was like 1979. And this ended my career as a ML rifle builder! LOL

I put a slew of them kits of all kinds together , but that was it!!!

I only built (err,,, assembled) the one TC Woodie.
I also bought a used 36cal Navy revolver. They were both fun to shoot but about 1975 I got my first real bird dog and traded em both for a beat up Charles Daley 20ga SXS thus ending my short lived career as a ML shooter.

I've never owned a Traditions but the few guys I know that have them like them. They are solid guns. With a little trigger tuning and if you go with a flintlock, a little tuning of the system, they can be a great shooter.

In the muzzleloader fraternity, as with all the other disciplines, there are no shortage of armchair elitists for whom only the finest, custom made, tricked out gun will suffice. And they will be quick to point out the faults of anyone else's choice.

Out in the real world where we actually shoot and hunt what we have, whether it's a Traditions, a no name build that's not period correct, a TC, a Lyman or a fine custom, they all work. I wouldn't be afraid of a traditions. I like muzzleloaders, especially flintlocks, but I am not period correct with my guns. Some guys are and that's all right. I like shooting them.

I will add. In those days before I go me a mould to run ball, I used buckshot I'd cut out of shotgun shells. I think I used 0 buckshot. Best I rember without looking! Worked great.

I have looked at a buckshot size chart and it looks like 0 buckshot is .32 diameter. Would that be difficult to find a patch for? I have a T/C Cherokee with .32 and .45 barrels and a .32 Navy Arms Mule Ear rifle. Now that I have retired I want to squirrel hunt with these rifles. Factory swaged round balls are pricey and not always easy to find. Hornady sells 5# boxes of buckshot. If that would work I would be set.

get a mould and roll em.

I have those items saved to my favorites bar but I'm still trying to decide.

The Traditions price is the best I've found but the Pedersoli can be had for less.

Been over 35 years and lost lots of brain felled since then ! Whatever size buckshot I was using I used a .010 patch with no issue. Until I got me a Lee .310 RB mould. Still have it around here somewhere. Mould that it.

I have used 0 buck with .005 patches to good effect. They are available through Track of the Wolf or they were the last time I ordered.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=504421843#PIC

That one isn't in near as good of shape and he wants six fitty for it.

I have a NIB Pedersoli Pennsylvania.32 percussion I would sell for 700.00 + shipping.