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A friend of mine makes up smokeless muzzleloaders by taking Remington muzzleloaders and rebarreling with McGowan barrels and aftermarket stocks. His cost is $1200 to $1400. Last time I talked to him he was finishing up a dozen. He also uses a three piece collapsible ramrod.
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This is one of my Savage 10ML-II's, this one likes 44gr 5744 behind a 325gr FTX and a MMP Orange sabot. I taken one deer at 247yds with the rifle laying over my pack as a rest and 2 of them a 200yds from a treestand offhand. These things will shoot if you can. Shot at 100 yds with above load My Ram Rod Here's a new one of mine that's haveing a stock fitted to it right now. Savage 10ML-II action w/ Fluted 25" 45cal 1:22 Pac-Nor barrel
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I didn't know that savage made a 45 cal or did you have it special made?
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Seems like the majority of smokeless gun nuts rebarrel to .45 cal.
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I didn't know that savage made a 45 cal or did you have it special made? That's one of the aftermarket barrels I was telling you about.
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A friend of mine makes up smokeless muzzleloaders by taking Remington muzzleloaders and rebarreling with McGowan barrels and aftermarket stocks. His cost is $1200 to $1400. Last time I talked to him he was finishing up a dozen. He also uses a three piece collapsible ramrod. Bill does great work! The ramrod he supplies actually comes from me. He's my best customer.
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How can I get one of the 45 barrels to put on a savage
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Will this barrel fit the remington 700 ml or will it have to be a different barrel
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Will this barrel fit the remington 700 ml or will it have to be a different barrel You need a different barrel. Here's a cost breakdown on the 700ML conversion. This is for a Pac-Nor barrel. Knock off about $120 if you go with a McGowen barrel instead. http://smokelessmz.com/700ml.html
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It's a proven fact that Toby blew the gun up on purpose because he was mad at Savage. It was rebarreled and is still shooting today. The Savage is the best muzzleloader still in production.
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A friend of mine makes up smokeless muzzleloaders by taking Remington muzzleloaders and rebarreling with McGowan barrels and aftermarket stocks. His cost is $1200 to $1400. Last time I talked to him he was finishing up a dozen. He also uses a three piece collapsible ramrod. Bill does great work! The ramrod he supplies actually comes from me. He's my best customer. Bill doesn't hang out here, so I didn't expect you to know him. Did he build yours? The last time I was over at his place he had some beauties. And he had some really nice targets that he had shot too.
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Will this barrel fit the remington 700 ml or will it have to be a different barrel Bill has the barrels threaded to fit the Remington action and has the interior of the barrel threaded for a Savage breech plug.
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A friend of mine makes up smokeless muzzleloaders by taking Remington muzzleloaders and rebarreling with McGowan barrels and aftermarket stocks. His cost is $1200 to $1400. Last time I talked to him he was finishing up a dozen. He also uses a three piece collapsible ramrod. Bill does great work! The ramrod he supplies actually comes from me. He's my best customer. I missed this post the first time through. Small world isn't it with my neighbor being a customer of a Campfire member. I thought that collapsible ramrod looked like what Bill was using.
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savage ml. 42 gr 4759 followed by parker 275 hydro
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If i'm not mistaken. The gun is based on the Savage 10. Does it have the same balance?
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It's a proven fact that Toby blew the gun up on purpose because he was mad at Savage. It was rebarreled and is still shooting today. The Savage is the best muzzleloader still in production. This is indeed a fact. Also, back to the original question, these are flat out the best ML on the market. I have 2, both will shoot sub inch 3 shot groups at 100 yards. The sabot is a major factor, I use MMP, a Hornady 300 grain XTP, 65 grains of Reloader 7 and it's a combination that is giving me around 2250 fps and deadly. For those that say they aren't legal, what isn't legal? If you can't shoot smokeless powder then shoot what is legal and use the same rifle.
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I wouldn't consider buying the gun if I was going to shoot BP in it. I see no advantage then. I can easily shoot MOA with a CVA BP gun at half the price, and a much lighter gun.
We can't use smokeless here in ML season, but i'm going to get one and shoot it in rifle season. Just because I like muzzleloaders, and I don't like taking the easy way.
I'm looking for a 250yd muzzleloader for rifle season. I'll use a caplock, real BP, and a PRB for ML season.
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Here's a new one of mine that's haveing a stock fitted to it right now. Savage 10ML-II action w/ Fluted 25" 45cal 1:22 Pac-Nor barrel Soory about that, I moved the picture into another folder in photobucket and lost in my post. This was put together by HillBill and he is building a Remington for me right now. All parts came from Luke!
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I wouldn't consider buying the gun if I was going to shoot BP in it. I see no advantage then. I can easily shoot MOA with a CVA BP gun at half the price, and a much lighter gun.
We can't use smokeless here in ML season, but i'm going to get one and shoot it in rifle season. Just because I like muzzleloaders, and I don't like taking the easy way.
I'm looking for a 250yd muzzleloader for rifle season. I'll use a caplock, real BP, and a PRB for ML season. The advantage is you can shoot either in it, it has a fantastic trigger and you have a proof tested barrel. You may have a CVA that shoots MOA but I sure never have and I've never had a Knight that did either. If I shoot Blackhorn or whatever that stuff is in it I do lose a little velocity and a little less accuracy but it's still better than any other ML I've owned.
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