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I got the 2-7X32 Nikon Prostaff mounted in some Weaver rings that were in my parts box. I need to get a Metrics Unlimited breech plug.
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I managed to get my Sidekick to the range today and get off a few shots before it started pouring down rain. These 3 were taken at 50 yards. I had 2" of fast running water under the bench when I took these shots at 50 yards. 90 grains of BH209, Winchester primers, Metrics Unlimited breechplug, T/C 240 Grain Cheap Shots. Recoil was very moderate, clean-up was about like cleaning a regular hunting rifle and I used Hoppes #9.
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It's a shame Remington doesn't bring this one back. We have almost nothing to choose from now.
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Right, the choices are so meager I'm thinking of giving up on muzzleloading altogether.
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These are guns that should be with us. Remington realy don't know what they have in the H&R brand guns .Better then there single shot every thought of being.
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Right, the choices are so meager I'm thinking of giving up on muzzleloading altogether. Doc
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Right, the choices are so meager I'm thinking of giving up on muzzleloading altogether. There are still a few used guns worth owning. I'm stuck with those right now. Maybe Knight will come back....
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Knight Rifles lost all its market share in the domestic ML market. It was not worth the investment or risk to invest to revitalize a dying company.
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Some might say the same thing about T/C.
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With a 53% market share in the U.S. they can say it but it will not be factual. CVA has the next largest market share with the balance in the smaller companies.
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Yeah, with no good choices left these days, I'm surprised anyone can even kill a game animal with these new rifles.
Personally, I wish Remington would bring back its bolt-action muzzleloader--now there was an idea who's time had come--a bolt-action muzzleloader.
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Yeah, with no good choices left these days, I'm surprised anyone can even kill a game animal with these new rifles.
Personally, I wish Remington would bring back its bolt-action muzzleloader--now there was an idea who's time had come--a bolt-action muzzleloader. Smokey, You have a way with words. Doc
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Remington 700ML is the best. T/C has been losing money hand over fist.....CVA will get rid of them too.
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T/C is losing money hand-over fist?
Well, I don't know about that but at least their rifles are still in production. I guess the 700ML would be too, if people ever bought 'em.
I bet the "bolt action" makes 'em faster to re-load, huh?
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Not really faster but very accurate and so easy to find a load for.
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Myself, I'm waiting for someone to bring out a lever action muzzleloader.
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Myself, I'm waiting for someone to bring out a lever action muzzleloader. no more difficult then a bolt action set up smokepole . back in the 70s i built one from a marlin 30.30 frame In fact wasn�t there someone just a few years back that was marketing a rifle that looked like a lever action but wasn�t a functional action ??? past that . remember TC isn�t TC anymore TC is just a name . S&W now makes TC
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The T/C Scout looked a little like a lever action. I do remember the one you're talking about, but I don't remember who made it.
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Actually, I have a hard time seeing how a bolt or a lever serves a useful purpose on a muzzleloader.
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The bolt guns are more accurate. The lever makes no sense.
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