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Whatever I do, it's infinitely more than you, hiding behind your keyboard. Come on out in the sunlight Chicken.

Old Swampy is yanking everybody's chains with his outlandish claims. Ignore the fool and (hopefully) he'll go away.

The Regiments I marched with back in the day (Confederate and Revolutionary War Highlander) would've laughed his farb-ish ass out of town had he talked like the overbearing know-it-all that he is here on this forum.

Laffin'

Yes we are. But at the same time, it is sad to laugh at someone so ignorant as you.

It's sad that you can't admit the truth. Traditional guns while romantic, cannot be very accurate at long range.

Prove it.

I'm darin' ya. Chicken.

swaprat/chicken/man/y, you're ignorance is exceeded only by your arrogance. It is evident you have absolutely no knowledge, none whatsoever, of the 1874 and 1876 Creedmore matches on Long Island, what the course of fire was or the rifles used. To say nothing of who competed in the match. It is equally evident that your knowledge of muzzleloading history regardging long range shooting during the American War for Independence and the American Civil War is non-existant or you would not make such ill conceived statements as you do. Shooting long range with muzzleloaders is nothing new. One must assume that occasionally you have stumbled upon the truth but quickly righted yourself and carried on as if nothing happened.

I've forgotten more about all those subjects than you'll ever know. None of those rifles will hold a candle to the cheapest inline you can buy.

gnoahh...you have to be right. Nothing else explains him. Fool is too kind and laughing him out of town would have been after the other acts among the bunch of old longhunters I used to run with. A couple of them thought it was still 1790, played pretty rough and did not suffer fools.

He, along with another, are truly are legends in their on minds.

Fixed it....

I've spent time with hundreds of them.....I've seen 2 or 3 that knew their a$$ from a hole in the ground. The rest were quite funny to watch and listen to.

I had a 700 ML once and I also owned a Savage rifle once

No doubt both can be fine rifles. But they are not a match for a purpose built long range muzzleloader - side lock or not.

Here is a doe that I shot at a little over 200 yds with a traditional muzzleloader. It's the exit hole side (there is a pencil sticking out of the hole but all you see is the eraser). Do you think it might run with SwampRat's Remington? It will also shoot to 1000 yds. No problem.

Whachaygot Chicken?

Here is the shoulder blade from the exit side

Nice shot!

It was a mediocre shot actually. It is about 1.5-2" too high, but it was almost dark (5 minutes left in the season, never mind the legal shooting day). But the deer was in a snow-covered bean field so I had a decent sight picture to frame her with iron sights.

This is a different deer (shot very close range) but the same rifle. Warning: It is the Ugliest rifle I've ever owned (not counting one Savage bolt rifle).

Awww no wonder that hole looks so big, ya shot a baby!

LOL just kiddin

The second deer was a baby. A young of the year button buck. That doe was no slouch though. I don't recall what she weighed but probably pushing 200#. Both were shot with a relatively light 475 gr flatnosed, pure lead, paper-patched bullet. Suitable for anything on the continent though.

oh you can tell it was a big doe, look are the forearm muscles in the first pic. First thing i noticed right off the bat.

bigblock - i have a reputation for being a baby killer, must be a little defensive

Every once in a GREAT while, I kill something big. But it sure ain't often.