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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 203961" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>That's a very perceptive observation. Pennsylvania, which is at the top of the list for numbers of deer in the state, and also hunting pressure, now only allows iron-sigted flintlocks in the regular muzzleloader season. All modern muzzleloaders are allowed in the "Doe muzzleloader" season. After much debate, they also banned semi-autos from the regular deer gun season, with a handicap license exception.</p><p></p><p>In some states, the blackpowder single-shot clan is getting large and demanding to hunt in what is now "muzzleloader" season. There will always be disagreement between those who want a primitive hunting experience and those who want to kill deer with the least trouble, and no debate will resolve the differences.</p><p></p><p>One comment on muzzleloader cleaning and reliability. The easiest muzzleloader I have to clean is a Hawken with a patent breach. Pop off the barrel, take out the nipple, and upend in a bucket of hot dishwater. <strong>Black powder residue dissolves best in hot soapy water.</strong>Wash, rinse, and dry. Lube lightly inside with bore butter, and outside with car wax.</p><p><strong><u>Never use anything in a blackpowder gun that came out of an oil well. Great-grandpa was right when he used natural bear grease. Petroleum products cause misfires.</u></strong></p><p>Fire a cap before loading, load properly, and you will never have a hangfire or misfire.<img src="/images/smilies/thumb.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 203961, member: 796"] That's a very perceptive observation. Pennsylvania, which is at the top of the list for numbers of deer in the state, and also hunting pressure, now only allows iron-sigted flintlocks in the regular muzzleloader season. All modern muzzleloaders are allowed in the "Doe muzzleloader" season. After much debate, they also banned semi-autos from the regular deer gun season, with a handicap license exception. In some states, the blackpowder single-shot clan is getting large and demanding to hunt in what is now "muzzleloader" season. There will always be disagreement between those who want a primitive hunting experience and those who want to kill deer with the least trouble, and no debate will resolve the differences. One comment on muzzleloader cleaning and reliability. The easiest muzzleloader I have to clean is a Hawken with a patent breach. Pop off the barrel, take out the nipple, and upend in a bucket of hot dishwater. [B]Black powder residue dissolves best in hot soapy water.[/B]Wash, rinse, and dry. Lube lightly inside with bore butter, and outside with car wax. [B][U]Never use anything in a blackpowder gun that came out of an oil well. Great-grandpa was right when he used natural bear grease. Petroleum products cause misfires.[/U][/B] Fire a cap before loading, load properly, and you will never have a hangfire or misfire.:thumb: [/QUOTE]
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