Been thinking about getting into muzzleloading for traditional hunting and target shooting. Wanting a traditional sidelock percussion cap rifle of .50 caliber. Where would be a good place to look for such or does anyone here have one for sale?

I think Bass Pro has what your looking for can probably find it in there catalog or go online.

great gun for the money would be the Lyman Great Plains rifle....

checkouttrack of thewolf they have number of used and some new guns...bought my pennsylvanialong rifle there used...great place to deal with

Thanks

try www.gunbroker.com.

The Lyman rifle is the way to go in any caliber.

The Lyman is nice, if you are partial to Hawkens. On Gunbroker, search for "custom Hawken" and you'll probably find a couple of US-made guns for sale, which I like better than an Italian model

I've been thinkin' about one of these:
Traditions Deerhunter .50
but with a wood stock.

Get a traditional muzzle loader rather than an inline. Tradition

I got one of those, like it a lot now. Could not get it to group for nothing shooting round balls though. Went to Powerbelts, they group about 2" inches at 100 yards.

I like the CVA Optima Elite 50cal break over. Not sure if they still make em but with the power belts and a clean bore they are very accurate. I got it used for 100.00

The cva break over is very easy to clean and are accurate

I hava a Lyman Deer Stalker,musketcap conversion,Lyman target sights, 28" Green Mtn. barrell. Ibuilt this gun for a western states hunt and never used it.Invested $900.00 in it. Sell for $550.00 with extras. cALL 817 366 1664

I have a .45 cal Thompson Center sidelock percussion cap. .45 cal is plenty enough to take down deer and hogs. I have killed two deer and plenty of hogs with it. I just haven't shot it in 3 years. I shoot maxi hunters, according to the manual (yes, still have original 1970something manual for it) It is 220 grains of lead moving at around 1700 fps. According to the manual, you can get the round ball up to 2000 fps. Not bad for "obsolete" technology.

http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u..._45#Post4132718

The break over guns easy clean very accurate easy on the pocket book

if you still looking I have a remington model 700 .50 cal mzl if your interested pm great gun.

I read several bad reviews on that gun.

My ML is a Thompson White Mountain Carbine 50 caliber percussion....70 grains of Goex FFg and a tight patched .490" swaged round ball lubed with bore butter is very accurate out to 85 yards...my limit with the open sights...my son has a Thompson Black Mountain Magnum 50 caliber percussion....100 grains of Goex FFG and a tight patched .490" swaged round ball lubed with bore butter is dead on at a 100 yards. He sometimes steps up to 3 50 grain Pyrodex Pellets (150 grain total) and a 44 caliber 240 grain hollow point sabot is deadly past 150 yards....he killed a great 11 point a couple years ago with that combination at over 100 yards with open sights...you can find either of these on Gun Broker from time to time....my son's with a scope would probably be a 200 + yard rifle....however, that real black powder smell is addictive...have fun sir....

rick

The following is provided so you know where I'm coming from. I presently have seven sidelocks, five caplocks and two flinters. I've also owned a half dozen by different manufacturers that I sold off for one reason or another. I buy myself a case of GOEX every year as a Christmas present.

Here's what I tell my best friends. If you want to shoot round balls get yourself either a Lyman Great Plains, or find a used and cheap TC Renegade (1st. choice) or TC Hawken (2nd choice)with a rusty barrel and replace the barrel with a $200 Green Mountain drop-in replacement barrel with a 1:70" twist. Then go out and shoot tight groups on paper or the heads off rabbits at 50 yards, and deer at 125.

find a zoli zouave on gunbroker, 580 lead hodgen bullet and somewhere around 50-60 grains of FFF goex and you'll have maybe $500 invested in a extremely accurate and great shooting gun that will drop anything. Great representation of the Civil War guns usually for an excellent price.

I have a CVA .50 muzzleloader...inline...140 bucks.

Won't give up, huh Dan-O?

great choice i have a .50 cal black powder and it works great

I just bought a .54 Lyman Trade rifle and have started shooting it. It's a quality gun. It likes more than one load with patched round balls.

MidSouth had a .50 cal the other day. http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=MUZZLELOADERS&dept2=RIFLE

Hope this helps,

Paul