"Aren't all muzzleloaders the same?"

[greymule]

I have a T/C Hawken Flintlock that I really enjoy shooting at the range. I am just not brave enough to take it hunting instead of my caplock yet.

[Mad_Jack]

Most soldiers can pick up a similar military gun and be proficient because the weapons are nearly the same firing configurations. I can take an Inline that the owner shoots and shoot it bout as good as they do , if not better. But if they aren't shooting a flinter at all, they'll not shoot my flinter near half as good as I can. I say this from 6X experience. been there, done it. Fact.

[Mad_Jack]

I've been a member of the NAHC since 1983. Many members from various state groups host/participate in GT's (Member Get -together's). They can be 1 day events or up to a week long camp over events. I live in PA. Back in the summer,2010, Ohio members I'd met, invited me to join in their GT. Great time. I'm a reenactor, rendezvous shooter of flintlocks. I was told they would shoot free time at their range with any guns and Saturday was a clay bird shoot for fun. When I showed up Thursday AM, I set up in my period camp and dressed in period clothing, as my buddies requested, to demonstrate and educate some of the sponsors families and guests at the event. When I showed Saturday for the clay shoot with a .54 caliber smooth rifle flintlock, I was scoffed at. But the kidding stopped and the questions started to flow after I was 18 for 20. The folks there wondered how I could shoot a flintlock weapon that well. I told them when you shoot enough and practice enough, it's like scratching an itch. It's that old Greybeard adage, " It's not what you use, but how well you use it!"