I love shooting the old muzzle loader it is a huge gun, about 14lb it was built in England by Mortimer around 1860 or so. I take it up to a Phesant hunt every year that the Game and Fish puts on, strickly non-toxic shot, it gives the warden's headache's trying to figure out how to tell if I have non-toxic shot of some kind in it. I shot about 4 drams of Fg and an 1 3/8 oz Bismuth it realy gives the Phesants hell. I use the same load for Duck's but I bump it up a bit for Geese. I figure that cartridge guns will lose favor sooner or later and when and if it happens I will be ready.
Keep your powder dry
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