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B.L.E. · October 10, 2012, 08:14 PM

When I got my first muzzleloader, I managed to get along without most of the things on that list.

The essentials, you need powder, bullets, and caps.
The rifle's ramrod can double as a cleaning rod.
You can buy patching material at cloth stores, just avoid polyester or other synthetics.
You can measure powder with empty rifle casings, there is a whole thread in this forum about what each rifle case will hold when used as a powder measure.

Here's the link to that thread
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=432112

October 10, 2012, 08:14 PM	#7
B.L.E. Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2008 Location: Somewhere on the Southern shore of Lake Travis, TX Posts: 2,603	When I got my first muzzleloader, I managed to get along without most of the things on that list. The essentials, you need powder, bullets, and caps. The rifle's ramrod can double as a cleaning rod. You can buy patching material at cloth stores, just avoid polyester or other synthetics. You can measure powder with empty rifle casings, there is a whole thread in this forum about what each rifle case will hold when used as a powder measure. Here's the link to that thread http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=432112 Last edited by B.L.E.; October 11, 2012 at 06:38 PM.