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Civil War Enfield (Caplock)

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Published 17 Jul 2009

Demonstration of a .58 caliber Enfield Civil War rifle. (Parker Hale replica made in Birmingham, England). ------------------- ------------------------ Hickok45 videos are filmed on my own private shooting range and property by trained professionals for educational and entertainment purposes only, with emphasis on firearms safety and responsible gun ownership. We are NOT in the business of selling firearms or performing modifications on them. Do not attempt to copy at home anything you see in our videos. Firearms can be extremely dangerous if not used safely. Please check out and support the people who help make this channel possible: BUD’s GUN SHOP, SILENCER CENTRAL, SONORAN DESERT INSTITUTE, ALABAMA HOLSTER, WIDENER’S RELOADING & SHOOTING SUPPLY, TALON GRIPS, & BALLISTOL. Use HICKOK45 discount code at Widener’s check-out and save $15.00 on a $200.00 ammo order. Become a Gong Club member at our Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/hickok45 SDI (Sonoran Desert Institute): https://www.sdi.edu/hickok45/ Alabama Holster: https://alabamaholster.com/ Talon Grips: https://talongungrips.com/ Ballistol: https://ballistol.com/ ALSO, ALL our videos are on Rumble and GunStreamer.com: https://rumble.com/hickok45 https://gunstreamer.com/@ Hickok45 The short FAQ Videos playlist will answer most questions you have: /playlist/PL0C8F49BC387A5899 Find us on Hickok45 Twitter and Facebook, as well as “therealHickok45” on Instagram.

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Comments - 458

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@hickok4515 years ago You' re welcome. I have an 1860 army percussion revolver and a remington. I' ll eventually do a video with those, too. 16
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@hickok4514 years ago Good points! It' s difficult to enjoy shooting at 50 to 80 yards, as the sights are designed for longer distances. One of these days i' m going to have the front sight built up about a quarter of an inch. 1
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@hickok4515 years ago Thanks. If you are a subscriber, you should get an email letting you know i' ve been at it again, playing around on the range! 4
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@hickok4515 years ago Actually, with a standard powder charge, i think they are easier on the ears. It' s asound, but because many of them are large caliber with slower moving bullets, i don' t think they are as loud, or as ear-piercing. ...Expand 1
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@hickok4515 years ago If the steel targets are perfectly flat with no edges, it' s rare to get anything back. You still want to always wear glasses, though, and not shoot . ...Expand 1
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@hickok4512 years ago @pclfire320, actually, i always make a point to do that. I want lots of air circulating through there to make sure anything left is burned out before i . ...Expand 1
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@hickok4514 years ago Not sure, but it would be tough to hit anybody with a smoothbore flintlock at more than 50 or 60 yards. The enfield, with rifled barrel, might be accurate way out there for hundreds of yards.
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@hickok4515 years ago No, that' s something i don' t have. Interesting gun, though. Do you have one? I think it' s interesting the way they load. 1
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@hickok4514 years ago Not too bad. It depends on your powder load, but it' s not that bad to shoot. 1
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@hickok4514 years ago @danzig387, yes, it was made in england. I think i paid that much for it at the time. 1
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@hickok4515 years ago I don' t get my chronograph very often, as knowing the exact bullet velocity is not something i care much about. Nothing that slow about these big muzzle . ...Expand 1
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@hickok4515 years ago Probably so, but i don' t trust the hammer even at half cock. I just make sure my fingers off the trigger and i' m pointed into the woods. Thanks for the suggestion.
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@hickok4511 years ago People with even a passing interest in being educated; that' s who. 8
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@SJMadCat13 years ago This is the first hickok45 video i saw, hooked ever since! Love your videos! 5
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@hickok4514 years ago @killermuffin1, don' t ' think i' ve ever seen any of those anywhere. 1
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@Dank_Burrito4 years ago Love how he checked over his shoulder forat one point. 3
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@TheZamboon11 years ago We all need a hickok in our lives. This man has taught me more about firearms than anybody else and has fuelled my passion for them just as much as my dad. Keep these videos coming hickok45. 2
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@hickok4514 years ago I" ll send you a link to a muzzle loading forum that might help. There are people in there who know much more about this stuff than i do. I just dabble in it; some of them do nothing but this stuff.
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@hickok4515 years ago Oh, if i were a hunter, i' d probably use this gun for deer. I doubt you' d have to follow a blood trail after a solid hit with a. 58 caliber enfield. 1
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@plunkadelicdaydream10 years ago This video helps explain an important and historical detail about the importance of aiming low when firing this weapon. Thanks for posting! 1
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@hickok4511 years ago I take them off immediately for that reason. I want any embers that might be left in there to get plenty of oxygen and burn before i get back to reloading. . ...Expand
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@hickok4515 years ago Thanks, but i' m planning on bright lights and hooters girls in future videos!
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@thecomposer5828 years ago " we haven' t seen any soldiers trying to invade in the last hour or two. " haha! You' re the best! I really want a musket. This one is amazing. 2
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@hickok4514 years ago @dko9873, because you really wouldn' t fire that many rounds in about two hours of having fun, it' s not very expensive. You definitely don' t want to try it if you hate dirt.
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@Del350K413 years ago I watched this and the flintlock video because i was reading about the war in a bernard cornwell novel. Watching them made me realise how you tube makes . ...Expand
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@Blake1019012 years ago At 1: 51 you can hear that you are still able to hit the steel even when throwing a spent cap blindly behind you shoulder, what a shot! Hickok45 for president!
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@hickok4515 years ago Yes, you notice i' m wearing ear plugs. 1
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@miragexl00710 years ago Nice to see this older video. After quite a bit amodern firearms this past year or two, i' m looking forward to shooting the old loader this next weekend when i visit my brother in tn. A group of guys/old timers get together for a 1/2 day shooting back in the woods. Have done this twice before. Good times. Nice to slow down and have some fun with interesting shots that are set up. ...Expand 1
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@njtech200513 years ago Fascinating introduction. Thanks for the history lesson and safety tips. 1
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@topcityres11 years ago I' ve been watching civil war videos on youtube all night. Course hickok was in the suggested list. Hickok, you make a damn good video. I learn more from you then the dang history channel. Keep em comin'
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@JabutiTV13 years ago 1: 24 " he slips right on. The nipple. " hahahah! I' m immature. But you' re awesome! 15
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@BonesTheCat12 years ago I' ve had one shot of a muzzle loader and that shot stuck with me. I' ll look at this sort of shooting when i get a bit older. Great vid mr. Hickok, once again. 1
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@NCLUSA12 years ago After watching hickok45' s videos i have no great desire to make any shooting videos again, there' s no way i could make a video good as his. Great videos.
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@Tsagia12 years ago Fantastic presentation and narration. Very good video, well done sir. 1
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@HighlandFoxx10 years ago Lovely example of a fine british rifle. The american springfield is just as nice too: 7
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@unopepito0615 years ago It' s amazing to think soldiers could do all this in the heat of battle. Like you said, i' m sure they had tricks to make things go more quickly, but still those caps. Very easy to drop, lol. 1
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@roshangupta14038 years ago Man in just 60 or so years look how much better tech had gotten since the days of the revolutionary war! 36
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@Ralastar15 years ago It was very informative and interesting. Your videos are so much better than t. V. Shows about guns. No commercials or b. S. Glitter and flashing lights.
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@JW56JW15 years ago Smell of blackpowder in the morning. Seems like somebody likes war movies. Apocalypse now. Great videos hickok44!
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@MrMat457014 years ago Great video the hickok great to see you with the front stuffers and very imformative, i have a 1961 smooth bore enfield that was my great grandfathers made by tower very nice rifle for something that is 149 years old.
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@pedrorltrooper39642 years ago I love how in 12 years hickok didnt change at all.
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@jroberts738715 years ago No i don' t have one, but i would love to find one. Like you, i love the older military rifles because of the history that' s behind them. The krag-jorgenson was a very unique gun at the time it was made.
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@bonehead292yblock57 years ago I gotta get one of them my ancestors used this rifle. 24
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@MegaSeabees12 years ago Awesome mann. I was just about now reading bernard cornwell' s starbuck chronicles and finally i catched on to how the whole thing works. And good aim too you have. Keep on with this videos.
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@63DW89A11 years ago Proper loading technique is to seat the minie bullet on the powder charge with two light raps of the heavy steel ramrod. Theis roughly equivalent to dropping the ramrod 18 inches twice onto the bullet to seat it. This expands the minie to so snugly to fit the bore that the bullet won' t budge. I' ve actually banged the inverted muzzle on a wooden bench with rifle butt vertical, and then used the ramrod to show people that the seated minie bullet did not move up the bore!. ...Expand 1
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@cromag776612 years ago Just recieved a genuine 1860 enfield from my father in law, who asked me to sell it if i have a mind to. After seeing this video i can tell you that is not happening. Great video, thank you!
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@TurpDotNet10 years ago Such a great weapon. Used in the crimean war too (1853-56) we have them for our crimean impression and you very rarely missfire with them. We ram the id="hidden27" power and paper down which makes all the difference. Great video! Subbed!. ...Expand
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@rossaust12 years ago Just purchased an enfield 58 cal, and this was a helpful intro to using it. I plan a few sessions with our black powder club though. No substitute for . ...Expand
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@henerymag11 years ago I have a 3 band pedersoli and it' s my favorite to shoot. Smoke and flash and black greasy hands. Deadly accurate too. Would not want to face one in . ...Expand 1
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@LizardWizardHTX7 years ago Ive seen alot of hickock45 videos. And that gong shot was the loudest i have ever heard. Holy crap.
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@cherokid12 years ago It' s great you have that information. I had ancestors in the confederate army. One was severly wounded in the battle of peach tree creek in front of . ...Expand
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@resozv12 years ago Muzzle loading is a labor of love, but fun. T/c with powerbelts & pyrodex here. Lateseason for whitetails is a real challenge. on the quest to watch all 620. Got this far & still haven' t heard the signature life is good. Thanks again hickok. ...Expand
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@89tonstar10 years ago Interestingly there was a smooth bore version of this rifle imported from england. It was about as short as a musketoon and it was issued primarily to . ...Expand 1
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@gunnarconley9 years ago Used to teach the boy scouts how to shoot this rifle. I really love this style of rifle it' s very traditional.
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@71cgt11 years ago I have a repro parker hale whitworth that is the first firearm to have a hexagonal bore. Glock, hk and others are using a design that was perfected in . ...Expand
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@almeraversus39308 years ago Americans are lucky they are open to so many firearms. 28
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@Martinbergin12 years ago Love the vids hickok45 i just bought myself an origional 2 band enfield from 1872 beautifulrifle with origional bayonet and scabbard.
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@MrBigden3713 years ago I have much interest in the civil war era and the weapons used during that time period. Very nice. Btw. The devil himself trounced around your area also . ...Expand
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@grumpyson251014 years ago @freshy789 - this particular musket is a sergeants musket known as a 2 bander. The 3 banders were carried by the regular soldiers. The 2 bander has a more . ...Expand
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@captainrob90442 years ago I learned in a random civil war reenactment at the kennesaw battlefield that you must load your rifle correctly. Also, if too much paper gets in the barrel your gun will malfunction and cease operation.
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@gamesbok11 years ago After the charge of the light bregade the scotts guards took the counter charge of the russian heavy cavelry. They opened fire at 800yards with enfields . ...Expand 1
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@blackpowderfirearmenthusia31944 years ago I' m going to get one. Thank you for sharing this video.
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@Point221b11 years ago 01. 50, that spent cap landed in the spent cap collecting tin on the loading bench, damn, he' s good!
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@FAA-DPE6 years ago I' m a card-carrying member of sons of confederate veterans and this is my rifle of choice for reenactments and exhibitions.
it was one of the . ...Expand
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@MrPatriot191114 years ago Hey hickok, love your videos, the best on youtube. I was wondering where i could get either an enfield (preferably a birmingham made like yours, not an . ...Expand 1
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@GunOwnerDan15 years ago Great video. There' s a video of a guy here oni think) shooting a target 450 yards away with his 1853 enfield. I think he said he has to aim about 75 feet above the target!
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@boydgrandy576910 years ago The percussion cap was brought into common use in the 1820s. Prior to that, a rather peculiar fulminate of mercury cap patent was held from 1807 by a scots caplocks were in common use in the eastern us by the late 1820s, and the us army bought percussion carbines in the 1830s, and of course thousands of flintlock firearms were converted between the 1820s and well into the civil war.
70% of the firearms that are held as exhibits at the alamo museaum are of caplock ignition, many converted. That fight dates from 1836, as you know. ...Expand
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@grumpyson251014 years ago Back in the time the standard rifleman could put 3 mini balls down range per minute. So if you had enough rounds, that could take you to 360 rounds in . ...Expand
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@oldreb134313 years ago Hey hickock was wondering did you made your stock shine like that urself or did it come like that beautiful parkerhale by the way love the video very accurate . ...Expand
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@155jwatson13 years ago Well me again i had the choice of a brown bess or a caplock enfield witch would you recomend to buy and use because i do reinactments and i have to use a friends.
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@Bronywithguns87012 years ago One interesting thing that i learned from the civil war is that when loading their guns both sides would have little premeasured packets of powder in little . ...Expand
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@xlrv112 years ago The last two vowels in the name mini are both pronounced - the accent on ensures that it is sounded and is not a silent e. Transcribed in ordinary e id="hidden46"nglish the name would be mee-nee-ay, except that " ee" and " ay" are prounounced more crisply and quickly than in english. So the name has three vowel sounds, not two. Love your explanations - great video. ...Expand
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@masterco9314 years ago Hickok, thanks for this great video, but i have a question please. What was the average range for the flintlock musket and the caplock ones? The range . ...Expand
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@danjewell26122 years ago Mr. 45
could you please do a comparison with a canik tp 9 elite sc glock 26. 1
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@fishblade212 years ago I was wondering how you are capable of shooting so many shots without some type of cleaning for the gun. I know you said that the mine ball helps with . ...Expand
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@MarkoSRBa13 years ago @hickok45 you have awesone videos, i really respect your speach about guns, very good. Thank you for videos(sorry for bad eng im from serbia)
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@Killermuffin114 years ago @hickok45 i' ve dug them up out of the ground around franklin, tennessee (in which i had ancestors fighting on both sides in the same battle) i' ve . ...Expand
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@usaalways13 years ago Nice video. I am interested in purchasing a firing musket, butkeeps runing into non-firing muskets. I live in eastern pa. Where can i get one? Thanx.
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@tempo52911 years ago My favorite gun to shoot! Messy yes, but fun, oh heck yes!
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@Panzerzimmerpflanze13 years ago So other than the poor sights, how do you like the parker hale? I' m considering buying a ph 1861 musketoon for hunting, since i hunt in dense bush . ...Expand
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@LizzyTexBorden15 years ago I learned a lot watching this. Thanks.
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@stewman658 years ago Since hickok45 was shooting high, he had to hold a foot low, could you correct this with less powder. Or would this be a wrong way to adjust.
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@yoho95114 years ago How much recoil do those things have? Like compared to an 8mm mauser. And how expensive is the rifle, the bullets, and the powder/tools?
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@yoho95114 years ago @killermuffin1 haha i live in cali and my moms best friend lives in franklin and i went there to the carnton and the carter house a few years back. It was awesome. Where did u go to dig the bullets up?
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@jkeys25115 years ago Thanks for these unique shooting sessions and history lessons. I haven' t seen any of the other youtube gun reviewers doing this kind of stuff. We tend . ...Expand
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@puZAEdr10 years ago Are the 2 band enfileds from dixie gun works good quality?
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@taco103013 years ago Does using patches in round lead balls prevent less fouling build up after each shot?
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@ganimed197613 years ago Those old rifles are very powerful. When you get a hit into your left shoulder with that, you lose your left leg also;
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@EvMund12 years ago @1966daywalker well the thing is i dropped my laptop a while back and now i have to hold shift to type in lower-case. Any suggestions?
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@ParticularBaptist168913 years ago Your videos are awesome. I love guns. Where did you get your flintlock?
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@MissyMarieN13 years ago @1966daywalker it depends where you are. Ma requires you to have a permit to buy powder. Although you are allowed to buy muzzle loaders without any sort of permit because its considered aweapon.
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@ScarletAvatar12 years ago Is there any difference between this and a sidelock, or are they the one and same?
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@RenaissanceMan92915 years ago Dadgum it, i want one! That looks like a lot of fun.
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@rocketfireman12 years ago I have one of these from the civil war era. How do i find out if i can shoot it. Also the ram rod is bent can this be fixed. I would like to shoot this some day it been in the family and now i have it.
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@sector1507 years ago With the traditions cva 45 cal percussion muzzleloader, can you use pyrodex?