Single Shot Rifles

>>32415839
Muzzleloader
>.50 cal and up
>percussion caps, flint is for gay pirates
>barrel long=good, black powder needs to burn

Cartridge
>.45-70
>literally nothing else

>>32415839
For a Hawken style mountain rifle, you want 50, but .54 is better. The Lyman Great Plains Rifle is a good starter Hawken, has more of the original Hawken aesthetic.

Flint is fine, so are caps, personal preference really. Should really own one of each though.

A single shot rifle in .45-70 is fine, Get a Winchester high wall repro or a Sharps. The other calibers you listed are extremely hard to find when compared to .45-70. Although a .50-90 Sharps is sexy. For cheaper single shot options, there is the H&R Handi Rifle, but not as fun as a big bore falling block.

Could try to find a Ruger No. 1 in an African caliber, but none are currently produced by Ruger.

>>32415839
Single shot rifles are for fun with oddball calibers like .45-120. Or for doing dissent things with common calibers like making a .223 Ackley and shooting 80 grain .22 caliber bullets. Just think of something you want to play with and go for it.

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>>32415984
>.50 Caliber and up

Small bore muzzleloaders are extremely fun though

>>32415984
>barrel long=good, black powder needs to burn
that makes most sense, but I sometimes read that there's little to no benefit past 32 inches or so

>>32416068
>The other calibers you listed are extremely hard to find when compared to .45-70
.50-90 is legendary, but from what I hear .45-70 can be shot safely from the longer .45s, though in a 45-120 the bullet would have a short jump before it hits the rifling. 45-90 it would engage the rifling before it finishes leaving the case, but it's a moot point if they all mimic the black powder ballistics anyway.

Sharps would be my first choice for a cartridge rifle. what's the difference between 1874 and the other years?
also does anyone make a high wall repro that cocks the hammer automatically when you work the lever?

>>32415839
If you go with a muzzleloader get a 50 cal. There are so many more options for projectiles than 45 or 54.

>>32416133
what sort of projectiles are available for 50 that aren't for 54?

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>>32415984
>>percussion caps, flint is for gay pirates

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Can replaceable breech blocks be considered 1 piece ammunition like cartridges?
Even if I were to design that replaceable breech block with space for the projectile, propellant, and inline primer it wouldn't be considered 1 piece ammunition correct?
It's because the breech block is integral to the guns function or structure?

>>32415839
get a stevens cricket

>>32415839
AR-15

MARTINI HENRY IS ONLY VIABLE OPTION

>>32419755
does anybody make quality modern reproductions in easily obtainable calibers?

>>32416127
This, squirrels rifles are a riot to shoot.

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>>32415839
Chassepot 1866