Hunting

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I have that exact rifle, but with a scope (pic related). It's a lot of fun to shoot, but requires more work and caution than a modern rifle. It'll teach you a lot about shooting - especially about how to be patient and careful. All in all, I really like mine.

>>34993781

Hmm, out here in WA its iron sights only so going after Elk at Mt St Helens seems like quite the challenge with that.

>>34994021
Man, the biggest fudds on planet earth were baby boomer black powder mountain man wannabes out west. They gave y'all some of the dumbest, most arbitrary bp hunting laws I have ever heard of.

I live in a shotgun only area and modern muzzleloaders pretty much are on par with modern rifles performance where I hunt with sub 100yd shots.

>>34993654
I've done it a few times.
>benefits over bow
A good inline with good sabots and a tuned load is hunting-accurate to 300 yards while retaining enough power to kill anything on the continent at those distances. They slightly outrange even the best of the sabot shotgun slugs through a dedicated slug gun like the Savage 212/220.

They also have their own season in a lot of places, prolonging your big-game hunting. Where I live it goes bow-->rifle-->"alternative methods" which includes shotgun slug, bows, crossbows, muzzleloaders, and handguns, and I'd rather hunt with a handgun than a muzzleloader.