Muzzle loading guns – be they modern rifles, reproduction muskets or flintlock pistols are great fun to shoot and open up a whole new field of shooting, collecting and skills !
There’s something about handling on old firearm, whether original or a modern made reproduction, which is fascinating. With today’s heightened sense of history new insights can be gained; how did a soldier fire his Brown Bess musket during the Battle of Waterloo, what is a Minié bullet and why were the Enfield and Springfield rifles so devastatingly effective at Gettysburg, how does the English percussion revolver compare to its American counterpart, or can I bag something for the pot with my muzzle loading shotgun as my ancestor did?
