Black Powder Guns: The History of Muzzle Loading Rifles

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Who is Ron Spomer
For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion – the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me – from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.

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[davesomeone]

Crazy how hard it must have been to figure all this out for the first time.

[deandeann]

I imagine the first ignition system was a touchhole that was filled with gunpowder. Fuse was an early invention too though.

[robertmillen]

They didn’t drill the barrel, they hammered flat steel around a mandrel to make to barrel bore

[LucasIsHereYT]

PoV: You're on a school trip to the state fair waiting to shoot a muzzle loader.

[solovoldo]

Who would have ever guessed that muzzleloaders were loaded from the muzzle?!
Lol

[dominien]

it took you that long to tell me a muzzle loading rifle is loaded from the muzzle?

[ShadowStalky]

Subscribed! So much knowledge and interesting about firearms you know.

[burkecunningham]

Looks like a Tompson Center Renegade 54 cal with double set triggers to me.

[mits_]

You have to thank and acknowledge the Chinese.

[countrylife]

Did you know it was called a barrel because it was iron staves with bands around it like a wooden barrel or bucket

[whisk]

How did they ignite the gunpowder without leaving a hole for the gases to escape through tho?

[terrysmith]

That's a beautiful Thompson center renegade.

[teddandrews]

I have that same Thompson/Center in Left handed..

[speedlimit]

Interesting…. This isn’t long enough 😤

[lancesudberry]

Today
Me using this arm 1 st time
Me : empty gun and a clubbed man trotting towards me at 50 yards 🧐😲😳
Clubbed trotting man
🤕🥵😭

[MrAdeuhtyr]

Well, I mean there’s a small hole at the back. Still have to get a spark into the powder somehow

[dmre]

Beautiful Hawkin, I have one myself I love it 80 grains and a 300gr 50 Cal bullet does great

[efficientfuture]

Literally would have just kept bow and arrow

[jcbaroux]

This poor guy has no jdea of black powder and history....tipycally american, ground cleverness...

[mattheww]

That was informative, interesting, and concise.