Early in-line muzzleloader projectiles were typically of all-lead construction or were simply jacketed handgun bullets. Most companies have recently transitioned to manufacturing high-performance ...

Lubricant: An appropriate muzzleloading lubricant, such as Wonder Lube or Thompson/Center Bore Butter, is needed for patches and conical bullets. Ball starter: A starter is a tool used to start a ...

Pyrodex is the first generation blackpowder substitute and is still widely used. Bullets Modern muzzleloader hunters can choose from a dizzying array of conical bullet designs, including hollow ...

Remington's Ultimate Muzzleloader design is similar. It uses pre-primed brass cases that you charge by hand. Its barrel does not have the interior bullet shelf. The FireStick system has two ...

Some don’t allow jacketed bullets, and a few even outlaw inline guns with sealed breaches and 209 primer ignition. The idea, since many western states offer muzzleloader hunting during the ...

Here’s how the system works. First you load a .50 cal muzzleloader bullet through the muzzle of the rifle. Then, you break open the gun and load the FireStick through the specially designed breech of ...

Bullet fragmentation has been well-described in many modern, high-velocity rifles, but not for black-powder cartridge rifles or muzzleloading firearms, said Clinton Epps, a wildlife ecologist at ...

Muzzleloader season is about to start. In addition, there is an antlerless deer season, a second elk hunt, a pheasant hunt, and trapping season for various species. During Michigan's regular ...