Oh nonholy atheismo yes.
I've always wanted to go hunting with a black-powder muzzle-loader rifle. The reason is pretty simple; it's a test of your accuracy. You nail that first shot, because if you don't, you aren't bagging anything for thirty minutes. The gunshot is loud, and reloading takes a while, so if you miss that first shot, you're scaring off the game you're aiming at and any game within hearing, too. No quickly cycling a bolt for another shot; one and done. It's what I've always loved about firearms is the test of accuracy, of trying to master precision, in the variable ways. I figure black-powder rifle hunting would be the ultimate test of accuracy with a firearm.
Given that I live in Wisconsin, which has tons of hunting [most of it actually pretty necessary; apparently last few years they suspended hunting in a bunch of areas, and a whole mess of deer populations basically starved to death from overpopulation, so they unsuspended it], the opportunity for this would be rather easy for me to indulge in.
Something tells me my first forays will be anything but successful. XD
I've always wanted to go hunting with a black-powder muzzle-loader rifle. The reason is pretty simple; it's a test of your accuracy. You nail that first shot, because if you don't, you aren't bagging anything for thirty minutes. The gunshot is loud, and reloading takes a while, so if you miss that first shot, you're scaring off the game you're aiming at and any game within hearing, too. No quickly cycling a bolt for another shot; one and done. It's what I've always loved about firearms is the test of accuracy, of trying to master precision, in the variable ways. I figure black-powder rifle hunting would be the ultimate test of accuracy with a firearm.
Given that I live in Wisconsin, which has tons of hunting [most of it actually pretty necessary; apparently last few years they suspended hunting in a bunch of areas, and a whole mess of deer populations basically starved to death from overpopulation, so they unsuspended it], the opportunity for this would be rather easy for me to indulge in.
Something tells me my first forays will be anything but successful. XD
