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Hello from the horrible state of Illinois. New member of about 3 weeks. Been watching and reading for some inspiration before jumping into the ML world blind. Picked up some wall hangar muzzleloaders for $75 a couple years ago, only one is operational, that sparked my interest.
I'm a fairly new deer hunter with the savage 220 which I love. Things a tack driver. So I've decided to try muzzleloaders now. Got my muzzleloader deer tags already and just picked up some starter materials today. Primers still haven't shown up, ugh.
Still haven't picked the most important part though. This is what I'm leaning towards though.
I know I'm going about this a lil backwards but I get buyers remorse easily if I don't get exactly what I want. Originally was sold on the traditions vortex strickerfire vapr ldr for its twist rate and one size fits all breech plug. This forum is what has shifted me towards the optima now and I really like thumbhole stocks.. fyi I hunt southern illinois with 10yrd shots up to beyond what I'd feel comfortable shooting opportunities. Typical is 60yrds to 140yrds. If you made it this far, thank you..
I'm a fairly new deer hunter with the savage 220 which I love. Things a tack driver. So I've decided to try muzzleloaders now. Got my muzzleloader deer tags already and just picked up some starter materials today. Primers still haven't shown up, ugh.
Still haven't picked the most important part though. This is what I'm leaning towards though.
I know I'm going about this a lil backwards but I get buyers remorse easily if I don't get exactly what I want. Originally was sold on the traditions vortex strickerfire vapr ldr for its twist rate and one size fits all breech plug. This forum is what has shifted me towards the optima now and I really like thumbhole stocks.. fyi I hunt southern illinois with 10yrd shots up to beyond what I'd feel comfortable shooting opportunities. Typical is 60yrds to 140yrds. If you made it this far, thank you..