I bought a .40 cal this fall, shoot it at least 5 days a week and still can't get enough. I've hunted and shot all my life. I hunt hard and I hunt far into wilderness areas. My passion has always been the hunt -- the rifle, though appreciated, was something I practiced with often only because it was the tool to cleanly accomplish the final aspect of the hunt. I never really enjoyed shooting firearms for the sake of shooting.
My joy of shooting was limited to my recurve or longbow and my greatest accomplishments (few and far between Still hunting in the West) were the successful hunts with the bow.
As I grew older, however, I began to long for something between the magnum rifle and the traditional bow -- something that would still offer the challenges of a real hunt but an improved possibility of bringing home meat.
Thus the flintlock and for the first time in my life I really LOVE shooting a gun. There is an undeniable intimacy in the process of muzzleloading and an unequaled pleasure in fiddling with all the things involved in a flintlock and having it go Ka-boom every time. And as crazy as this may sound, I enjoy sitting down in the evening and going through the cleaning. Christ, I even love the smell of it.
And so it was inevitable that my utter pleasure in shooting and hunting small game with the .40 led me to want something for deer and elk. Therefore, I did some research and contacted a gentleman named Allen Martin who'll have a .58 cal for me in 6 months or so. This will be used almost exclusively for elk hunting in Colorado between 10,500 & 12,000 ft. Could any of you offer load suggestions? It will have a Getz 46" octagon to round barrel. I'm also curious about what I hear concerning Swiss powder. Could someone clarify what that is and what its benefits are over Goex?
Thanks
