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Tracker0721:
I'm wanting to build a muzzleloader. Should I buy a kit? Or buy the parts from separate places and piece it together? I'll be 100% new to this but I have a friend who is big into the muzzleloading thing. I want to have it a rifle I can use for deer and black bear but not one that will blow a huge in them so I'll need caliber options as well. Are the kits that cabelas/sportsmans warehouse sell good?

Trapper Rob:
Check with Track Of The Wolf you'll pay a little more but the parts in those will be better quality & you can pick out what kind of wood you want.

Parnell:
I'd talk to your buddy and get his opinion and judge how much work he/you are going to put in.  Track of the Wolf does have really sweet kits and I imagine my next one will be from there.  Definitely doing another...

Tracker0721:
I'll build it alone as my buddy is one of those hammer it out and get it done quick. But I'll check out those kits, I don't mind paying a bit more for quality at all. Thanks guys! I'll keep you posted on if I get one!

JW_Halverson:
Stick with .50, it's common as grass and every load is a custom load, 35 grains for a squirrel in the yard, 100 grains for bull elk!

Two Traditions kits they sell are the Hawken/kinda with fast twist 1:48" and the Pennsylvania/kinda with the slow twist 1:66.  If you are happy with roundball, both will do fine, so long as you do not hot load the Hawken and cause the ball to strip the rifling and throw random shots around.  But you can also load it with conicals if you really wanna hit something with a bigger chunk of lead.  Deer will fall with 65 grains of FFg and a roundball from either one.  Elk will take a bit more killing, but still easily in both gun's department. 

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