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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 196068" data-attributes="member: 704">There are better ways to limit the muzzy than limiting in-lines.&nbsp; There have been forms of in-lines going back to 1835.&nbsp; Perhaps a better term is direct fire because the underhammers were a direct fire.&nbsp; Colorado the last time I was there didn't allow sabots.&nbsp; You had to use round ball or a Maxi ball type bullet.&nbsp; I have two in-lines, and three traditional external hammer muzzys.&nbsp; I have shot sabots, and I am sure I could be lethal to 200 yards, but I limited myself to 125 yards.&nbsp; If I use a Maxi ball 125 yards is also my limit.&nbsp; If I shoot a round ball 100 yards is my limit and that's pushing it since my rifle is most accurate at a low 1700 fps.&nbsp; I keep saving up for a flintlock, then priorities put it on the back burner.&nbsp; I really messed up about five years ago when I found Lyman Great Plains flintlock rifle kits for $250.&nbsp; I put&nbsp; together a cap lock 30 years ago and it was a great shooting rifle for round ball.&nbsp; My Hawken I have the original barrel which is a hybrid 48 inch twist for both round ball and Maxi, and a Green Mountain for it with a 70 inch twist.Edit: What an in-line does for you is reduce hangfires in bad weather.&nbsp; There is nothing sporting about a hangfire that makes you gut shoot a deer.&nbsp; Yes yes I just refrain from shooting.&nbsp; Thought I should make that clear to the crowd who thinks they are the only ones who would have thought of that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 196068, member: 704"] There are better ways to limit the muzzy than limiting in-lines. There have been forms of in-lines going back to 1835. Perhaps a better term is direct fire because the underhammers were a direct fire. Colorado the last time I was there didn't allow sabots. You had to use round ball or a Maxi ball type bullet. I have two in-lines, and three traditional external hammer muzzys. I have shot sabots, and I am sure I could be lethal to 200 yards, but I limited myself to 125 yards. If I use a Maxi ball 125 yards is also my limit. If I shoot a round ball 100 yards is my limit and that's pushing it since my rifle is most accurate at a low 1700 fps. I keep saving up for a flintlock, then priorities put it on the back burner. I really messed up about five years ago when I found Lyman Great Plains flintlock rifle kits for $250. I put together a cap lock 30 years ago and it was a great shooting rifle for round ball. My Hawken I have the original barrel which is a hybrid 48 inch twist for both round ball and Maxi, and a Green Mountain for it with a 70 inch twist. Edit: What an in-line does for you is reduce hangfires in bad weather. There is nothing sporting about a hangfire that makes you gut shoot a deer. Yes yes I just refrain from shooting. Thought I should make that clear to the crowd who thinks they are the only ones who would have thought of that. [/QUOTE]

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