NC's new proposed gun law

[Belsnickel]

(06-24-2016, 06:58 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I've never owned one, but have used one.  When I still lived in Ohio, you could only use a gun for hunting deer one week per year, and it had to be shotgun with either buck shot or slug.  Traditionally, it is the week after Thanksgiving.  However, there is another period of time where you are free to use primitive weapons, including black powder rifles, commonly known as muzzle loaders.  An old football teammate and hunting buddy had an extra that he let me use one year.  I have to say, for a "primitive" weapon, I was very impressed with how well it performed.

I was given one as a gift for some work I did for a local historical society/museum. It is what is commonly called a Pennsylvania or Kentucky long rifle, but made by a local gun smith here who specializes in making these rifles just as they did over 200 years ago. It's a tool as well as a piece of art. It rarely gets used because it is so authentic to the old style that I have to melt the lead for the ball to fire from ot because the size is non-standard and I have a mold to make the balls that fit the barrel.